I Don't Like This Binding

Just a thought here.... I would sew on a wider binding..... but that is just me.....kellie

my purple relay quilt I became friendly with the ripper!

Kelliedi - That's an excellent idea. I wonder if the mitered corners would be a problem with so much bulk from the first binding?

I'm thinking a second binding might be too thick or stiff if you just sewed it over the first one. I agree with one of the others I just finished a quilt that had lots of issues that I had to redo, etc. When I finally finished it, none of the fabrics that I tried for a binding looked just right. The one that I settled on and actuallly added to this pinwheel quilt doesn't please me bunches but I am done with that one. It's a quilt that was a simple one made with Walmart fabric, it turned out cute but I had to undo and redo some of the quilting, I cut the backing off more than I should have and it barely met the edges, etc. Sometimes it's just better to say this one is done and move on.
B

I put a binding on my Dresden Plate quilt using machine stiching on the front. Because of the thickness, my sewing machine did not feed the binding through consistantly, and my decorative stiches were less than decorative. I cut it off. No way do I have time or the energy to pick it off. My border was wide enough. The problem I had was that I didn't have any more of the border fabric left. I had to go find a fabric that would work. I found a multi-colored-dot fabric on a blue background, and put that on. I don't much like it, but now I don't notice it so much. I will never machine bind a quilt again.