Binding on the Longarm - Yes! It's a Thing!
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- We’re keeping the quilting short today - Bubbles & Waves on a little baby quilt - so that we can focus on the big topic:
ATTACHING BINDING ON THE LONGARM
Yes! It can be done! But why would you want to??
Maybe you have limited space at your sewing machine and it’s a pain to handle the whole quilt there.
Maybe you have shoulder issues and it’s literally a pain to wrangle an entire quilt.
Or maybe you quilt for others as a business and want to add an additional service for your clientele.
If any of those describes you…let’s do it!
No special tools are necessary - just a straight ruler and a ruler plate. That’s it. I’ll show you how I do it and then you can rush off to try it on your own quilts.
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You do a great job of instructing how to handle anything that might happen you are awesome!
Thank you for posting. These videos are so helpful. I am just starting with long arm quilting and really appreciate all your tips.
You are so welcome!
I LOVE that you do this live. I have a longarm & quilt only my own quilts. Seeing some of the same sorts of things that I experience, rather than edited to perfection video reminds me that those glitches are “part & parcel” rather than lack of skill or ability…and to just troubleshoot/problem solve rather than berating myself. 🤗
Yep. It's true! Glitches are just part of the process.
Great video on adding the binding at the frame. I have tried this before (eons ago) but did not like the results and it was not very efficient. I did not use a ruler (if I remember correctly). I am going to try it again on my next quilt (which is waiting to get loaded tomorrow) and see if it I do a better job. Your narration during the entire time was very good for me to hear. Thank you.
Always learn so much from you, especially from your real life oops. Thank you.
The idea about a third of the binding is genius!!! Thank you so much
It wasn't terribly precise, but that's how I think about it😉
Watching this after and it’s great to see, thank you! Also, I love the two camera angles simultaneously. It couldn’t be better! Thank you so much!
Thank you ever so much, Susan and Dave - a fantastic episode :) I really, really appreciate the formula for the 'scant' 1/3 of the binding width for the sewing seam: a total treat for you having worked it out (for all of us) - it sure does make sense 🥰
It’s not terribly precise….but it does work👍🏻
So glad I watched you attach the binding on the front. I never thought about using the ruler. I will now give it a try.
Thank you once again! I'm a day late, but I will say I really like the split screen.
Good to know!
Great demo! I usually put the binding on with the longarm but maybe not as precise as you do. I think I must improve using your guidance. Thank you!
Thanks, Susan. Appreciate what you’re doing for us. I have a very square quilt on the longarm now. I think I’ll try the LA binding on it. And I truly appreciate your humility. Disappointed in myself that I didn’t free motion this one-I’m STILL too nervous to do it. 😕
It'll come! Start with a project that's not terribly near to your heart...and then just go for it. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at how good it looks when you step back, and that'll build your confidence for the next one 👍🏻
Missed the live stream but enjoyed the replay. My vote is for the split screen since the larger images are easier on my senior eyes. I figure your missed wave/echo is your intentional "oops," same as the Amish do with their quilts!
Well, it wasn't intentional, but I'll take it 😄 It certainly does show that a human did the quilting.
Hi from Alton, il!!
Hi from california
Susan, I love the quilt behind you. What is the pattern?
It's Home for the Holidays by Vanessa Christenson.
I have yet to try this, I find smaller quilts no problem to bind on the domestic, however, a king size causes me to swear! I have a king size in line to load on the longarm, I may just give it whirl.
Update: I have done two king size quilts on the longarm now, they turned out okay. I usually want to square them before I attach binding, but these were both within an inch of square, and for a king, I'm okay with that.
The link for Kai scissors is for shears. Do you have a link for the small curved blunt tip scissors?
I’m sorry I don’t. Amazon doesn’t carry them; I bought directly from Kai at a quilt show.
Split screen for me!
I thought in the beginning you said you stitch the binding to the back of the quilt, then top stitch it on the front. Now I see you doing the opposite. ??
That's how I do it at the domestic machine and then it's 100% machine bound. Doing it at the longarm sets up the client (or myself) for handstitching it around to the back.
QQ what is holding your snips on your handle?
I talk about them briefly near the end - my machine has a latch for the adjustable arms that my little snips fit right into.