"Finishing isn't really the point, is it? Finding something you want to finish is."
Some wise woman on rctq wrote this once and I've kept it as my hand quilting mantra ever since. Maybe my great grandmother could hand quilt
10 quilts in a year but not me. And you may be surprised at how enjoyable you really do find it.Anne > I think I decided to try it just to say that I have actually done it. It is
LOL Actually I have only done both when I have cut the binding the width given in a pattern. When I get finished pulling the binding tight to the edge of the quilt and stitched down on the back, the back is so much wider than the front binding that it seems to pull the whole edge back. So, a stitch in the ditch then keeps it looking like it should. (IMHO) Now, I usually cut my bindings narrower to avoid this, or cut them a bit wider and just stitch them down by machine. Have a couple here to get finished, done in one of my groups, they are for the organization we give quilts to. The binding is already cut for them so I may do the sew on the back, turn to the front and decorative stitch the front down. Since they are for kids I think that will work fine.
Pati, > You ditch stitch AND hand stitch? You have more patience than me LOL
TerriLee, The way to do labels by machine: Attach your label to the backing, before you layer, baste and quilt. It may not be "perfectly" positioned, but you can deliberately put it on at a slant or ???? You can also just write the label directly on the quilt back with a Pigma pen or equivalent. I have been known to do both. (not necessarily on the same quilt.) You could also incorporate the label information somewhere on the front of the quilt for that matter. Many antique quilts have at least some of this info on the front.
Pati, > Oh, I'm with you. I hate hand sewing, too. I always apply binding by
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