re-binding a quilt
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re-binding a quilt
About 17 yrs ago I hand quilted a whole cloth quilt for my daughter for her wedding. She has informed me that because she washes it so often the binding is all frayed and want me to fix it. My question is do I remove the old binding or re-bind over the old binding. I do not know how badly it is frayed as she has not shown it to me, just asked if I could fix it.
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It depends on what shape it is in. If it is only has small frayed spots and you can trim the loose threads away and add new binding, then do so. If large sections are missing then I would remove the rest before adding new binding.
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I would remove the old binding if it is to bad shape. If only in a few places then only remove the warn spots. Cut them away and piece it together. I tried to put the new over the old and had a mess, so I ended up removing the old.
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I agree with cjsews, since it's a whole cloth quilt and you will not be losing any points on stars, I would trim just past the binding and make a whole new binding. You're only going to lose less than 1" on the width and the length.
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I agree with the above two posts.
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