A lady came in and taught this to use a few months back at a long arm quilters meeting and I thought I would share. I am one of those people who do hand binding but when you are in a hurry and you need binding done fast..this is the way!

You will need two different colors for the binding strips
You cut the outer edge 1 3/8 you cut the flange peice 1 5/8 (inches)

Then sew them just like you would normal binding in one long strip ( short side ...to short side right sides together)
Then you sew them together to create your 2.5 inch binding
Sew them together on the long sides right sides together

Press the seam to the dark.....Then fold and press lile you would with your normal binding....

I put a darker fabric under mine so you could see that little peice a bit a better

Now we are ready to sew it on our quilt! YOu apply the binding just like you would normaly....mitered corners....however you choose to meet up the ends ect....
But you sew it on to the back of the quilt with the flange side showing...

SO that when we flip it over on to the top of the quilt it looks like this ( front picture of quilt)

SO when you flip the binding over and start machine stitcing it on the top of your quilt you find matching thread for the little bit of flange to kind of hide your stitches....as long as you stay on the flange it looks nice...but it is best to try to SID if you can.

So the end result looks like this

that is aweome, thanks for sharing with us

Thanks Charisma! I've thought about doing that with my next quilt, and this gives me the push to go ahead and do it!

Thank you for this tutorial, I have never seen this before and appreciate you sharing it. I will definitely use this method on my next project.

Cheers from Oz,

That is just toooooooooo awesome. Thanx for posting the tute

Thank you somuch. This helps I can't seem to cut the binding wide enough, but I could do two smaller strips and use this method for attaching. You are an angel.

Blessings, Ruth

yet again another tute for me to try. I like that little extra color in there. And I have a couple things in the works right now I can try this one. Thanks again!

Thanks! I knew there had to be an easier way of doing this than I have been doing!

Thank you for posting this tute :D:D:D

Brilliant! Thanks so much for sharing...

What a cool way to do your binding. Thanks for sharing.

i like how it looks when finished

Great tutorial! I have a quilt to bind for my grandson. May have to try this!

Thank you! I love the look the flange gives it.

Oooooh - very nice technique - thank you Charisma! This really adds a classy element to the quilt :)

I love this look it gives the quilt just a little something extra which looks neat and clean.

Awesome

Thanks for more great ideas. Can't wait to see how your new quilting business works out. Good luck.

Thanks...I Will Try this...
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Thanks!

Nice! Thanks for the post!

Great tutorial, looks like I will certainly experiment with this technique. Thank you for sharing!

Thanks for the tute on binding I sure need help in this area and will give this a try.

Wow that is great ! thank you ! working on 2 Christmas Quilts I will try this !!!!

Looks great...thanks Charismah.

Thanks for sharing. It makes it look like you have added piping but done without the extra work piping takes!

Sounds like a great time saver and I love the accent flange! You could even put a piece of cording in and it would look like piping. Great idea and I'll definitely use it on my next project. Thanks.

Thats a fantastic idea Charisma! Thanks for sharing it!

Thanks for sharing - I must try this on my next lap quilt

Thank you for the great tute and binding looks fabulous.

OMGosh thank you sew much, I hate hate hate and did I mention that I hate bindings but this looks sew much easier. I will definetly give it a try

Wow! That is neat! I will have to try that sometime very soon! Thank you so much!! :thumbup:

That's great! I'll have to give this a try some time soon!

Thank you so much for posting this technique. In the past I've included a narrow binding inside the outer binding, but did it in a separate layer of binding. This is easier, I think - why didn't I think of it?

I also just tried a (new to me anyway) method of binding, from a tute by Sharon Schamber. Use School Glue with a tiny tip on the end of the glue bottle. The glue essentially acts like pins, so you don't need a single pin. After you put a skinny line of glue on and line up the raw edges, you press with a hot dry iron to set the glue. It just needs a few seconds and the glue is dry and holds it all together. She even uses it to join the pieces of binding together, using no pins. They are sewn after glued together. Then you pop the glued seam open, press open and trim seam allowances. It might take longer than using pins, but it's so much more accurate and no struggling with the top portion of the binding moving more than the bottom layer - even if you use a walking foot. And joining the two ends of binding is a breeze! I used this method on 6 placemats a couple days ago and it worked like a charm. You can SID on the other side or do by hand. Since these were placemats and will be washed frequently, I did the last row by machine.

I love the look of this binding method. Thank you for sharing. I am definitely going to try this.

Wow, I love this board and what people are willing to share!! What a fun binding idea!! Love, love it - I'll have to try it on my next project. I wonder if you could slip some cording in the fold and make faux piping... hmm.

Thanks for the tute.

That is neat! I can't wait to try it. I hate binding! This looks easy. ;) Thanks for doing this.