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Mon, 10/12/2009 - 10:37
maryallbritton
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I have a piece of cross stitch I want to put a border around with material.  How do I make the corners in a diagonal?

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Wed, 12/02/2009 - 18:29
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Nehzat
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Re: Sewing a Border Around a Piece of Cross Stitch

Dear Maryallbritton,

Sorry for the late response. I have posted a response which i made previously on how to miter binding. I will repeat it here for you.

Sewing a single fold binding with a miter corner

You can find explanations bellow each picture.

In the near future we are going to make a video lesson covering this topic. I hope this will do for now.

1. To sew a square corner using a biased binding tape, first sew to the edge of the fabric like this. Then reverse stitch the last two stitches to secure the thread.

 2. Now cut off the Threads.

3. Fold the binding tape at the corner so that the folded edge lies at an angle and meets the inside edge of the sewn section

4. Repeat for the other side, underneath.

5. Make sure the edge of the fabric falls in the center fold of the binding tape.

6. Pin the rest of the binding in place. If you like you can hand baste it to keep it in place better before sewing by machine.

Hand basting will make it easier to sew the binding by machine, and prevents puckering.

7. Start with a reverse stitch to secure the binding at the corner.

8. To hide the end of the threads, you can pass them trough a needle and sew two small backstitches by hand then cut the threads.

If this is not what you were looking for, please post the dimensions of your cross stitch piece and the width of the border you want to sew. Also let me know if you want to sew lining on the back.

This way I can calculate and give you exact directions.

Thanks,

Nehzat

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