Digitabulist

http://www.quiltersparadiseesc.com/O...Up%20Video.htm

I was like you when it came to binding, but with this tool (my favorite notion of all time) I can "bind" like a pro. You will too!

Onebyone

If you cut bias strips with the bias ruler and the fabric is folded you will get a half a picture frame. That is what the poster is asking about.

Onebyone

If I have to spend more then a minute joining my binding edges then it's not a good method for me. Here are pictures of my binding method.

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feffertim

here you go http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/blog.php/blog_id/6590

maviskw

This is exactly what I was talking about in my post. (No. 24) Only do this at the end also. Make the triangle at the beginning, and cut the ending tail at the base of that triangle. Then you just sew them together like you did every other binding seam. No overlap plus signs. It helps to iron in those triangles on every strip. Gives you a sewing line.

Onebyone

I'm too lazy to sew the ends, just tuck and keep sewing the seam. The last picture is the binding folded over like it would look on one side of a quilt.

linda8450

ArtsyOne, I am left handed and right brained, so I usually struggle with things that others find so easy. I will try to describe how I handle joining binding strips together. I take the first strip, place it right side up on my machine as if I was going to sew across the end. Take the second strip, right side facing down and place the end of if on top of the end of the first strip, at right angles, making sort of an "L". Let the second strip hang down in my lap. Sew across at a 45 degree angle so the tip will be able to be trimmed off. Pull the second strip up to the bed, flip to right side up and add the 3rd strip right side down. I just keep feeding them and sewing and then I trip and clip the threads between. Works if I don't get interrupted!

farmquilter

Looking down in the comments a gal said the information is in a book, A Fine Finish from 1996. I was hoping for something in print to have for a reference. I have the book and it is in there along with a lot of wonderful finishes. I just did a test sample and it works, must remember to use it on my next quilt.
Thank you for posting the link so I can actually use one of my books.

oldtisme

From what little I've learned on joining the bonding ends this tutorial completely confused me, guess it's my beginner showing.

fireworkslover

I disagree. I think the fabric is folded. After she cuts the first cross grain strip, it slides apart a bit and you can see the wrong side of the underneath section, so the fabric is folded. I think this video is very misleading as the way to cut binding.