Comments on: So. CLOSE! http://confoundedbyquilting.com/2009/10/09/so-close/ WTF Quilting?! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:29:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rochelle http://confoundedbyquilting.com/2009/10/09/so-close/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Rochelle Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:32:36 +0000 http://confoundedbyquilting.com/?p=530#comment-108 I must be weird because I love making binding and putting it a quilt is just the icing on the cake for me. I guess either you love it or hate it. I would suggest looking at some youtube videos to learn how to do your bindings. The pinks and browns are gorgeous. Fabulous quilt. I must be weird because I love making binding and putting it a quilt is just the icing on the cake for me. I guess either you love it or hate it. I would suggest looking at some youtube videos to learn how to do your bindings.

The pinks and browns are gorgeous. Fabulous quilt.

]]> By: Erin http://confoundedbyquilting.com/2009/10/09/so-close/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Erin Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:42:25 +0000 http://confoundedbyquilting.com/?p=530#comment-107 oh wow - that's a fanTAStic idea! A heck of a lot faster and easier, and I'll bet it does look "real" from the front. Very clever, lady. :) Buying the prefab tape really does take most of the pain out of the process, and the binding clips make things a lot faster and less ouchy, too. Currently, I would rather chew off my own legs than make binding tape... although I do have those little tapemaker thingies - I just haven't quite figured out how to make them work properly. I may try your technique on the Betty quilt, because I couldn't find a prefab color that was exactly what I wanted. Hm... oh wow – that’s a fanTAStic idea! A heck of a lot faster and easier, and I’ll bet it does look “real” from the front. Very clever, lady. :) Buying the prefab tape really does take most of the pain out of the process, and the binding clips make things a lot faster and less ouchy, too. Currently, I would rather chew off my own legs than make binding tape… although I do have those little tapemaker thingies – I just haven’t quite figured out how to make them work properly.

I may try your technique on the Betty quilt, because I couldn’t find a prefab color that was exactly what I wanted. Hm…

]]> By: Lisa http://confoundedbyquilting.com/2009/10/09/so-close/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Lisa Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:52:21 +0000 http://confoundedbyquilting.com/?p=530#comment-106 Cute stuff! Sorry you're having a crappy time finishing it up... but after all... you're quilting!~ LOL! It happens. Yaknow... In all the quilts I've done, I've never done a proper binding? And at this point I'm skeered to. I have my quilt top and the batting cut evenly at the exact same size, and then the backing fabric is like 2" bigger all the way around underneath. I roll/fold that backing fabric neatly up and over the edge of the quilt and sew that bad boy down with the machine... a one-time stitch all the way around. It LOOKS like a proper binding from the front!! :D To me, it's amazing that you're attempting real binding so soon! :D :D Cute stuff! Sorry you’re having a crappy time finishing it up… but after all… you’re quilting!~ LOL! It happens.

Yaknow… In all the quilts I’ve done, I’ve never done a proper binding? And at this point I’m skeered to.

I have my quilt top and the batting cut evenly at the exact same size, and then the backing fabric is like 2″ bigger all the way around underneath. I roll/fold that backing fabric neatly up and over the edge of the quilt and sew that bad boy down with the machine… a one-time stitch all the way around. It LOOKS like a proper binding from the front!! :D

To me, it’s amazing that you’re attempting real binding so soon! :D :D

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