Binding is one of those things that I sort of just...figured out how to do on the fly. I realized early on that I don't enjoy doing it. And while I wouldn't say that my binding skills are awful, they're certainly not on par with some of the other work I've seen online. After I bound and packaged the mug rugs I made for the Scrappy Mug Rug swap, I started really paying attention to the bindings on other people's stuff and realized that I might benefit from learning how to do it right.
Today I made a small mug rug out of the rainbow strips leftover from my doll quilt, and decided this was the perfect small-scaled opportunity to try it out. I read the tutorial on single binding from verykerryberry and proceeded.
It went well, and the result is so very pleasing. But I still don't enjoy it. And though it's very pretty, I don't see myself hand-stitching binding on a full size quilt. It's just too time consuming for a blanket in my opinion. For a mug rug, or a doll quilt that could be possibly hanging on a wall, it's perfect. But for every day quilting...eh. I don't think so.
Still...look at those pretty edges! Mmmmm. Nice. I think I'm keeping this one. Maybe.
It's very cute! And, yes, the binding does look great. I'm still a machine binder all the way. I hope that the magazine that I'm making the quilt for won't mind my binding!
ReplyDeleteHi. Did not leave a comment in Flickr as I jumped right on your blog button! I love this! I'm gonna copy it! I myself don't like hand binding but do like the end result. i haven't tried machine binding yet and will give it a try but most importantly, I like a clean finish! All the best!
ReplyDeleteI am loving your style! Love the colours you choose... The binding looks fab to me. I'm going to be doing binding for the first time this weekend and I know I'll mess it up!
ReplyDeleteYour binding looks wonderful! I must say I only hand sew for mini quilts and smaller- any single bound items basically. All my quilts are machine bound every time!
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