Cindy2sew

Using a double fold binding, do you start on the front or back? I have usually started on the front folding towards the back but I have run across patterns that say the opposite. Is this a personal preferance of the author? How do you do it?

Cindy

CoriAmD

I think it is a personal preference. The one I just finished, I started from the back, but I also do the other way just as often. I do it all by machine and use a zip zag stitch so when it's done, you can't tell which side I sewed first.

SueDor

I start in the front.

mltquilt

If it is to be sewn on by hand I sew to the front and flip to the back. If I am finishing the entire binding by machine, table runners, baby quilts and other things that will get a lot of wear and washing start at back and finish on front with decorative stitch or invisible thread in small zigzag.

mltquilt

cizzors

I machine stitch on the front and hand sew to the back. Just learned how to do the mitered corners but still need a little more practice on making them neater. Until then, I'll go from front to back.

justwannaquilt

Machine stitch to the front hand sew to the back!

KarenK

Same here!

gaigai

What she said. :mrgreen:

Joeysnana

I used to machine stitch to the front and hand sew it to the back. Too many projects, though, and too little time. I have begun now machine stitching it to the back first, then using a serpentine stitch on the front. I love this method!

Melinda in Tulsa

I like to apply mine to the front and then fold to the back. My front binding looks nicer this way. I really don't think there is any hard and fast rule. And if so....who cares!