Trimming quilt sandwich
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Trimming quilt sandwich
Probably a stupid question but I just had one of my quilts long armed for the first time and I was wondering about how to square it up. When I square it up is it ok if I cut through some of the quilting lines or will that make them eventually come out since they won't be tied off? Thank you.
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If you need to square up the quilt and that means that you cut the quilting threads, I have done so. The binding will be sewed over the cut edge so it prevents the ends from unraveling. You can also draw a chalk line all around your quilt on the square up cutting line. Go in about 1/8 and straight stitch the whole edge before cutting the edge. The 1/8 stitching line will go under the 1/4 binding seam allowance.
#3
I think that in every quilt that I have made, I have cut through some quilting lines when I squared it up. So far none of my quilting has come out and I know that some of my quilt have been machine washed numerous times. I think that the binding has held the threads down well.
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I had to cut into the quilting as well and it scared me to death. Fortunately, one of the wise quilters here had posted a top about maching stitching around the quilt before trimming. Between that and the binding, the quilting will hold up fine.
#9
On my first first that I brought back from the LA, I squared it up, sewed on the binding. THEN, I noticed that not all of her stitches were the quilting stitches, she bastes the sides of the quilt. Trying to remove the basting stitches AFTER the binding is on is a pain in the a$$! Many quilts later I know to check for the basting stitches.
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