AboutConnie Hester Expertise Quilting and applique expert.Can advise on the following topics:quilting, art quilts, quilt design and construction, machine and hand quilting, paper foundation piecing, machine piecing, hand piecing, raw edge applique, turned-edge applique and fiber art.
Experience Winning awards in international fiber and art competitions since 1983; http://www.conniehester.com/
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Question I have a table runner with angled corners. What is a tidy way to finish these? Thank you!
Answer Regardless of technique, you always want to fold excess fabric on the front and/or the back sides into a miter for neatness.
Possibly the method which would be the easiest and would not create excessive bulk at each turn (and a method I use more often than binding) is to sew a facing along the edges.
Cut a strip of fabric on the straight of grain or on the crossgrain, about 2" wide. Start sewing in the middle of a straight side (using 1/4" seam allowances throughout). Sew to within 1/4" of the first raw edge encountered at the first angled corner. Clip facing strip in order to arrange it flush with the adjacent straight edge, pivotting table runner with needle still down. Sew along this second edge to within 1/4" of the next raw edge of the next angled turn. Proceed around entire table runner, joining loose ends of facing strip when they meet, to lay flat.
Trim away points at corners (to eliminate bulk), and fold facing to backside (folding excess fabric at corners into miters). Turn under 1/4" along raw edge of facing and blindstitch into place along backside of table runner.
