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Summary: Look for a straight line that's uninterrupted and an "L" shape in order to fold your binding back to line up with your raw edges. Learn more about how to create your own quilt in this free video series.
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Jeanette White Jeanette White works for Piper's Quilts & Comforts, which has been in business for 11 Years. She has completed hundreds of quilts and her store was nominated ... read more
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Questions & AnswersJEANNETTE WHITE: I'm Jeannette White for Expert Village and Piper's Quilts & Comforts, and today, we're doing a mitered corner. In our last segment, we did the first step in this which was joining this down, making a fold out to the right, and we are looking for two things. I'm looking for a straight line that goes across here that is uninterrupted, and I'm looking for an L shape right here. Once I have those two things, I am going to fold my binding back so that this folded edge right here lines up with the raw edge right here. And these three raw edges, one, two, three are all together. Once I have that, I am going to insert one more pin right here. I'm going to make sure that these two folds right here are lined up. I'm going to fold this down, and this folded edge is now lining up with this raw edge here. I'm going to take an awl, and I'm going to feel right here. And by the way, this is a very necessary tool. I'm going to stitch down until I can feel that fold right underneath there, and then I'm going to hit reverse on my machine and do just one or two reverse stitches. And then, I'm going to bring my needle to the highest position so that my thread will move and I'm going to pull out my quilt top just enough that I can flip this dog ear back, make my turn and I'm going to sew right off the edge this time. Now, we're going to pause for just a moment and you can see that we have made a nice mitered corner. In our next segment, we will be trimming this off and flipping it to the back and finishing it off.
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