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| Sewing on the Binding |
From our quilt guild meeting last month, I brought home a charity quilt to bind. The quilt was assembled and the binding had been stitched down the front of the quilt by machine. All I had to do was fold it over to the back and hand-sew it down.
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| Quilt Measures 40 x 50 Inches |
It's a small quilt, suitable for a small child who could use it as a lap quilt while watching TV.
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| A Boy's Quilt |
Judging by the 5" squares containing cars and flames and fish, it probably is meant to be given to a little boy.
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| That's the Detroit Lions' Logo |
Yes, definitely meant for a Detroit Lions' football fan.
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See the Perfect Mitered Corner |
It took 3 hours to hand-sew the binding to the back of the quilt. I came across an excellent tutorial on the Moda Bake Shop blog for hand-sewing binding onto a quilt. It uses a ladder stitch and when thread that matches the color of the binding strip is used, the stitching is completely invisible.
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| Looking for Stray Threads |
As the binding was sewn around the quilt, stray threads were clipped and removed. I love this last step in making a quilt because it's so satisfying to have finished it.
Some lucky child is going to be so happy to receive this quilt!
Cheers,
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