Binding

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October 5, 2011

One of my goals yesterday was to finish quilting the fire quilt I had on the longarm and make the binding for it. Once the quilting was done, and the quilt was off the machine and trimmed, the search began for fabric for binding. In MO, there was a basket that had lots of bindings [...]

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Left Over Binding

November 6, 2010

There’s a drawer under my cutting table where all my leftover 2-1/2″ binding strips go. Thursday morning, I woke up and thought . . I know what I can do with those strips. I began sewing four roughly cut 9″ lengths, some of which had to be pieced from smaller pieces. Then I squared the [...]

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More Packing

March 3, 2010

When you’re trying to use a huge amount of stash, you’re making a huge number of quilt tops, which have to be quilted and then they have to be bound. But, you’re a quilter. You already know that! So, when you go out of town for an extended period, you take lots of quilts, 8 [...]

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It’s BFF

January 8, 2010

Today BFF means Binding Frenzy Friday! Four quilts to bind and I’d like to get the binding sewn on and finished. The fifth one . . the tan one on the right, already has the binding on but needs to be finished by machine. If I could get all five of those done today, that [...]

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Saturday at Home

September 12, 2009

There’s no place like home! My family, the dog, the chickens, my bed! Today I’ll print more patterns, organize everything for my next trip and then I’ll spend time sewing . . a whole lot of time if I’m lucky. The main goal for today is to get the binding sewn down on this quilt: [...]

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Gail Did It!

June 9, 2009

Gail finished a curved binding by machine using the technique I described. Her’s looks perfect. The whole quilt looks great but I’m so happy the binding tips helped her. Check it out on Gail’s blog.

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