grammyof4

your avatar is beautiful!!!!

Baloonatic

I love binding, and it's SO easy to do by machine, which is how I sew it down for charity quilts. For quilts going to someone special, I hand stitch the binding. I have 9 different ways to make binding more interesting. Choosing the fabric(s) is the funnest part, it just frames and finishes the quilt!! I take (too much) pride in perfect corners...which is silly since they're so easy to make :?

Marlene1

Susan,

Can you give us a tutorial on how you were taught to get great corners? Thanks! Marlene

Jennifer22206

I love love love to bind!! I'll quilt all summer long, and love to bind in the winter. :) I bind all year long really, but I get a TON done in the winter.

It's just so relaxing.

MelodyWB

Ditto..love doing them!!

Dooneygone

I tried a new method to avoid applying the narrow binding.

It is sometimes called "inside-out" or for whatever reason, "the birther method".

.....You sew the batting around the edges to the wrong side of the quilt top
.....Then place the right side of the backing to the right side of the quilt top and sew seams but leave an opening in the bottom of it about 7-10 inches.
.....Then put your hand up the opening and pull out the right side of the quilt, tack up the opening after you have reversed it.

I have my son's quilt almost done and it looks good. I left a little extra batting to extend beyond the top (about 1/2 in) and when I pulled it right side out, the batting made a puffy ridge which I then sewed about 1/2 to 3/4 inch away from the edge and it almost looks like a binding.

The next quilt I do like this to avoid a binding will have a border added on and then I am going to add another piece that will be a different color and simulate a binding there. These two added borders can then be top-stitched individually and make it look even more like an added-on binding.

It was fun to make and much quicker. But you must be careful to have your quilt and all your seams exact so the quilt forms a perfect rectangle or square when turned out.

I will post a px of my first quilt made this way after I do a little remaining SID on it. Pauline

aronel

I don't mind binding, I just do it my way, and it looks just fine. If people don't like it - they don't have to look at it. It also means that I won't give them a quilt. People need to appreciate the gift, not the perfection.

IAmCatOwned

Well, that's weird. It's my favorite part. So relaxing. What part of binding don't you like and maybe we can suggest an alternative. :)
Stephanie

QuiltnCowgirl

My hand sewing has always left a lot to be desired. But give me a sewing machine & I can do anything! So I do understand you about sewing bindings. Since I found this method my bindings have improved. http://tlcstitches.blogspot.com/2010...-tutorial.html It is done entirely by machine. Maybe give it a try?

happymrs

I do mine all by mine, if I decide to use it at all. Can't see no reason to spend forever, doing it by hand. Works for me! Find a way that works for you & use it, no quilt police, remember. Quilting is suppose to be fun & relaxing, so keep that in mind too...