I’m sharing the way “I” do quilt binding. Like everything in quilting there are MANY ways. This is the way “I” do it ! !
I have tried and used other methods, but I always come back to this way. IF you ever think, “Should I pin this?” “PIN IT!” I am a firm believer that a moment to pin is better than a moment of seam ripping !
This post is huge with LOTS of pictures.
This post is huge with LOTS of pictures.
Cut your strip 2 ½” inches wide and long enough to go
all the around your quilt PLUS 6-8 Inches
More is ALWAYS better with this in my mind.
Cut enough strips to go around the outside edge of your
quilt. Sew all strips together with a 45-degree angle.
Sew and Trim to ¼ inch seam allowance
Open and Press and trim any ends.
Do this to make all binding needed.
BUT ALWAYS check YOUR BOBBIN THREAD, make sure you have enough to make it all the way around the quilt. NOTHING worse than to stop and fill or change a bobbin!
This is where “I” do it a bit different, I just can’t get the seam right using the fold the corner way, I do a straight seam here as shown.
Start sewing about 5-6 inches from your binding end,
Sew the binding with a ¼ inch seam allowance.
I mark with a pin on each corner
Sew the binding with a ¼ inch seam allowance. Stop ¼ from
the edge. Back stitch a few stitches.
the edge. Back stitch a few stitches.
Fold binding back down on to the Quilt. Match up edges.
A diagonal fold will form between the
layers and a straight fold on top. Do corners one at a time, but
layers and a straight fold on top. Do corners one at a time, but
Open up and mark your SEWING line
On both sides
Continue sewing the binding to the quilt.
The right side of the quilt
You will need to trim your batting, I like to trim mine about an 1/8 of an inch from the binding edge
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Single thread, I use about 18 inches at a time.
Catch just a bit of fabric on the binding,
Take a stitch straight across and then back into the binding just a few threads.
Do all Four Corners
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