I'm a frugal quilter/crafter... the important things to remember are:
Keep an accurate seam allowance, wether 1/4", 1/2" or?...keep it the same.
When you get to within a seam allowance of the end of the side, stop, pivot and stitch off the very corner of the quilt..this gives you the 45 degree fold line.
Fold up the binding on that 45 degree stitching, fold it back down matching the raw edges of the batting to the raw edges of the quilt's next side to be sewn. Make sure that the fold matches at the top, with the raw edge of the side you just sewed.
Sew over all sides...and continue to the next corner.
If you do the above, you can't pull the fold of the mitre out of place.
Originally Posted by joycet
Glad to know i"m not alone. I hate binding too. I don't mind hand stitching it down..just machine putting it on. I too can never get my corners to look good. Maybe one will..the next one will be a bit off, third one will be pretty bad and the 4th will be horrible. I've bought about everything I've seen to help me...even to several of the Martinellis items and nothing seems to help. Frustrated in Fl!!! LOL