Quilted with Flowers and Swirls . Well , today I slipped into town with a mission in mind. I finished machine quilting a lap quilt out of the Swirly Girls book . I had my quilt and need binding . . I wanted lime green . This quilt is very busy and out of my comfort zone . I'm old school , more traditional kind of girl . BUT , I really liked this pattern and went for it . I ran errands and went to 145 Art & Design to fetch up some binding . Orange piece Pretty pink piece ! :) Noreen , the owner , found 2 pieces to go with it . I really dig the pink . I purchased the orange too . I have another top to finish that will be this one's twin . We sat and talked about the money you have in a quilt and what would be a good selling price . I love talking to Noreen . I purchased some ticking to make something for the Tin Lizzie to help on the sides . I will have to splain that another day . I'm going down to the sweat shop and cut up my fabric and hopefully ge
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trying it out . thank you ! We'll see if I last . :)
DeleteWay to go Wendy! Lovin this Blog girlfriend!
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteDee , 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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