Originally Posted by
sewgray
I have a friend that does beautiful quilts, when she is done with the quilting and trims the leftover batting and material she just runs it through the serger. Then sews the binding in the traditional way. When she's done her quilts always look great.
When I am ready to bind, I sew the binding on the front, trim the leftovers by hand, then finish the back by hand.
How do you do it? Do you like your binding full or a little flatter?
I use my serger all the time to serge around ALL of the quilts that I make. I mark and stitch with long stitches (no pins near the serger) the edges so that it is squared then follow that line as I serge making sure that it is not puckered underneath. It is wonderful to have the quilt "behave" while sewing on the binding as the serged edge provides you with the 1/4 inch seam allowance and it is much easier to fold over the binding to the back and most of the time it covers the stitching, then I hand stitch the back. Hope this helps. Mary