Facing A Quilt Vs Binding

It allows you to take the quilting all the way to the edge can add a nice professional and more artful looking finish especially to a smaller quilt and i also find quilts seem to hang better and flatter with this method.

Facing a quilt vs binding.

You attach facing in a way similar to the way binding is attached. The facing strips don t go all the way around the quilt edge so there is less hand sewing to do. This is the perfect way to finish your quilt edges when you don t want the frame that binding creates. Recently i learned about facing a quilt instead of binding it.

I ve tried several different techniques but until recently i wasn t entirely satisfied with my corners. Some quilts especially art quilts look much better without a binding showing. This technique adds hanging corner triangles to your quilt at the same time. Facing a quilt doesn t add any extra dimension color or texture to the outer edges of the quilt.

A facing is similar to a binding on a quilt except that it s turned completely to the back so there is no visual line around the edge of a quilt. How to add facing to a quilt part 1 you know that i hate to bind my quilts but i do it if i really have to and i ve found a way to avoid this. This picture is part of a border that has been faced. I also prefer a facing because the hand stitching required at the end is easier as there is more fabric turned to the back and it doesn t have to be exact.

It allows you to secure the raw edges of your quilted project without adding the frame that traditional quilt binding does. Instead the binding is folded entirely to the back as a facing. Add facing instead of binding for a clean modern look.