Hand Quilters another stupid question please
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Hand Quilters another stupid question please
I have finished the top piece of the quilt. I know need to layer the backing, the quilting and then the top of the quilt. So I will layer all of these pieces and safety pin the layers. Now the question. Do I go ahead and do the binding to help hold it all in place for me to start top stitching or do run a small seam around the edges to hold it or do I hope the safety pins will hold? Help I'm stuck on this next step.
Thanks for the help I do not know what I'd do without all of you.
Diane
Thanks for the help I do not know what I'd do without all of you.
Diane
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I use the big binder clips and clip down the backing - wrong side up and getting out all the wrinkles. Then lay the batting and clip that down; then the top - right side up and clip again. I center the whole thing on my table so I have the center of the top as centered as possible. I pin baste (unless a king then I usually thread baste to cut down on weight) in a grid pattern usually about a hand-width apart in each direction. When I have the entire section pinned, I shift everything smoothing and clipping as I go along to get the sides/ends exposed to the top and continue the pinning process. It holds together just fine for hand quilting. And I quilt in a hoop in my lap - not a frame. Good luck, take your time and enjoy the process!
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i thread baste, too - nothing shifts. I quilt starting in the middle and work my way out, then bind after I've finished quilting. Cut the binding and the backing several inches wider and longer than the top. I use the Susan Schmacher method...I can never spell her name right.....Let me find it..
ETA: here is the link....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA
ETA: here is the link....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA
Last edited by 117becca; 02-21-2012 at 01:49 PM.
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hand quilting is (normally) done with thread basting- a hoop- work from the center out- the binding is the very last step---after the quilting is complete. do not stitch around the outside- you need to be able to smooth-outward as you go so you do not get puckers/bunches before reaching the outer edges.
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