Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Binding progress
I got the rest of the binding sewn on, the corners mitered, and the quilt trimmed. Then I managed to get one side handstitched.
I taught my Mom about how to make a quilt. I was still learning myself. There was no internet, no YouTube videos, no blogs so everything I learned was by the few books I could find at the local small library. Eventually my Mom found other quilters and taught classes. She was giving me a hard time on how I was sewing my corners. I just overlapped them. Here is a corner on the first quilt I hand quilted.
I don't know how I found out about how to sew a mitered corner by machine. I bought the tool and with going over the instructions many times, I manage to conquer the technique. The first time I did this, it took me an hour and a half to sew the four corners! I can now sew all four corners in less than 10 minutes. My folded mitered corners never turned out very good so sewing them is my jam.
your mitered corners always look great - i fold mine and it's hit or miss, but mostly hit.
ReplyDeleteI can attest to your mitered corners turning out great! A little tricky at first but then it ‘clicks”!
ReplyDeleteI tried the sew method once and went back to folded miters. I also hand stitch up both sides of the miter at each corner so they aren't loose folds.
ReplyDeleteYour corners are beautiful! I do the folded method. It works best for me. I never could master your method but I do see the advantage of it.
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