Originally Posted by sparkys_mom
I found this tutorial about a year ago and it really helped me.
http://www.moosequilts.com/BindingTutorialWeb.pdf
Before that, I was just making a mess of my binding. I did do a couple of practice runs on scraps before I tried it on an actual quilt and I did get it twisted a couple of times like she said can happen.
I also do double binding and I cut my strips at 2 1/2 inches.
This is the way I do it. I got it from a different site, but it is the same method. I usually leave longer ends to sew together when it is a very large quilt; just leaves more room to deal with the quilt bulk. Also, I don't cut off the excess before I sew the ends together. I have accidentally sewn the binding too short and was glad I had excess to let it out and do it over.