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05-15-2008, 12:45 PM
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Re: tips and tricks
Originally Posted by Antonija
So I learned today that pieces of batting can actually be "spliced" together! I butt up the two pieces of batting, and attached them using a WIDE zigzag stitch with a LONG stitch length. The two pieces came together nicely with no puckering or stretching! Woohoo! I saw someone in a quilting class not long ago splicing batting together with iron-on interfacing. It was a "Why didin't I think of that moment?". Make sure the interfacing is light weight--it worked like a charm.
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05-23-2009, 12:17 PM
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Re: tips and tricks
I keep the cardboard pieces that rick rack/bias tape/fat quarters are wrapped around. Then when I make binding for a quilt, I wrap it around the cardboard pieces to keep it nicely pressed and organized until I can sew it onto the quilt.
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05-23-2009, 07:38 PM
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Re: tips and tricks
I like to cut my binding strips and sew them together when I finish piecing a top. That way I don't have to remember
 what I was going to use for the binding. I get it pressed in half and then wrap it around a toilet paper roll. When ready to sew on the finished quilt, I place the toilet paper roll on a spindle off to the side of the machine. It keeps it from dragging on the floor or possibly me strangling myself with the loose binding winding around me.
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05-23-2009, 09:00 PM
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Re: tips and tricks
Oh, Pat, using the toilet paper and then using the spindle sounds like the most wonderful hint yet for binding that I have ever come across. I'm just in the process of preparing the binding for the quilt I am currently piecing and I will give it a shot. Thank you.
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05-24-2009, 02:09 PM
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Re: tips and tricks
Thank you ladies, I do hope you will love this trick as much as I do.
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