Now don't laugh at me if this is a tip broadly known and I just never heard of it before. I've only been quilting for about 1-2 months so I'm still learning, and I discovered a neat way to make hand sewing the binding onto the back of your quilt a lot easier. I figure there have to be some newbies out there like me that might benefit from this, so here goes.

It's pretty simple, after you sew your binding on to the front, flip it over and iron the binding down. It takes a minute or two, but it really helps get the binding to be even on the front (i.e., you're not repeatedly pulling the binding too far or not pulling it enough around the edge). I usually start with one side, iron it all down right, sew it, and then move on to the next side, iron, sew, etc.

Anyways, sorry if that's a pretty obvious tip, but I'm finding it makes handsewing the binding on WAY easier and more fun. :)

Not so obvious.
I've been quilting since the mid 70s and never thought to do this
Thanks

Great tip :D:D:D

Very neat tip thank you for sharing

That's a great tip. I never iron and now I will try it. I usually just clip the binding and cuss as I'm sewing it on because it gets wonky.

Thanks for the tip....I am sure all have taken a class at some point in life, maybe more than one and read alot of quilting books and read alot of quilt patterns.....and believe me most of the time they dont tell or share their own personal tricks.....

So I am very thankful we have this board to share those little things that can be so important.

I do that and when it is a larger quilt I will even use a glue stick to help keep the binding in place till I get to sewing that area.

ali

What a good tip I also will have to give that a try.

Thanks

I've been quilting for 8 years and never thought to iron it down !!! Thanks for the tip !!!

I just learned about this from my lady that does long-arm. It sure cuts the time down. :thumbup: