I hate to stitch by hand so I usually stitch the binding on my quilts using my sewing machine.
For most of my quilts I cut strips 2.25″ wide.
For bed quilt or if I use a thick batting or heavier fabrics I cut strips 2.5″ wide.
Fold the binding on the back of the quilt and pin.
Stitch in the ditch using a walking foot.Match the color of thread with the background fabric.
I used invisible thread.
The binding on front of the quilt
The binding on back of the quilt
Don’t stitch by machine the binding on back if you want to enter a quilt in a competition ! The judges don’t like this !
I renew my stock of sewing machine needles. This time I bought them from Romania !
(de la acest magazin din Sibiu http://www.florencetech.ro/).
I had such a good experience with Topstitch needles ! I use them for quilting.
Topstitch #90/14 for the majority of threads (including invisible or metallic),
Topstitch #100/16 for heavier threads.
And these are the needles for my future bags 🙂
They are great to stitch and quilt through heavy fabrics or multiple layers of fabrics.
They are great to stitch and quilt through heavy fabrics or multiple layers of fabrics.
the judges never do like it when you take the easy way out do they 🙂
Karen
http://karensquilting.com/blog/
I use topstitch for nearly everything too!
Great post! 😎
Thanks for the great tip. I will be trying this the next time for sure 🙂
hi geta, how are you? thank you for visiting me. its a great honour. So, I use a piece of wire inside of my handles. I just use wire like those for TV cabe. Get a strip of fabric (5.5 cm), fold right side together and sew it. Turn to the right, fill it with a strip of wadding. If you want you can emblish it before finish. Fold the strip again and sew by hand leaving a space inside to fill with the piece of wire. You can see that I leave a small part to attach to the bag without wire and without sewing by hand. The wire will be hidden inside. Just give me your address and I will send you a pair of them.
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btw. did you see in one of my bags that I used your idea of organza? I didn't sew the quilt inside, i just glued it and laid the organza on it and quilted. 😛
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