trimming the edges of quilt to be even?
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ok maybe my mother is old school she taught me to leave about a fourth inch more of the backing and sew binding on right side first and fold over everything, i watched youtube as replys came in and front and back were even is that the way to do it? and i always hand stitched after sewing binding on i kind of liked the idea to use sewing machine to sew the whole way alot faster i think
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I cut the whole sandwich even on the sides.. I hadn't heard of leaving the backing longer, unless you were wrapping it around to the front to use for the binding.
I machine sew my bindings onto the back side of the quilt, wrap it around to the front and machine sew them down.
Decorative stitches are a pretty way of sewing them down, or a blanket stitch :D:D:D
I machine sew my bindings onto the back side of the quilt, wrap it around to the front and machine sew them down.
Decorative stitches are a pretty way of sewing them down, or a blanket stitch :D:D:D
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Originally Posted by amma
I cut the whole sandwich even on the sides.. I hadn't heard of leaving the backing longer, unless you were wrapping it around to the front to use for the binding.
I machine sew my bindings onto the back side of the quilt, wrap it around to the front and machine sew them down.
Decorative stitches are a pretty way of sewing them down, or a blanket stitch :D:D:D
I machine sew my bindings onto the back side of the quilt, wrap it around to the front and machine sew them down.
Decorative stitches are a pretty way of sewing them down, or a blanket stitch :D:D:D
Amma, how do you make sure it hits the binding on the back,when you machine sew on the front? do you know of a good video to show how to do this? i machine quilt the binding on, it looks good on the front, but rarely on the back.
i can not hand sew, due to fibromyalgia, and the hands just won't co-operate!
and i trim my quilts right to the fabric usually.
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