Originally Posted by Renee110
I have finished my first quilt...a king size...handquilted. Now it's time for the binding which I'm scared to start. It's just so big, and I did make a wallhanging that was 25 x 25 and I messed up the binding on that. My corners weren't pretty, it was kinda warped and there was even a 2 inch spot that the machine didn't catch, and I had to re-do that. So I have been putting off starting the binding for over a week. I kinda wish I had left enough backing to bring to the front.
I don't like to do mitered binding, so about 3 months ago I decided to do it this way. I put a glass against the edge of the quilt. Draw a line and trim off the fabric around the corner. I then put on the binding the regular way, but instead of mitered corners, I have gently curved corners. Always looks good. See picture below.