Facing A Quilt Tutorial

My new wall quilt.

Facing a quilt tutorial.

Check out this tutorial by one of our longarm specialists denise jones on how to easily do straight line quilting using q matic longarm quilting automation system. I think these are the squarest corners i ve ever achieved with a facing finish. I ve had a lot of requests for directions for my method of using a facing to finish an art quilt instead of a traditional binding so i decided it was time for a tutorial. How to sew a non binding binding.

Flip over the facing strip on the top of the quilt and finger press to get a nice edge. Facing a quilt is a way to bind your quilt without having the binding show on the front. Secure with binding clips. Secure facing strip to the back of the quilt in the same manner you would secure a binding strip.

My email address may be found in my header under contact me. I combined elements of each technique with my own process and now have my new favorite facing technique. Quilted and trimmed quilt i m using a simple whole cloth quilt for my wall hanging quilted on the q 24. Supplies to create an easy quilt facing.

February 18 2019 tutorials. You need one facing strip for each edge of your quilt. Sometimes we find bindings too distracting on a wall quilt. I do suggest using a fabric close to the same color as the edge of the quilt so that the facing blends in with the front of the quilt.

Reducing bulk and controlling corners. Facing a quilt this blog entry was the second place winner in tips tutorials fall 2018 festival. Step 2 measure all the vertical sides of the quilt. Many quilts don t require bindings but we need to finish the edges.

Facing art quilt edges tutorial. Step 1 square off all edges of excess batting and backing. I usually try and have a backing that matches the front as well but not this time. As promised in my last post here is a tutorial on how i like to face a quilt.

I use 2 1 2 wide strips pressed wrong sides together along the length to yield a double layered strip 1 1 2 wide. The photo on the left below shows the quilt on the back the one of the right is the front view of this same step. We ll sew the strip to the quilt using a 1 4 seam allowance leaving a 1 facing on the back side of the quilt. I really like this facing alternative to the traditional binding as it does not add an additional design element to the quilt.

While working on this portrait quilt i went to my favorite resource the internet and found two facing tutorials i hadn t seen before. I found a good way to do this and added my own twist to it. I use facings on my quilts because they are meant to be decorative art to hang on the wall rather than a.