I keep thinking about Bill's retreat presentation on the importance of all the little details as I have worked through a decision about what kind of binding/finishing to use on my small "Stonescape" quilts. I tried out a regular (but very narrow) binding, a hand-done satin-stitch edge, and a pillowcase binding. None seemed quite right. Then I came up with another solution--turning the front edge over to the back, resulting in an 1/8" "binding" on the back side only. The photo above is a comparison of a pillowcase finish (top) and the front-to-back finish below. I think this works, but would appreciate your thoughts also! For a sense of scale: ach of the individual squares are 1-5/8 x 2"; this method would only be appropriate for a small quilt, one that wasn't going to be handled very much. Back side below.
About the quilting: Top one is hand-quilted, bottom is machine quilted with invisible thread on the front. I've decided instead to do hand-tying at the corners.
I keep thinking about Bill's retreat presentation on the importance of all the little details as I have worked through a decision about what kind of binding/finishing to use on my small "Stonescape" quilts. I tried out a regular (but very narrow) binding, a hand-done satin-stitch edge, and a pillowcase binding. None seemed quite right. Then I came up with another solution--turning the front edge over to the back, resulting in an 1/8" "binding" on the back side only. The photo above is a comparison of a pillowcase finish (top) and the front-to-back finish below. I think this works, but would appreciate your thoughts also! For a sense of scale: ach of the individual squares are 1-5/8 x 2"; this method would only be appropriate for a small quilt, one that wasn't going to be handled very much. Back side below.
About the quilting: Top one is hand-quilted, bottom is machine quilted with invisible thread on the front. I've decided instead to do hand-tying at the corners.
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