Renstar
(Ren)
November 21, 2021, 8:18pm
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Did anyone manage to save this binding tutorial from the old site? I don’t seem to be able to search the way back machine effectively
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MistressJennie
(Moderator - Jennie - she/her)
November 21, 2021, 8:26pm
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Renstar
(Ren)
November 21, 2021, 8:53pm
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Genius! Thank you so much xxx
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Seems I’m not the only one who never really got binding until @MareMare explained it properly!
Renstar
(Ren)
November 23, 2021, 11:02am
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Indeed, although I still have to really focus on joining it together, I have done that wrong so many times!!
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marionberries
(Carol - formerly cmarion3)
November 23, 2021, 1:17pm
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And why the “bad place”. I thought it retired gracefully to heaven.
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MistressJennie
(Moderator - Jennie - she/her)
November 23, 2021, 1:53pm
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I love her method of piecing, and the final join of the binding, but I still prefer to sew it to the front, flip and press to the back, and handstitch the back of the binding. I just prefer the way it looks that way.
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Magpie
(Straight, not narrow 🏳️🌈 🇨🇦 🌎)
November 30, 2021, 7:41pm
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That is such a great tutorial, I think it was the first time I really understood binding too.
I like how invisible hand binding turns out but then I saw this visible hand binding @tendstowardschaos does and I absolutely love the way it looks.
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MistressJennie
(Moderator - Jennie - she/her)
December 8, 2023, 10:39pm
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@Renstar : Ask, and you shall eventually receive…
Reposted from Deadster, with permission from original poster and Quilter Extraordinaire, MareMare
It’s ok to machine bind. Or any other “rule breaking” quilting technique you want to do. It’s ok. I used to be a bit ashamed that I don’t hand bind, but I’m letting go of that.
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My crafting philosophy is about how to get the most done with the least time/effort. I like short cuts. I’m ok with that. If I were to hand bind my quilts like you are “supposed to” I would have precisely 0 quilts comp…
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