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.