Originally Posted by annesthreads
I'm in danger of finishing a quilt - this hasn't happened for a long time :) But I see my least favourite task rapidly approaching: the binding. I usually do double binding, stitched to the right side and finished on the back.
Two problems that always stress me:first, how wide a strip to cut? This quilt is 60in square. Then, worst moment of all, finishing it off. I see those two ends getting closer and closer to each other and the panic rises. I always end up bodging them together, having got in a terrible tangle over which sides go together, 45 degree angles etc etc. Can anyone describe to me how to do it, or recommend a good and vey clear tutorial?
There a several videos on You Tube on binding and Sharon Schambers has a great tutorial on her network and step by step on the binding and closing. I have used hers on the last two quilts and really like how she does it. You might want to check these out. Good Luck. I really hate to do the binding on a quilt, or anything else as far as that goes, because I dislike hand work so much. At this time I am doing just that, hand work, but not on a quilt. I am making myself a new suit for Easter and am hemming the jacket and I keep putting it down to do something else. Does that tell you how much I loathe hand work? lol