Facing A Quilt Youtube

This picture is part of a border that has been faced.

Facing a quilt youtube.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Recently i learned about facing a quilt instead of binding it. I usually try and have a backing that matches the front as well but not this time. Your quilt edges are nicely finished and you won t see the facing from the front.

You need one facing strip for each edge of your quilt. 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. Facing a quilt is a way to bind your quilt without having the binding show on the front. No binding no bulk edge finish for small quilted projects duration.

Step 1 square off all edges of excess batting and backing. Chatterbox quilts 196 639 views. You attach facing in a way similar to the way binding is attached. Step 2 measure all the vertical sides of the quilt.

The facing will turn to the back side press the facing towards the back and give each corner a bit of a light pressing before finishing. Don t forget the quilt label. 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. Handstitch the facing to the back of the 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. Cut the side strips the length of the quilt less 2 inches i cut these 2 x 10 inches. Fold the binding completely to the back. Cut the top and bottom strips the width of the quilt plus 2 inches mine are 2 by 11 5 inches.

Had this been a quilt for a show i would have used a tan colored thread. Stitch the facing in place using matching thread. I have used black here to make the stitches a bit more visible for the purpose of the example. Press under one edge of each facing piece by you could.

How to add facing to a quilt part 1 duration.