Did you see the tumbling blocks quilt on the Sept 6, 2010 Daily Blog by Karinlisaquilts? It was appliquéd onto a foundation to create a straight edge without having to cut off parts of some of the blocks. Great look!

Thanks Margo - I've done scalloped bindings before - I was also wondering whether to straighten up the sides - am just about to look at your links!



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Jacky, you didn't ask for a binding tute for curved or scalloped bindings, but Sharon Schamber has an excellent video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cecclSlmpw8

Thanks Margo - very much appreciated!

Margo...many thanks for the link to the clear quilting tutorials on finishing edges......I learned some good things!

You might want to check out Marcia Baker's video that shows how to apply bindings to a quilt with hexagon edges. http://www.online-quilting.com/video-tutorials-free/index.html (Scroll down to "Finishing the Edges") If it's miniature, you might consider doing a faced binding. Teri (LittleFlower) recently had a link on her blog to Jeri Riggs' blog showing how to do faced bindings: http://jeririggs.blogspot.com/2008/02/facings-for-quilts.html

I have started to do a little handpiecing using hexagons. I am using freezer paper to make the paper templates - using it shiny side up on the wrong side of the fabric and ironing the fabric over to 'stick' rather than the traditional way of tacking the fabric over. I started with hexagons 30+ years ago! I am going to do a miniature grandmothers flower garden. I haven't quite thought through how I am going to finish the edges yet - Has anybody got any ideas?

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