Originally Posted by pamkasperi
ok - silly question time - but why does it matter?
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I like to sew it to the back and then wrap it around to the front and machine stitch it. It comes out they way I like it and I don't have to hand stitch. If I have to hand stitch, the quilt will drag forever.
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Originally Posted by MadQuilter
When I hand-stitch one side, I go front to back.
When I machine-stitch the whole thing, I go back to front. Front to back and handstitched down on most of my quilts. The back to front ones are kid and charity quilts and they get zig zaged down by machine, it looks good and it much quicker. May in Jersey |
I like front to back. I do the machine stitch on things like baby quilts that will get "destroyed" and quilts I am not being fussy about. I just cannot get the binding to look good , to me, if I machine stitch it down
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I sew to the front and turn to the back for hand stitching and do just the opposite for machine stitching.
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Would anybody mind sharing up close pictures of a binding that was machine stitched with a decorative stitch? I would love to see!!
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Been said before, but I stitch to back first, turn to front and top stitch close to edge. I use the color thread that best matches the backing for the bobbin thread. The key to getting all of this really, really even is to trim the quilt edges accurately (very even), and make sure the binding tape is cut and pressed very accurately, the rest is just following the edges with your chosen seam allowance. Top stitching on the top gives a nice finish on the quilt top whichis the most seen of course.:D
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Originally Posted by MommaDorian
I machine stitch to the front and wrap around to the back with a blind stitch.
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Originally Posted by supergma
If I want to hand stitch the binding down, I sew to the front, turn to the back. If I am going to machine stitch it down, I do just the opposite.
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'Same here.
Originally Posted by MommaDorian
I machine stitch to the front and wrap around to the back with a blind stitch.
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