I blind stitch by hand! Love this part of quilting, I have to say, I still get so excited when I am nearly finished putting binding down!
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I machine sew the quilt top and top side of the binding. Then I hand quilt it from that point to the finishing of the quilt.
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Thanks for all of the replies..hand stitching is SO pretty....I do prefer that look. I just wanted to know what all goes on...and by the way I rashly decided to machine sew the back binding on, and it definitely doesn't look as good as when I hand-sewed the other topper. Lesson learned. At least until I get better and get more experienced with sewing!
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I do it all by machine on anything that I know I wouldn't enter into any contests. Which means only one of them in the last year has been hand sewn on the back. :lol:
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Sometimes I will bring the backing around to the front as a binding and machine sew it. When I do a separate binding, I sew it to back first, then machine stitch it down in the front, often with a blanket stitch.
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I don't have the time to hand quilt....I use my machine.
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To me "Hand" is a four letter word! I sew to back and then do a decorate stitch on the front, much easier than trying any other way.
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Another one who machine stitch to the front, hand stitch to the back..I like how the stitching "disappears" on the back.
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For those very special qults....weddings/anniversarys etc...I would do hand binding but for baby/lap quilts that will get a lot of use, I do a machine binding. Sometimes I pull the backing up to the front, fold and stitch down....looks good and easy too!! Ususally tho, I sew on a seperate 2 1/2 inch binding, fold and then topstich down.
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I bind by machine, always.
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