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Ploshkin
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Tidy corners on wide binding
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February 28, 2024, 12:17:49 PM »
I know how to get nice corners on narrow quilt binding but as soon as I try to do wider binding I can't get the corners to be nice and square. They just end up rounded with the corner of the wadding squished down.
Ive just been trying to do a 5/8 inch binding using a 3" strip folded in half but I've given up and trimmed off the excess wadding and reverted to a narrow border because I just can't get decent corners.
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February 28, 2024, 12:24:23 PM »
It took me quite a bit of experimenting to work out how to do tidy mitres on my Stars quilt binding which was wider than a quarter inch. I need to have a think about the formula, as it were.
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February 28, 2024, 13:13:26 PM »
I think I must have been doing one of the corner folds to the wrong place. I was doing the folding level with the quilt corner edges which I can see wasn't giving me enough fabric for a decent mitre. So, there's something I need to do differently but not sure what.
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February 28, 2024, 13:39:50 PM »
Yes, it's definitely something like that. It also makes a difference if you're putting the edge of the binding level with the edge of the quilt or back from the edge. That's why I ended up doing a few practice goes.
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February 29, 2024, 08:34:37 AM »
You can always snip a teensy corner off the wadding ... I actually find wider bindings easier to mitre.
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Ploshkin
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February 29, 2024, 09:31:53 AM »
I did try snipping off a teensy bit of corner @ iminei, then a teensy bit more, then a .......... But it was just the same leading me to think i had got it wrong at the folding stage.
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February 29, 2024, 14:08:52 PM »
Quote from: Ploshkin on February 29, 2024, 09:31:53 AM
I did try snipping off a teensy bit of corner @ iminei, then a teensy bit more, then a ..........
That was the problem I had with the bookshelf quilt I made my granddaughter for Christmas. One corner was so mangled i had to cover it with a corner bookmark!!
My excuse is that I'm not a quilter.....
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Re: Tidy corners on wide binding
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February 29, 2024, 18:01:35 PM »
You probably already know these techniques, but in case you don't, here's a couple of
Professor Pincushion
videos that I've bookmarked showing a couple of tricks for making tidy corners, which might help you with this.
I've set the link timestamp to take you directly to the most pertinent section:
How to Sew With Bias Tape - Single Fold - Double Fold - Blanket Binding
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https://youtu.be/-KPDanntOlU?t=431
How To Sew A Fabric Napkin With Mitered Corners
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https://youtu.be/6PIAeb7bB3s?t=115
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