Is summer here or is spring just teasing us? My little corner of the world is going to be above 90 today. Now I have to dig out all my cooler clothes. I sure hope that doesn't lead to cleaning out a whole closet!!!!
Recently, a question was posed to me about binding corners. The question is this:
When hand finishing the binding on the back of the quilt should the mitered corners be sewn closed on the front and back of the quilt?
From a judges standpoint sewing the miters closed on the binding is not something we comment on. Sewing the corners is a decision to be made by the quilter. The judge is looking for square, 90 degree corners.
On a personal note, I always sew my miters closed. The extra stitches help the corner keep it's
"square" 90 degree edge. After the binding has been applied to the front of the quilt and I am hand sewing it on the back - I come up to the miter - fold it to 90 degrees then stitch the fold closed from the bottom to the top - put my needle through the top of the miter to go to the front of the quilt - I then sew the front miter closed from top to bottom - put my needle through to the back of the quilt and continue to apply the binding repeating the this process for each corner. I take small stitches that do not show when I'm sewing my miters.
I hope that helps answer the binding corner question. Remember your binding should be filled with batting and corners 90 degrees.
Until next time I hope your days are filled with smiles and lots of quilting.
Jody
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