:shock: Hey I'm not that clever

Can't wait to see the quilt with binding, Wendy! Will it have a metallic mixed in?

I'm binding with Sari silk, I like the finish

I'm going to keep your strip widths for the binding, Margo. I really like the thinner looking faux piping, as you did it.

Thanks Nancy. If you are careful about stitching the binding on with a seam allowance the right width to cover the seam line, and match your bottom thread to your backing fabric, the seam is really not objectionable. Yes....it takes some time to pin it in place before you stitch, but binding like this on the back should be good enough for a judge, unlike the wrong thread on the back of my sky piece!

This photo should blow up enough for you to see the stitches:

I guess the eyes aren't as good as I thought! I thought they were beads on the wavy lines at the top, and around the heart. I should have increased the size to have a closer look. Looks great anyway.

Renata, that is the same technique, but I cut my strips 1-3/4" and 1-1/2" (hers was 1-1/4") to get the very narrow "flange". She says to whip it down by hand from the front, but I stitched mine down by machine between the faux piping and the binding.

Rita....no beading yet!! It's only thread so far!

Love the beading Margo. And thanks for the link to the faux piping, I will have to give it a try.

Margo -

Your quilt is looking great! I was wondering what it would be like to embroider through the fusible. Your hand stitches look perfect. And the binding looks wonderful.

This binding method is very popular in my local guild. They call it "peek-a-boo" binding. I haven't tried it yet myself, but probably will at some point. When I first saw the method, I was bothered by the extra line of stitching visible on the back. But Ricky's method has the same thing and he even talks about this being okay even for show quilts, so I've been rethinking that and will try both methods at some point. I need to see which corners I like better.

Nancy

Margo, what you did with the binding looks remarkably similar to what I did on on of my AAQI quilts a little while back. I just made mine a little wider than yours). It's called a two color flange binding and I got it from http://www.ludlowquiltandsew.co.uk/Flange_Quilt_Binding.html (video included). Hope this helps anyone trying to do it for the first time. I was surprised at how easy it was to do. Margo, let me know if it is not the same as what you did.

Lookin' good Margo and Rita!

I'm keeping with Lauren's schedule and just did the hand embroidery this week. The yarn/threads that Lauren put in the kits are just plain scrumptious, but what a pain to pull them through the fused applique! I'll stick to needleturn!

I also tried a new-to-me binding method and really like it! It gives the extra detail like Ricky's mini-piping, but it doesn't take as much fabric, and the corners are treated just like regular french corners instead of the pieced corners that Ricky uses on his Grand Finale DVD.

Nancy Zieman's french fold binding: http://www.nancysnotions.com/jump.do?itemID=5&itemType=LANDING&page=bindaquilt

And here is the method I tried today:
http://tlcstitches.blogspot.com/2010/07/faux-piped-binding-tutorial.html

Hmmmm....the video is no longer on her web site but was in the Sept 2012 issue of American Quilter magazine. Here is a link to someone who tried the technique:
after seeing it in the magazine so you can see how it's done: http://colormequilty.blogspot.com/2012/08/faux-piped-binding.html

Ah you are being too kind, thanks.

I think the green cording looks great!