I have made a few quilts but I have never been able to work out how to finish off the binding neatly. It always looks messy and I have never been happy how it looks. Can anyone give me some suggestions?

this video is great for show quality binding every time


http://sharonschambernetwork.com/fre...gel/index.html

Thanks for your help I will have a look at video this afternoon. Cheers Jackie.

Great video. Thanks. Do you have a point for your glue? Where do you get them?

The tips that Sharon uses are available at many craft stores, Plaid Art Materials - Tip Pen Set

Thanks

Klue (or anyone) do you know if the Sharon Schamber Video on Curved binding will work on a 45 degree inside corner binding too?

yes you should be able to do it the same way - and use some glue to hold things down.

Great thanks. i have just made that table runner for the wedding gift and I have four inside corners to bind which I have never done. I will give it a shot. Really great videos. Thanks for turning me onto them.

i just designed a quilt for our church fair that has a cross cut out in the center that's about 4 inches in each direction.

it should be interesting when it comes time to bind it.

I hope you took pictures of teh cross quilt I would love to see it sounds really nice Klue

Thats a grea video...I learned a lot, thanks Klue!

i haven't made it yet i've just set up the design. i'll start on it in september for the november fair.

The Binding thingy is on the top 10 gadgets list....Its easy, you are gauranteed a neat small already sewn corner. No unraveling because you trim close, I have been using this method for many years and it Never frayed, on baby quilts that are washed a lot- and on King quilts that are not washed so often. It actually takes less time to do than the traditional way....just in case ya wanted to know.. :-)

I use Sharon Schamber's method from the video but I don't use the glue. I find that starching the binding gives me enough firmness to just sew it on. I do follow her advice on the corners and the last two quilts I did had great miters on the binding (if I dare say so myself).

Closing the binding still takes me a little bit until my brain wraps around the right direction, but I use the angled cut and it works like a charm.

quilt that,

does the binding tool help with doing internal binding?

i've designed a quilt that has a cross cut out right in the center of the quilt and i've been dwelling on how to bind it off.

Im not quite sure what U mean-

imagine a quilt and then take a rotary cutter and cut a 4 inch cross out of it in the center.

so i have to binding the edges all around the quilt - just like any other quilt but i also have to bind off the center where i cut a cross out.

good idea thank you

SO the quilt is like a frame with a void?

yes exactly.

or another way to visualize it - its a square shaped donut. its got a hole in the middle in the shape of a cross.

U might want to try a fusible binding...using heat N bond lite, fuse it to the fabric, cut strips, fold in half, fuse it so it wraps around the edge...then use a fancy stitch or mono thread and a very small zig zag...OR..try the binding thingy....

thats an excellent option too since this is going to be a wall hanging i can use fusible and not have to worry that it might be stiff.

thats what i will do if nothing else works.

i'd like to figure it out because i really want to play with the negative space in quilts.

i've been thinking alot about lace and crochet and how they have open negative space - i'd like to translate that open work into quilts.

you know I have been giving this some thought . Your lucky doesn't happen alot gggggg. I watched teh video of the binding a angel quilt and withthe use of glue you should be able to bind it much of the same way as you would with a curved quilt inside corner and the glue would hold it in place so you could sew it .

What a great video!! Her techniques and instruction are the best. Thanks so much for sharing!!!

I have never seen such a thing - LOVE IT!! Going out to buy glue ASAP!!! Thanks for sharing!!!