After all my research, I decided that bias cut was the only way to go. I worked furiously on Sunday to cut, piece together, and press mountains of binding:
And then thanks to Julie, over at Jaybirdquilts.com, I picked up the following fabulous tip:
Hair clips to hold everything together! Here's another shot:
Feeling pretty smug with the clip trick, I began sewing the binding to the back...after which I brought it around to the front and machine stitched it close to the edge to finish...I am NOT into hand stitching anything. What resulted was a roller-coaster edge, wavy and just ugly. So, rip out, press again, and start over. After two rounds of that battle, I wound up using Steam-A-Seam to attach it to the front. Nothing I did would remove the waviness, and it is still slightly wavy (although pretty) on my dining room table. I've resolved to go with straight cut seam binding from now on - I think it was too stretchy from being cut on the bias!
Here's a link to Julie's tutorial on binding: Binding tutorial at Jaybird Quilts
Now, back to the workroom!
2 comments:
How funny-- I'm OK with a sewing machine but love hand stitching things! Probably because I haven't used a sewing machine since middle school home ec...
Grandma Cornelius always hand-sewed everything, even her clothing. Tiny little stitches, just perfect. She taught me to embroider and I loved that, but I never got the hang of making those intimate little stitches like hers...give me a motorized needle and a zippy pedal and off I go!
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