Prairie Points for a quilt border, how do you do the back?

[coffeebreak]

I was wanting to try Prairie Points as the border on a quilt. I learned how to make them and sew them to the front and then fold them open and point outward.

Now...how do you put the back on? The binding catches all three layers, but now...you can't use binding. Do you have to literally lay it out and hand sew the back on by turning under 1/4 hem and just hand stitch it where it should go? Please tell me there is another way, cause if there isn't... I'm not Prairie Pointing!

[auntiemern]

How I do it is I put the prairie points on with the binding. From the top of the quilt, lay your prairie points on facing the middle. Then put your binding on as you normally would. When you flip the binding to the back, the prairie points will roll over so they are facing outward like they are supposed to be. Then hand stitch the binding down on the back, the way you would do any other quilt. Maybe this will help you visualize. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPe2tBLdmac

[Sandy Navas]

Same way I would suggest - she, Marilyn has you covered!

[New York Sue]

Oh, JEEZ....

[coffeebreak]

How I do it is I put the prairie points on with the binding. From the top of the quilt, lay your prairie points on facing the middle. Then put your binding on as you normally would. When you flip the binding to the back, the prairie points will roll over so they are facing outward like they are supposed to be. Then hand stitch the binding down on the back, the way you would do any other quilt. Maybe this will help you visualize. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPe2tBLdmac

Great video.. and she machine sewed it down....no hand stitching! I just hate hand stitching anymore! I think I will give it a try! Thanks for the help!

[auntiemern]

You are quite welcome.

[LoveMyMachines]

I've seen this method of prairie points and binding on you tube also. I love being able to machine stitch the binding down on blankets for children and care facilities because the blankets get machine washed a lot. What I haven't quite mastered is the corners if the binding is only on one side of the quilt. A traditional mitred corner fold yields too much fabric and the corner is not as neat as normal binding. How do you prep the corners to mitre them neatly? I will have to play with this and post a sample video of what I learn...

[Sarahballuff]

I watched the video and she doesn't show how to do the corners. I made a quilt with the same technique, but with a ruffle. The corners were a major pain. They did not turn out pretty AT ALL! I re-did them three times and with different methods. Nothing really worked and the next time I do it, I will have to make rounded corners. That is the only way I can imagine doing the binding smoothly. If someone can video the process of making a smooth mitered corner, that would be AWESOME!