preparing your quilt top for your quilter

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quilt top preparation for your long arm quilter

A FEW THINGS ABOUT QUILT TOP PREPARATION FOR LONGARMING:

Your quilt top should be pressed, squared, completed and clean, with loose threads removed. If you’re supplying your own batting and backing, they should also be squared, and should be a MINIMUM of 4″ bigger than your top on all sides. 

Please do not baste these together, just fold them, put in a bag, to give or mail to me or your favourite quilter.

A FEW THINGS ABOUT BINDING:

If you decide to have your binding attached, you’ll need to make it.

Here’s how…

  1. Choose your binding fabric and cut into enough 2 1/4″ inch strips across WOF (width of fabric) to go around the edge of your quilt top. 
  2. Join them together end to end using 1/4″ 45 degree angle seams.
  3. Press the joining seams open.
  4. Fold binding in half on the long edge to make it double thickness.
  5. Check it is long enough to go around your quilt with 12″ to spare.
  6. CELEBRATE! You just made binding! Well done!

If you decide to attach it yourself, you can still follow these steps to make it and I can tell you how long it needs to be after measuring your quilt.