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How do you cut your binding ?


Today is sew day in the sweat shop . I have a weekly meeting with Mom ,Dawn, Jeannie, and Rosa Lee . Everyone works on their own project . My project today is the pretty little pink piece . It's binding time ! I enjoy doing binding . There are two ways to cut it . Which route do you take ? I tend to stick with the way I was taught. I cut it on the bias . I lay it out and slice it on the 45 degree angle . How wide do you like yours ? I stick with 2 and half inches . Then I  do the backwards L and chain sew it together . I have made it once on the straight grain .You will have to judge for yourself how well it wore on the quilt . Needless to say , I won't make straight grain binding ever again . 





Front side

Back side


Can you see how the crease is almost white ?
Very thin on that crease !

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  1. Kelly AnnApril 5, 2012 at 8:01 AM

    Welcome to the blogging world...
    KA

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    1. Quilt emApril 5, 2012 at 8:08 AM

      trying it out . thank you ! We'll see if I last . :)

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  2. AnonymousApril 6, 2012 at 11:27 AM

    Way to go Wendy! Lovin this Blog girlfriend!

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  3. UnknownApril 10, 2012 at 5:45 PM

    I do the straight grain binding. Question: you do a 2 1/2" strip, but is your binding FULL of the seam when you turn the edge? I have seen bindings that are 'empty' and they do tend to wear such as yours in this picture. I use a 3/8" seam in my binding strip, which seems to fill the entire bound edge.

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  4. Quilt emApril 10, 2012 at 10:07 PM

    Dee , I follow a quilting magazine and the article was called Barbara's Beautiful Binding. For larger quilts, it said 2 1/2 inches and a 3/8 inch seam. For smaller quilts use 2 1/4 with a 1/4 sewn seam. I THINK! Will pull ole faithful out and recheck in the am. I think it's looks so flat now due to the batting I was told to use, Mountain mist. I use Quilter's Dream now and looking back feeling the quilts, mm feels like nothing. It was nice to handquilt on! Lol I like a nice full fat binding. I want it to as pretty as the quilt. I only made the straight binding once. Maybe I had just thinner fabric or the combined of all of the above made it wear. It 's on a Jewel Box quilt that has been used for years.

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