BOB prefers a 2-1/4” binding on her quilts -
And likes to sew it on using the edge of her walking foot -
So that the front and back binding width are the same size -
But when she sends it to be quilted -
Her friend/quilter prefers a 2-1/2” binding -
Her friend/quilter does GREAT work -
But she sews the binding on with a 1/4” seam -
Which makes it SKINNY on the front -
And FAT on the back -
And that drives BOB NUTS!
I know - I know -
BOB should stop complaining -
And just do it herself -
But her friend/quilter is so GOOD at the rest of it -
And her friend/quilter insists -
That she does the binding -
The same way that BOB taught her -
Many years ago -
But BOB doubts that -
Very much - ;))
But then again - it’s probably just me.
7 comments:
I guess I'm dense this morning - if it's folded over, stitched down on the stitching line... then shouldn't it be the same width front and back? 99% of my quilt binding are completely machine done using monofilament on the back (because I am so NOT a perfectionist).....
hahaha Sometimes old dogs just can't learn new tricks. And after many years old minds just remember their own facts. Not that I'm saying anyone is old!! ;0)
Do you have to pay her extra for doing something you would prefer she do differently?
I hate it when they trim them too closely and could not get one gal to NOT do it.
Mathematically - a 2-1/2" binding works out to 3/8" on top and back/bottom with 1/4" allowed for the depth of the quilt. I would use my walking foot to get the 3/8" on top. When she uses a 1/4" foot - the top is NARROWER than it should be by an 1/8 of an inch (3/8" -1/8" = 1/4") - and that makes the back WIDER than it should be by an 1/8 of an inch (3/8" + 1/8" = 1/2") - and that looks funny to me - ;)).
hahaha - OK - so who's old - her or me? - ;))
Yeah, I pay her to do the binding - like an idiot - ;))
I asked her about it once - and that's when she told me that she did it the way I taught her way back when. I told her that I do it so that the binding is the same width on the front and the back - she ignored me and sent the next one back skinny/fat. Then I "accidentally" sent her binding cut at 2-1/4" - hoping that it would come out more even on the top and bottom - and all she did was complain about how "tight" it was when she was trying to stitch it down. If I could do it myself - I certainly would - but I can't do that much handwork any more - and I like my "gift" quilts to have hand-stitched binding. That might change - I may just have her quilt them - leave them untrimmed - and just send them back to me that way. I can always do the bindings by machine - who's going to care but me? - ;))
Linda said -
June 30, 2012 - 11:50 AM (2 minutes ago)
ummmm I'm going to say her! haha
and I replied -
Good answer! - Good answer! ;))
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