Originally Posted by kristakz
I'm amazed at how many people trim first. The couple of times I did that, my backing all bunched up on me when I attached the binding. So I leave it untrimmed (I always square my top before quilting), attach the binding 1/4" from the raw edge of the top,and then trim all the backing/batting to that same 1/4".
I never had a problem with trimming before binding until my last two projects. Perhaps I had problems with the backing bunching up because I did some hand quilting after trimming. To eliminte the bunching problem, one of my more experienced quilting friends told me I should always leave a few inches of batting and backing to give the quilt more "give". It's frustrating to work so hard on a quilt only to have problems at the very end.