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binding question - what is "facing" a binding??

hi, while surfing i came across this site with quilting tips. but this tip I don't quite understand. Can someone explain what this is about?

"Stuck trying to figure out what color to use for a binding? Don't want to detract from the quilt but don't have enough of the border fabric so that the binding won't show? Remember you don't have to add a binging, you can use a facing instead! Just cut your strips 2" wide, do not fold in half, sew on to the front as you would a binding, BUT clip the strip at the corner and PIVOT with needle down to continue sewing the next side. Then turn the whole thing to the back, mitering the corners, folding under about

1/4" and hand sewing the facing to the back. If you like, you can use monofilament thread (clear or dark, whatever suits your border color) and top stitch very close to the edge to keep the facing turned to the back! Voila! Your quilt is "un-binded"! Or as my kids used to say "VIOLA"."

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mini Mini
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It sounds to me very much like sewing a facing into a garment, where the seam line is the edge of your quilt - no part of the binding will show on the front.

Reply to
Louise

It's like a garment facing, and you end up with a 2" (minus seam allowances) strip around the edge on the back side. A regular doublefold binding is less trouble IMO and certainly more durable. And who says it has to match the border? Roberta in D

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Roberta Zollner

I have done a facing quite often - it does work beautifully. It is just like garment facing. I did not do it quite the way it is described here, but not significantly differently. The time, though, when facing comes into its own is when your quilt is not square or rectangular. I did a small quilt with a very 'strange' edge shape for my brother. You then trace the uneven edge onto fabric (or paper if you want to make a pattern first). I used the pattern edge as my master and traced onto the fabric. I then cut this out about 2.5" away from the drawn edge (inwards) and a bit more than a quarter inch (outwards). I used more than a quarter inch for the seam allowance so that it would turn to the back more easily. (I do it this way for square and rectangular, but you don't have to for them). . In message , mini Mini writes

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Patti

"Louise" wrote in news:oS8Sg.70628$aJ.2616@attbi_s21:

Oh, so the front is the edge of the top, the side is the stitching and the back is sort of a strip? Is that right?

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mini Mini

"Roberta Zollner" wrote in news:efb7nm$r80$ snipped-for-privacy@online.de:

I think I get it....

I can't match the border cuz it'll be all the 2" scrappy pieces. I think I'll just do dark blue. It'll fade into the back ground.

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mini Mini

Patti wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@quik.clara.co.uk:

Thanks so much for the explaination. I think I understand now.... ;o)

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mini Mini

Yes, that's it, put neatly! . In message , mini Mini writes

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Patti

I agree. I only once faced a binding (on a very small wall hanging). I'd rather put regular binding on any day.

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Donna in Idaho

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