I managed to finish my homework in record time, meaning I had all day Saturday to sew, and Sunday I spent pruning the rose bushes, driving around my new town finding a grocery store, and lounging on the couch sewing on my binding.
Now I have a question for you ladies...
How large to you make your stitch on YOUR binding? And what style? These quilts are for a pair of rough-housing 5-year-olds, so I wanted to make sure it would last...but it's taken me at least 3 hours just to do this one side! And its a small quilt!
I think i'm going to take it to work with me... while I'm siting around reading I can at least keep my hands busy!!
6 comments:
I was told, or read somewhere that your stitches for binding shouldn't be any bigger than the space of your baby finger nail, which for me is about 1/4 inch apart.
Our 4 granddaughters under the age of 6 live with us and I made them a quilt to play with. If I had it to do over again, which really I do now, because the binding is tearing off from the back, I would/will machine stitch it down! The girls use this quilt to make tents, have indoor picnics, keep warm . . .
I use a decorative stitch for kids' quilts so that it doesn't come apart from use. On others, I use the little finger rule with a double stitch every five stitches.
I agree. For kids and charity quilts, and for some wall quilts, I always machine stitch both sides. The binding, and quilt, stays together so much better. Gifting adults and/or for me usually, I machine one side and hand stitch, about 1/4 inch, the second side: back. It takes a while to get really good at machine stitching the back but kids don't care, they just love the quilts...to death.
Here's something that works well and is very pretty: machine sew the binding on FROM THE BACK! Then, pull it around to the front and use one of the decorative stitches on your machine to sew it down from the front. It looks especially pretty if you use a variegated thread.
Rabid Quilter from CA
I do what Rabid Quilter does. I make my quilts to be used and I want to make sure the binding stays on with all the washing it will get.
Oh, by the way....
You are the big winner on my stocking give away!! WooHoo! If you could send me your address I will get your stocking in the mail for you :)
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