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I am so cute
I was so cute today I just made myself sick. It went like this. I was
handstitching the binding on a big quilt. Turning and heaving the quilt around, I knew, was going to cause the pins holding the binding hem to rake my old thin skin and turn me into a sieve. AHA ! I got out the precious little wooden springy clothespins from my collection of craft supplies and used them to hold the binding flat and straight. It works, it works. These little (less than 2" long) clothespins are about $1 for 2 dozen. That's plenty for securing a couple of yards at a time. They are cheap, great and look so cute. Buy some soon. Before the quilt supply people find out about them and sell them for $1 per clothespin. Polly |
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Polly,
When I attach my binding onto my quilt, I first iron 1/4" Steam A Seam to the folded edge (the side that folds to the back), then I stitch my binding on with my machine, press the folded edge to the back side & voila! I hand stitch the binding & it doesn't need to be pinned or clipped. I used to use those barrette hair clips, but I just love this method - it's quick & easy for me. Pauline "Polly Esther" wrote in message ink.net... I was so cute today I just made myself sick. It went like this. I was handstitching the binding on a big quilt. Turning and heaving the quilt around, I knew, was going to cause the pins holding the binding hem to rake my old thin skin and turn me into a sieve. AHA ! I got out the precious little wooden springy clothespins from my collection of craft supplies and used them to hold the binding flat and straight. It works, it works. These little (less than 2" long) clothespins are about $1 for 2 dozen. That's plenty for securing a couple of yards at a time. They are cheap, great and look so cute. Buy some soon. Before the quilt supply people find out about them and sell them for $1 per clothespin. Polly |
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I considered an iron-on help and also toyed with a dotting of simple
wash-away glue but was in a "Purity" mode. We don't know the long term effects of some things and this was a quilt I hope will be around a long time, a "Sunday Best" beauty. It just may be my first and only. Making quilts in the category of "to be loved to pieces" is just heaps more fun. Polly "Pauline O'Connell" wrote When I attach my binding onto my quilt, I first iron 1/4" Steam A Seam to the folded edge (the side that folds to the back), then I stitch my binding on with my machine, press the folded edge to the back side & voila! I hand stitch the binding & it doesn't need to be pinned or clipped. I used to use those barrette hair clips, but I just love this method - it's quick & easy for me. |
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I use the silver bendy ones that go in a girls hair
-- Sharon from Melbourne Australia Queen of Down Under http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load) http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but quicker) ********************** "Polly Esther" wrote in message ink.net... I was so cute today I just made myself sick. It went like this. I was handstitching the binding on a big quilt. Turning and heaving the quilt around, I knew, was going to cause the pins holding the binding hem to rake my old thin skin and turn me into a sieve. AHA ! I got out the precious little wooden springy clothespins from my collection of craft supplies and used them to hold the binding flat and straight. It works, it works. These little (less than 2" long) clothespins are about $1 for 2 dozen. That's plenty for securing a couple of yards at a time. They are cheap, great and look so cute. Buy some soon. Before the quilt supply people find out about them and sell them for $1 per clothespin. Polly |
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I like the bendy ones too but somebody here put mine away so I could find
them when I needed them. Polly "Sharon Harper" wrote in message u... I use the silver bendy ones that go in a girls hair |
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I use my fingers. : )
Never have seen the need to hold more than I am sewing down at a time. YMMV Pati, grinning in Phx Sharon Harper wrote: I use the silver bendy ones that go in a girls hair |
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Well, Pati, let me tell you why I think it is a good idea to pin or clip
ahead for a foot or a yard ahead. If I didn't, I think it would be possible for the binding to sneak up just a teensy bit and eventually create a ripple or a pleat. Maybe not for anybody else, but for me - it could happen. Polly "Pati Cook" wrote in message ink.net... I use my fingers. : ) Never have seen the need to hold more than I am sewing down at a time. |
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It's also a whole lot easier on my hands. If it's not held ahead of where
I'm stitching, it seems to take a lot more effort and gripping to hold it to sew. --Heidi http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b "Polly Esther" wrote in message ink.net... Well, Pati, let me tell you why I think it is a good idea to pin or clip ahead for a foot or a yard ahead. If I didn't, I think it would be possible for the binding to sneak up just a teensy bit and eventually create a ripple or a pleat. Maybe not for anybody else, but for me - it could happen. Polly "Pati Cook" wrote in message ink.net... I use my fingers. : ) Never have seen the need to hold more than I am sewing down at a time. |
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Heidi, I also conducted several experiments to be easy on my shoulders and
other body parts. I tried stitching the binding with the bulk of the quilt resting on a table above my lap. I tried it with the weight down on a chair seat below me; also on the left and on the right. I didn't find one of those was best. Since I still can move (ah, yes) we will assume that just changing the level of the quilt is a good thing. Polly "hfw" wrote in message ... It's also a whole lot easier on my hands. If it's not held ahead of where I'm stitching, it seems to take a lot more effort and gripping to hold it to sew. --Heidi http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b "Polly Esther" wrote in message ink.net... Well, Pati, let me tell you why I think it is a good idea to pin or clip ahead for a foot or a yard ahead. If I didn't, I think it would be possible for the binding to sneak up just a teensy bit and eventually create a ripple or a pleat. Maybe not for anybody else, but for me - it could happen. Polly "Pati Cook" wrote in message ink.net... I use my fingers. : ) Never have seen the need to hold more than I am sewing down at a time. |
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Aaaah nuff said - now you need to make that person pay! LQS shopping - the
perfect pennance! -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia Queen of Down Under http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load) http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but quicker) ********************** "Polly Esther" wrote in message ink.net... I like the bendy ones too but somebody here put mine away so I could find them when I needed them. Polly "Sharon Harper" wrote in message u... I use the silver bendy ones that go in a girls hair |
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