When you sew your binding on...
#21
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Machine sewing to th front and then hand stitching to the back is the easiest method for me. On a big quilt, it takes about 45 minutes per side of the quilt to complete and looks really nice when done. I can watch television and bind and I find it very relaxing and one of my favorite parts of quilting.
#22
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Durand, MI
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I only use Sharon Schamber's Elmer's School glue method. If binding has not been your thing, then you need an expert's advise (hers not mine). This is the easiest, most precise way to do binding. Once you learn this method, you won't send your quilt out for binding. Here is the link to her youtube video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2hWQ5-ZccE I personally use 2 1/2" strips, glue, press, stitch to the front 3/8", press from the front (setting the seam), press from the back (making sure everything is laying flat), trim the corners, fold to the back, glue, and stitch it down from the back using monofilament thread in the top and bobbin (depending on who the quilt is for). I don't use monofilament for baby or soldier's quilts. Those I use a decorative stitch with whatever thread that I used for quilting the top. I really like variegated, so it is usually that. The first pics binding is just using a decorative stitch from my old Viking. The second quilt is using a star stitch from my embroidery machine. And sometimes, I hand sew them.
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#23
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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I have always stitched binding to front and hand stitched back but I do enjoy hand stitching - however I do like pictures of decorative stitches samples and may give it a try on a baby quilt - am always trying to use those stitches I paid so much for.
#24
Machine sewing to th front and then hand stitching to the back is the easiest method for me. On a big quilt, it takes about 45 minutes per side of the quilt to complete and looks really nice when done. I can watch television and bind and I find it very relaxing and one of my favorite parts of quilting.
#25
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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I cut my binding strips at 2-1/4"; machine-stitch to the front with a 1/4" seam allowance; hand-stitch to the back. If you use more than a 1/4" seam allowance, wouldn't that make the blocks on the outer perimeter a wee bit smaller than the other blocks? I have a Janome 6600, and I use the AccuFeed to sew on the binding, and move the needle to make the seam 1/4".
#26
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Missouri
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I use my walking foot to stitch my binding on the front of my quilts. I use the edge of the foot , which is a little more than 1/4 inch. I then hand stitch at the back of the quilt. Even if I want to add a decorative stitch to the front, I still
hand stitch the back.
hand stitch the back.
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Depending on the size of the quilt I have sewn it on the front with a 1/4" seam then pulled to back. That way if I need to do any fudging at all it is on the back. I either use glue, pins or clips to hold binding in place and then stitch on the top in the ditch.....when done go to back and do some hand work if necessary to catch anything that was not caught....... I would also strongly suggest doing a couple samples on what IS COMFORTABLE for you to handle....
Again there are not any Quilt Police,......1/4" or 3/8" front or back....what ever works for you and this quilt...the next one could be totally different...
Again there are not any Quilt Police,......1/4" or 3/8" front or back....what ever works for you and this quilt...the next one could be totally different...
#29
Before you bind your quilt watch this Sharon Shambers video
http://quiltinggallery.com/2008/05/1...s-school-glue/
I started using this method and it makes the bindings beautiful!!! It is fast and easy and will never pay to have someone bind your quilt again!
http://quiltinggallery.com/2008/05/1...s-school-glue/
I started using this method and it makes the bindings beautiful!!! It is fast and easy and will never pay to have someone bind your quilt again!
#30
Your binding should have the quilt sandwich in it so that it doesn't lay flat. I off set my binding 1/4 inch and leave a 1/4 inch of batt and backing extending so that when the binding is rolled, the entire binding is filled with batt and backing.
And don't just stitch from one end to the other. Measure the center, both width and length, to get the proper edge measurements for binding. For example, if the center length measures 95", but your border edge is 97", cut the binding 95 + extra for turning the corners. Mark the half way points of both the binding strip and quilt, then the mark quarter points of both. Pin the binding to the quilt edge, matching the markings. Fit the quilt's longer edge to the shorter binding and pin in place. When stitching have the binding on top. The extra length of the quilt's edge will be worked in and the edge of the quilt will not be wavy, but square after the binding is rolled to the other side and stitched in place.
SandyQuilter
And don't just stitch from one end to the other. Measure the center, both width and length, to get the proper edge measurements for binding. For example, if the center length measures 95", but your border edge is 97", cut the binding 95 + extra for turning the corners. Mark the half way points of both the binding strip and quilt, then the mark quarter points of both. Pin the binding to the quilt edge, matching the markings. Fit the quilt's longer edge to the shorter binding and pin in place. When stitching have the binding on top. The extra length of the quilt's edge will be worked in and the edge of the quilt will not be wavy, but square after the binding is rolled to the other side and stitched in place.
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