Originally Posted by GrammaO
Omak is correct. I think I cut this 2 1/2" or 2 3/4" inches to begin with, then folded in half and pressed. Line up the raw edges of the binding with the raw edge of the quilt. Then your binding is 'double fold' and will last longer. I make double fold binding for all my quilts, even the ones I fold to the back and hand stitch. Thanks for asking. :-)
Originally Posted by ceegee
When you top stitch the binding in the front I am assumint that you fold your binding in half first. Am I correct
carol
Yes. It is just like when you do the other kind of binding. You fold it stitch to the BACK side edge and bring it to the front instead of stitching to front and bringing to back of quilt.