Birth it or Bind it??
#13
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Birthing a quilt is when you put the quilt top and quilt back right sides together and pin them on top of the batt. You then sew almost all around the quilt and then turn it right sides out through the opening. You can then quilt it or tie the quilt. I find birthing my quilts that I cannot get as smooth a quilt.
#17
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It's very pretty. If it were mine I would do a small stipple in the printed middle and stitch in the ditch around each triangle. I would use a bias binding and hand bind it. It's not hard, just do the corners in the same manner as any corner on a quilt. It will just be a little different angle. It will fall into place once you get to it.
sassy granny
sassy granny
#18
Eleanor Burns of Quilt in a Day show does birthing a lot. good for quilts you intend to tie. it's where you lay the backing face down on the quilt and batting and sew to the top all around , leaving an opening to turn it right side out. then flatten it out well and quilt or tie. Burns always started sewing hers on the machine but never finished it. i always wondered if she got any puckers.
#20
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Thanks for all the compliments and suggestions. I will bind it. I think I'll use the same color binding as the outer border so if my corners aren't perfect they won't show as much. I appreciate all your time and comments. I'll watch the tutorial before I start. I always hand sew my bindings to the back; this will be a little difficult because this batik was very stiff.
Thank you all so much!
Thank you all so much!
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