Originally Posted by
Prism99
I stopped ironing the binding in half before sewing it on; works great! However, following another tip from this board, I now iron the binding away from the quilt body before folding it over. This also is a great tip, at least for machine binding (I no longer hand sew bindings). Both tips together mean my bindings fold over the edge more easily *and* more evenly!
I also iron the binding away from the quilt body, just started this recently and it works so well for me because I have stopped hand sewing the bindings. Binding a quilt is the one thing I dislike in the quilting process.