Well, my friend Rex W. was kind enough to give me a refresher course this morning. I had thought I would remember it from when he taught it to me before, but it kept slipping right out of my Tiny Brain! So this time I decided to make myself a series of pictures and instructions, so I wouldn't forget again.
Then, I thought, well, I've gone to all this work, why not share it with my blog-hopping buddies? You may have to click on the images to see the written instructions. I hope the scanned pictures and instructions are clear!
(Please excuse the "quilt sandwich" ... it's obviously not a quilt, but a little test sandwich I use for testing and correcting thread tension, etc.)
Thank you AGAIN, Rex!
That is the best way to do it isn't it? I learned most of what I know about techniques in quilting by reading various books. I bought Better Homes and Gardens guide to quilting I think it was and the ONLY thing really helpful in that book was how to do a binding using the method you describe. However you show how to do it much more effectively.
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda. This is an area where I really need help.....I think almost every judge has a comment on my binding.
ReplyDeleteThat's the method I was trying to demonstrate to you the other day....only I didn't do so great of a job trying to demonstrate with full sized sheets of paper:) But that is the easiest way I've found to do it so far.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a cool method because you use the actual cut-off piece of binding as a measuring tool, rather than having to measure-and-mark with a ruler.
ReplyDeletePenny, I knew this method had been around for a while, but I just didn't know about it ;^)
Judy, thanks for your comment. Hope it helps you as much as it helped me!
Thanks, Sharon, I did recognize what you were demonstrating with the paper (!) the other day, but couldn't quite get it in my head. You know I'm a "do-it-to-learn-it" kinda girl, and that's why the combination of pictures and instructions are what I have to use as a memory-jogger.
thanks, All, for your Comments!
Hi Linda,
ReplyDeleteI saw this technique of finishing the bumpless binding and tryed it today on a pillow I made (it is on my blog..) Thank you very much for the clear instructions!
Regina, St. Maarten, DWI
thank you for the simple explaination! PICTURES!
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