Facing A Quilt Youtube

How to add facing to a quilt part 1 duration.

Facing a quilt youtube.

This picture is part of a border that has been faced. Cut the top and bottom strips the width of the quilt plus 2 inches mine are 2 by 11 5 inches. Your quilt edges are nicely finished and you won t see the facing from the front. Fold the binding completely to the back.

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. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. 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. No binding no bulk edge finish for small quilted projects duration.

I cut my facing strips about 2 inches wide but you could certainly use narrower strips especially on a small quilt. Had this been a quilt for a show i would have used a tan colored thread. Press under one edge of each facing piece by you could. Cut the side strips the length of the quilt less 2 inches i cut these 2 x 10 inches.

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. 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. Recently i learned about facing a quilt instead of binding it. I have used black here to make the stitches a bit more visible for the purpose of the example.

You need one facing strip for each edge of your quilt. I usually try and have a backing that matches the front as well but not this time. Facing a quilt doesn t add any extra dimension color or texture to the outer edges of the quilt. Step 2 measure all the vertical sides of the quilt.

Don t forget the quilt label. I use 2 1 2 wide strips pressed wrong sides together along the length to yield a double layered strip 1 1 2 wide. Facing a quilt is a way to bind your quilt without having the binding show on the front. Handstitch the facing to the back of the quilt.

You attach facing in a way similar to the way binding is attached.