When cutting fabric for binding

[Sharon E.]

The reason I use a zigzag stitch is because when I did a straight stitch the edges of the tapes wanted to curl which definitely made the binding lumpy and ironing them didn't help, at least for me. So I went for the zigzag. I do a rather wide stitch, but not a long stitch. I sew it wide enough to catch the edges of the tape, but don't go over. Also I recently saw Sharon Shamber and her daughter Christy's method of gluing down your binding. At first I thought no way, but tried it and OMG do I love that technique. You can find it on any YouTube video. My bindings look much better.

Let us know how these techniques work out for you.

Sharon in foggy Colorado

[Dawn S.]

Since we have moved on to the application of the binding, I want to tell you about Alex Anderson's new Floriani line. It is called Quilters Select Appli-stick. She has a 1/4" wide tape that you can place all the way down the edge of your quilt. Iron it on (no sewing required) after you have sewn on the binding, and then just roll the binding over and stick it (pressure sensitive) and it is all ready to sew in your preferred method. Mine is by hand. There are no pins or clippie thingies in your binding, to get in the way! It does have a little bit of stretch, if placed on a bias binding, but on a sewn straight of grain it acts similar to the twill tape, and is much thinner. I showed this method during my binding demo at our show, and most of the ladies thought it was pretty cool, so jotted down where they could purchase it. Also, it works in a pinch if you are running into a time crunch on taking a picture for a deadline for a quilt show. Looks like a finished binding, but is only "stuck" on, and can be twilled and sewn later!

Dawn

[wendy w.]

Thanks for that Dawn,
.
I think I placed it on the back as I sewed the binding on the front and slip stitched the edge so it lay flat, I only had 1" tape then took the binding over it on the back.

[Joan D.]

Last spring I didn't have time to finish a quilt and wanted to take it to guild for Show and Tell so I glued it like Sharon Schamber came home and sewed it down, I gave it to my sister in June The first week in Oct I get a frantic phone call from her saying I washed my quilt and it is coming apart, I had missed one section of sewing it down, of course I was razzed at guild when I told them.
Joan

[karen f.]

hmy: :lol: :lol: