Quilting for Idiots, Part the Second
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anne_dBy idiots. By an idiot. Me.
1. Pin-baste binding onto one side of quilt. Sew to within ½" of next side. Stop.
2. Mitre corner, trying to follow inadequate diagram printed off of internets.
Repeat steps 1 and 2 the rest of the way around the quilt, fiddling with the end of the binding so it will be covered by the starting bit, which I did remember to turn under before sewing. Clip end of binding.
3. Trim seams a wee bit closer so that the binding, when turned to the back, will just cover the seam.
4. Start pinning turned binding. Discover, to my chagrin, that while trimming the seams, I managed to cut the folded part of one mitred corner (and they actually looked good, too, dammit).
5. After a short interval of cursing, and another of thinking and fiddling, rip seam on both sides of damaged corner back several inches. Find remainder of binding (good thing I allowed extra when I made it).
6. Attach new piece of binding to one ripped-back end. Take apart and re-pin when I discover that I put right side to wrong side. This entails turning the new piece over and over several times until I get everything aligned correctly. Grrrrr. Use chalk to mark 45% angle seam. Sew seam. Trim ends, very carefully. It all lines up properly. Yay?
7. Resew seam, mitre corner, resew other side. Do my best to make ends look like a proper join in binding. Good thing it's on the bottom. Also I'm thinking of adding ribbon over the binding, that should cover all the joins anyway.
8. Start turning and pinning binding around quilt, interrupted by dinner prep and consumption. Resume procedure after dinner. Start hand-sewing binding to back of quilt.
So far, I've done a little less than half-way around, but I have hopes of finishing it by tomorrow sometime, if my hands hold out long enough.
Ouch. Stupid arthritis. Why does knowing why my hand hurts make it hurt worse? Not to mention the headache and tension ache in my shoulders...
It's progress. Not as much as I wanted, but better than nothing. Now I really should go slay a few usefuls before I fall over in a heap.
1. Pin-baste binding onto one side of quilt. Sew to within ½" of next side. Stop.
2. Mitre corner, trying to follow inadequate diagram printed off of internets.
Repeat steps 1 and 2 the rest of the way around the quilt, fiddling with the end of the binding so it will be covered by the starting bit, which I did remember to turn under before sewing. Clip end of binding.
3. Trim seams a wee bit closer so that the binding, when turned to the back, will just cover the seam.
4. Start pinning turned binding. Discover, to my chagrin, that while trimming the seams, I managed to cut the folded part of one mitred corner (and they actually looked good, too, dammit).
5. After a short interval of cursing, and another of thinking and fiddling, rip seam on both sides of damaged corner back several inches. Find remainder of binding (good thing I allowed extra when I made it).
6. Attach new piece of binding to one ripped-back end. Take apart and re-pin when I discover that I put right side to wrong side. This entails turning the new piece over and over several times until I get everything aligned correctly. Grrrrr. Use chalk to mark 45% angle seam. Sew seam. Trim ends, very carefully. It all lines up properly. Yay?
7. Resew seam, mitre corner, resew other side. Do my best to make ends look like a proper join in binding. Good thing it's on the bottom. Also I'm thinking of adding ribbon over the binding, that should cover all the joins anyway.
8. Start turning and pinning binding around quilt, interrupted by dinner prep and consumption. Resume procedure after dinner. Start hand-sewing binding to back of quilt.
So far, I've done a little less than half-way around, but I have hopes of finishing it by tomorrow sometime, if my hands hold out long enough.
Ouch. Stupid arthritis. Why does knowing why my hand hurts make it hurt worse? Not to mention the headache and tension ache in my shoulders...
It's progress. Not as much as I wanted, but better than nothing. Now I really should go slay a few usefuls before I fall over in a heap.
