Re: Binding Help Advice/How-To

Now, now, Steve. Calm yourself. None of that running around screaming and
psycho yet. We will get you through this. Make a practice sandwich about
the size of a *** of copy paper. Cut it so that you have an inside
corner, an 'L' will do just fine. Stitch your binding on up to the inside
point, pivot and fold all that @#$! excess out of the way and keep
stitching. Like Patti, I'd much rather show you than try to tell you in
just words. What you must do is keep fiddling with the excess (including
probably cutting some of it out) until you can get it conquered into a
fairly neat miter. You can do it and you're just going to be So Proud.
Wish we could send you an 'Easy' button. Polly



"Patti" <Patti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My usual 'solution' for an irregular edge, Steve, is a facing.
This is not a binding, but it can be done on any shape at all, and looks
marvellous.
Basically what you need to do is:
Trace (or draw, if it is an easy and repeating shape) the existing edge
(raw). Use the tracing/drawing as a template and draw round it onto your
facing fabric (I find using the same fabric as the backing works well as
long as the backing fabric goes nicely with the outermost part of the
top). Cut this out along the drawn lines, with as much width as you want
your facing to have (I usually do about 3"). Put right sides together and
sew with your normal quarter inch seam.

You can do each side separately, if the piece is large, or all in one
piece if it is fairly small.
If you do each side separately, you can make nice mitres on the back to
join the side facings.

When you fold the facing to the front, take special care that you get the
seam line exactly along the edge (you will need to clip the inside
corners). Press well and carefully - this is definitely a 'press' and not
'iron' situation!

Trim away corner bulk (there are fancy ways of doing this, but would be
impossible for me to describe in writing only!). If you receive the
American Quilter magazine, there was an article in either the most recent
one, or the one before, on how to do this.

Finally, turn under the raw edge about a quarter or half an inch, and slip
stitch to the backing.

Hope this helps. Hope you get done all you want to - ambitious!
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In message <13kv7dtnc9sele6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, steve
<stevenc707@xxxxxxx> writes
First, a Christmas gift update. I have four wall quilts done, one about
quilted to bind, two to layer and machine quilt (there isn't time to hand
quilt anymore), one to finish appliqueing (approximately 18 daffodil
flowers
with many pieces) and one to start from scratch. And only 22 days until
my
flight back to family for the holidays. I'm not screaming and running
around all psycho yet but I'm getting close. I swear, this is the last
year. I promise myself.

Anyways, here is the question and help needed. On the quilt that I am
about
to bind, I have an irregular border of outside and inside angles. For a
simplified explanation, about 6 inch hexagons. In otherwords, like a
really
big oblong grandmothers flower. I have my walking foot and all of that
for
sewing on the binding to then turn to the back and sew and be done. The
outside corners are no problem. It's the inside corners. I can't picture
how, nor on practice scraps, get the hang of it so that I can fold and
clip
and do whatever I need to do to make it work for a smooth binding. Is
there
a trick to this or a website with pictures to show me how? It really
needs
to stay irregular for the design and character so I don't want to fill in
the edge spaces. Any advice would be welcome.

I promise pictures on my website when I am done. I always take pictures
of
everything, especially when they are gifts, so I will have a page
dedicated
to this year's gifts.

Thanks for any advice.

Steven
Alaska




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pat on the hill


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