Originally Posted by kkoecher
I love to quilt and I have a few already finished with the exception of the binding. I have tried and tried everything I could find online with no success. No matter what I do how I pin it etc it always puckers. Does anyone have any ideas that would help me.
Thank you
First off, I always heavily starch the fabric before cutting my binding strips. This helps a *lot* to prevent the binding from stretching while I sew. Stretching is the most likely cause of puckers.
Here is how I starch yardage. Mix a 1:1 solution of Sta-Flo liquid laundry starch and water. "Paint" this solution on fabric with a large wall painting brush until fabric is saturated. Toss fabric in dryer. Iron dried fabric with steam. Then proceed to cut strips, sew together, etc.
Here is a link to the Youtube video I found to be most helpful for all-machine binding (parts 1 & 2):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wprg5vzkuGw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MRfADz_pyg