Love your videos. I use the used cone method. However I then place it on one of the free standing thread holders beside my machine. It works perfectly.
I love my Laurastar Lift iron too! With small dogs allowed on the furniture steaming the cushions, pillows and mattresses has made a huge difference in how fresh it smells indoors now!
I iron all my pieces in half BEFORE I sew them together for the long binding strip. Once sewn I trim and press just the seams. I then fold accordion style. I lay that on my lap at the sewing machine and nothing gets tangled as I sew it on the quilt.
Hi Susan. What do you have your iron laying on? Silicone mat? I'm so afraid of it melting on my iron .I have a scorched ironing board cover. Thank you.
I wish my mitered binding join sewing line was as neat as yours! The number of times I have to unpick and resew to get those two sections to open without having one offset above and below the other! Yikes! Thanks for the tips.
One way to solve this problem is to pre-miter your join using a corner clipper tool. I use my Creative Grids small (5") folded clipper. Just line up the lines for your binding width and cut (right side up). It already has seam allowance. I use a scant 1/4" on the seam. It it lots less fiddly for me than using the crossover method.
I leave the selvages on my strips. Then when I cross them I overlap so that the selvages are beyond the overlapped area. Makes a nice miter and you cut off the selvages when you trim.
That iron is super nice, but really expensive. Not in my price range. A super tool the site has is a thread cutter using a rotary blade. Best tool ever if you do chain piecing. How do you do the binding for the back? Are you able to get the seams aligned or do you just go straight and no care? Would love to see a video on that specific technique.
Rowenta makes a steam generating iron (the one that you see Donna Jordan use if you have seen her videos). It is ~400. It is a dry steam. Compared to regular hand held steam irons, it is much more expensive, but a fraction of the Laura Star. I have had mine for several months, and I really love it. It is lighter than a regular steam iron because the steam is being generated from a connected unit. I love it. I baste my quilts on my design wall, and I use fusible webbing strips. This steam iron allows me to dispatch this work quickly.
It starts with binding - keeping it from stretching etc. And then I “block” them which means laying out flat, spritzing with water, stretching really flat, and leaving to dry overnight. Here’s an episode showing it: th-cam.com/users/liveke13oeXOTJA?si=MbVeCJnEiWD960ey
Oh my ...time-saving tips! I've got to try this. I spend a lot of time picking each top stitch. Thanks Susan!
Love your videos. I use the used cone method. However I then place it on one of the free standing thread holders beside my machine. It works perfectly.
I love my Laurastar Lift iron too! With small dogs allowed on the furniture steaming the cushions, pillows and mattresses has made a huge difference in how fresh it smells indoors now!
I always learn so much from your videos. I chain piece my binding this way also!
Toilet paper core rolls work great for rolling
Yes it does! I just happen to have many thread cone cores!
I think I’d try attaching the third hand to the back of your table as it might be easier to just pull towards you as you press. JMHO
Such a beautiful quilt, and your binding is a first rate choice!
Nifty looking tools to speed up this task. I'm among the rebels who don't press the binding in half! 😅
Tsk tsk😂
Thank you, Susan for all of your videos. I have learned so much from you. Keep up the great work.
That tool is a great time saver-thanks!
I iron all my pieces in half BEFORE I sew them together for the long binding strip. Once sewn I trim and press just the seams. I then fold accordion style. I lay that on my lap at the sewing machine and nothing gets tangled as I sew it on the quilt.
Hi Susan. What do you have your iron laying on? Silicone mat? I'm so afraid of it melting on my iron .I have a scorched ironing board cover. Thank you.
Yes, it’s a silicone mat that’s part of the setup.
I wish my mitered binding join sewing line was as neat as yours! The number of times I have to unpick and resew to get those two sections to open without having one offset above and below the other! Yikes! Thanks for the tips.
You’re welcome! If those seams regularly give you grief, try marking the seam line and pinning. Takes time, but perhaps less time than unpicking 😁
That’s an awesome tool. After you got the tool, how many times did it take you using it before you got it to feed correctly and come out perfect?
One way to solve this problem is to pre-miter your join using a corner clipper tool. I use my Creative Grids small (5") folded clipper. Just line up the lines for your binding width and cut (right side up). It already has seam allowance. I use a scant 1/4" on the seam. It it lots less fiddly for me than using the crossover method.
@@notesfromleisa-land Oh, wow, that's genius! Thank you!
I leave the selvages on my strips. Then when I cross them I overlap so that the selvages are beyond the overlapped area. Makes a nice miter and you cut off the selvages when you trim.
That iron is super nice, but really expensive. Not in my price range. A super tool the site has is a thread cutter using a rotary blade. Best tool ever if you do chain piecing. How do you do the binding for the back? Are you able to get the seams aligned or do you just go straight and no care? Would love to see a video on that specific technique.
I typically bind fully by machine. I’ve done a couple of videos, just search for “binding”.
Rowenta makes a steam generating iron (the one that you see Donna Jordan use if you have seen her videos). It is ~400. It is a dry steam. Compared to regular hand held steam irons, it is much more expensive, but a fraction of the Laura Star. I have had mine for several months, and I really love it. It is lighter than a regular steam iron because the steam is being generated from a connected unit. I love it. I baste my quilts on my design wall, and I use fusible webbing strips. This steam iron allows me to dispatch this work quickly.
That sounds fantastic! The separately generated steam is what I love about the Laurastar too - you don't get the spurts of water.
I have seen the binding rolled on to a small piece of pool noodle.
What brand is your iron?
It’s a Laurastar on a lift.
Just curious what kind of iron are you using?
It’s a Laurastar.
If you put a thin dowel through the spool, and secure it under your legs, the binding spools off easily.
Good one!
What brand of iron are you using?
It’s a Laurastar, the lift version. I absolutely love it.
Do you backstitch at all?
Not when I’m sewing them together, I just use a short stitch length like I do when piecing.
so if you had a helper they could wind while you held the iron!!!
Oh yes!!
How do you get to hang your quilt on the wall so flat
It starts with binding - keeping it from stretching etc. And then I “block” them which means laying out flat, spritzing with water, stretching really flat, and leaving to dry overnight. Here’s an episode showing it: th-cam.com/users/liveke13oeXOTJA?si=MbVeCJnEiWD960ey