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Binding help

I have just finished a top made of Civil War reproduction fabric. I vaguely remember someone on Simply Quilts or maybe a speaker at a guild meeting talking about how to finish the edges without binding. You layer the batting, quilt top, then backing (facing the top) and stitch around

3 1/2 sides, then turn it like a pillowcase, hand sew the opening and THEN quilt. Does anyone know if this type of finishing was used during the American Civil War era?

Kathleen in TX

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Bob & Kathleen
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I doubt it. Seems the technique was invented to make sewing machines easier.

For some information on Civil War quilt construction, check this site:

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Reply to
Mystified One

I would have tought they would be more likely to use a wrap binding - what you guys caled a "mock" binding in a post of a few days ago

I will watch for the answer from the experts

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Cheryl

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Phyllis Nilsson

Howdy! Call Lone Star House of Quilts in Arlington; they have a group of Civil War era quilt enthusiasts who should know the answer to this.

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The name of the shop has changed a few times in the last 12 yrs., but the phone # remains the same. As does the good service, and the friendly quilters who work there. ;-)

Good luck! Ragmop/Sandy --noting this "birthing a quilt" topic has been quite popular this summer

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Ellison

how many quilts are getting wet in the Quarter?

Cindy > I'm just so upset. I love that city.

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teleflora

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