Thursday, July 14, 2011

Silly Mental Games

I read on someone’s blog not too long ago that she doesn’t bother rolling up her bindings.  Why do I roll mine?  The short answer is that it’s a mental game I play with myself. 


green bindings


Binding a quilt is probably my least favorite part.  (Spray basting USED to be my least favorite part, until I got this.)  To make the binding of a quilt less miserable for me, I now cut and create the binding FIRST.  Yep.  First.  As I am cutting all of the other fabric for the quilt top, I go ahead and cut the binding.  I get it sewn up, folded and pressed.  Then to keep it from getting tangled and super wrinkled from being wadded up somewhere, I roll it up and put it on my shelf.


It really does help.  When I pull a quilt off of the frame I know that the binding is sitting right there so heck- why not take a minute to stitch it on?  Weird I know.  I guess the only exception to this little game is when I am still hunting for the right fabric for the binding.  Then I have to wait and create the binding at the end as I marinate in misery.  No, it's not quite that bad.

edited to add:
hah!  I just noticed that the watermark on the photo is from my food blog.  Oops.  I recently re-installed Windows Live Writer (how I write most of my posts) and I bet my settings were a little mixed up that day.

8 comments:

  1. i roll my binding too. or rather, i wrap it around carboard rectangles. i love doing the binding because it's the end to a lot of work.

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  2. There is something soothing about coiling up bias tape/binding. I like to do it also. :)

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  3. I do that, too! I have one roll that is staring at me, right now, saying, "hurry up and finish quilting that thing!" But, it will have to wait until summer passes!

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  4. I roll my binding too, but I love doing binding! I have two rolls patiently waiting to be put on quilts I need to finish quilting, and one rolled for a table runner. Great idea to just get it done when you start your project!

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  5. Wow you love it? I guess everyone has their "thing" right? There's just something about a cute little roll of binding :)

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  6. What a great idea to cut it first! I loathe binding too, usually I just pawn in off on my mom lol! But I might steal your idea!

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  7. LOL...seriously, I also enjoy the challenge of mitering the corners and the hand sewing is very relaxing to me! Now if I can just learn and master free-motion machine quilting....

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  8. I just found your blog and I love it! What beautiful quilts you make. I'm new to quilting and you have some very cute ideas. I'm finishing up my 3rd quilt and love doing the binding. I should find someone to swap with so they can quilt it for me and I can do their binding :)

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