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Notes from the Classroom with Renée Fleuranges-Valdes THE EDGE?

To bind or to face... That is the question. Students ask this question all the time. Well, let me share my thoughts on two edge finishing techniques.

The standard answer is binding. Binding works on all types of quilts but is definitely the most common approach for utilitarian quilts in particular. Usually, a cotton strip is folded in half and sewn either to the front or back of the quilt,

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