I'm lucky that I had a great home economics teacher for garment sewing. After years of hand-sewing linings and bias bindings for hems I discovered that those skills transferred to quilt bindings too. It's one of my favorite things to do on a quilt.
hisgrace
08-13-2012 05:57 AM
Originally Posted by teddysmom
(Post 5437265)
I'm a newbie (only made 3 quilts). My DD is going to show me how to do a continuous binding strip. She does beautiful work so I'm looking forward to finishing the quilt I'm working on now so she can show me her technique.
I'm newer than you, then! My first quilt was a panel baby quilt; I bound first one side, then the other, then top, then bottom, with individual strips. On these pot holders, I made the continuous strips, but thought I needed to machine sew both front & back, as they will see lots of use. Bad idea. If I'd had time enough, I'd have thrown them both away & made replacements. :P
Oh well, just another learning opportunity, right? :D
