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Baby Quilt (blankie)

I am putting the satin binding on the little quilt I'm working on for my youngest grand-daughter. Yeeks, I'm sure I'm doing it the very most difficult way possible. But too late to change now and it looks like it's going to be ok. I had planned to use ribbon but I couldn't find any that didn't feel cheap and stiff, or cheap and flimsy. Joann's seems to have plenty of wired ribbon but that's sure not what I wanted. I ended up getting some flannel backed satin. The finished binding will be just a little over an inch wide. I am s l o w l y sewing it to the backing, then when I sew the other side I plan to use one of the fancy stitches on one of the many machines that are cluttering up the place.

Thanks to Polly for the tips, I won't have any empty satin, it will be nice and filled all the way to the edge of the binding. Since this stuff ravels so badly, I am hoping that the decorative stitching will take care of any possible future problems.

Back to the machine,

Judie in Penfield NY

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Judie in Penfield NY
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polly esther

My MIL re-applied "silky" to DD's blanket a couple of times. I think she bought the binding ready made. Once you washed it, it was as slick and silky as the original. DD spent the night one night last week. Her dad was out of town and we watched movies all night. I noticed when she came in the door, she had her pillow under one arm and her blankie in her hand. I know better than to tease her about it. She's 24 years old. The blankie used to be yellow. Appears to be a dingy beige now. No silky left either.

Cindy

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teleflora

I love your daughter - my daughters 24 and 18 years still have their "Mates" (Identical toys bought 6 years apart) which is a rabbit that used to have lots of fur on them. The Mates are quite threadbare but when either of them is feeling low or extremely tired from their work, Mate goes to bed with them for comfort.

Its lovely having a blankie/mate (rabbit) to comfort you no matter what age.

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Maloney Empire

I agree!

Cindy

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teleflora

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