Reducing bulk and controlling corners.
Facing a quilt tutorial.
Facing art quilt edges tutorial.
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Secure facing strip to the back of the quilt in the same manner you would secure a binding strip.
I use facings on my quilts because they are meant to be decorative art to hang on the wall rather than a.
Sometimes we find bindings too distracting on a wall quilt.
Step 1 square off all edges of excess batting and backing.
While working on this portrait quilt i went to my favorite resource the internet and found two facing tutorials i hadn t seen before.
How to sew a non binding binding.
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.
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 found a good way to do this and added my own twist to it.
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.
Super duper easy way to face a quilt or.
I use 2 1 2 wide strips pressed wrong sides together along the length to yield a double layered strip 1 1 2 wide.
I combined elements of each technique with my own process and now have my new favorite facing technique.
Step 2 measure all the vertical sides of the quilt.
You need one facing strip for each edge of your quilt.
Flip over the facing strip on the top of the quilt and finger press to get a nice edge.
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.
I really like this facing alternative to the traditional binding as it does not add an additional design element to the quilt.
I usually try and have a backing that matches the front as well but not this time.
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Secure with binding clips.
I think these are the squarest corners i ve ever achieved with a facing finish.
My new wall quilt.
As promised in my last post here is a tutorial on how i like to face a quilt.
I hope you find this quilt facing tutorial useful.
February 18 2019 tutorials.
Supplies to create an easy quilt facing.
Many quilts don t require bindings but we need to finish the edges.
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.
