seazteddy

I need to join the two end of binding but I need an EASY way to do it. I tried a binding tool but that was too complicated. HELP!

juneayerza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vCWpxBRs20
Look how she connects the ends of her binding.

Marley46

If you overlap the two ends by half an inch, and trim them, then sew them together with a quarter inch seam it looks
OK.

Homespun

Love the hint about ironing binding strips first!!

ManiacQuilter2

Please don't feel bad, I always have to pin and baste to make sure I have it right before doing the final restitching and cut the ends off.

Teacup

This technique demonstrated by Jennie Doan works. To make sure I'm right I have the join correct before the final cut I join it with big stitches and check that it lays flat. If not, it's easy to rip out. If it does lay flat, I then resew on that line with smaller stitches and trim off the extra fabric.

GingerK

Yes, I always have to baste mine first too. I cannot tell you how many times I got the angle backwards the first (and second and sometimes third) time! I think I must be binding dyslexic!!

Snooze2978

As I attach my binding using the iron and Elmer's Glue 1st before stitching it to the quilt, this is how I attach my ends together. I leave around 10 inches of the beginning binding loose while I glue around the quilt. When I come to the end, I stop glueing about 10 inches from where I started glueing at the beginning. I bring the two ends together, opening the beginning strip and placing the ending strip inside. I've already pressed a miter at the beginning mind you. I put a couple drops of glue along the miter edge a little farther than 1/4" so the needle won't sew over it. I place the ending strip snug across the beginning strip and press. Then I take it to the machine, stitch along the folded line, trim to 1/4" seam and go back to my ironing board to finish glueing the rest of the bind to the quilt. Then I take the quilt to the machine and stitch the entire binding to the quilt in one sitting. I tried stitching the binding without glueing 1st and didn't care for the outcome. This has worked for me and I have no pins to prick me along the way.

Maureen NJ

http://www.mccallsquilting.com/mccal...ining_the_Ends

i have also had trouble with the binding tool. I think their pictures were very confusing. I LOVE the tutorial above by Sherry Bain Driver. It makes it very easy to do. I just refer to it every time, which is ok with me.

Mazda

I do mine the Jenny Doan way. I consider the binding tool I bought a waste of money!