Sewing the binding and making a hanging sleeve with
DecoBob
Trimming the edges of the quilt
Making the binding
Usually when I’m making binding for my quilts,
I try to use a thread that matches the fabric, so
when I press the binding seams open, I won’t
notice the stitches. I’m going to use my DecoBob thread to sew the binding strips together.
I talked about how to make quilt binding on
QUILTsocial. As you can see from the photo, the
stitches that I did using the DecoBob are invisible! The only thing you have to watch when
using this thread is that you need to backstitch
at the beginning and end of the seam.
Binding seams sewn with DecoBob
Making the hanging sleeve
Many of the quilts I make are intended
to be used as wallhangings, so I’ve got
a pretty good system that I always use
when making the hanging sleeves for
these quilts. Here's my step-by-step
visual guide to making hanging sleeves.
Step 1 Measure the width of the quilt.
Step 4 Sew the ends of the hanging sleeve using
DecoBob.
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Step 2 Cut fabric strip 6" x the width of the quilt.
Step 3 Fold over the short ends of the strip twice and press.
Step 5 Fold the hanging sleeve in half lengthwise
and press.
Step 6 Center the hanging sleeve on the top back of
the wallhanging with the raw edges aligned and pin
in place.