Originally Posted by kluedesigns
Originally Posted by Quilter2B
Up until now all my quilts (only five) have been SID; all the bindings have been attached by machine, folded over and hand stitched to finish. As much as I tried, I've never been any good at machine stitching binding or bias strips! This fall my DH bought me a "new to me" used Bernina 730E. I bought a (generic) 2" binding foot for it - or whoa-ez-me - what an invention this is! I used it to bind some quicky fleece blankets for Christmas presents along with the walking foot and you would have thought I'd been doing it forever, they came out so neat and even.
are you using double fold binding?
do you stitch the binding down first and then use the special binding foot to help fold the binding to the back?
how do you do mitered corners with the binding and the special binding foot?
so basically, i would like to know exactly how you're doing this and if you could post a link or pic of the special binding foot that you use that would be wonderful.
or if you live nearby, put on a pot of coffee and i'll be over with some cake/cookies and a few quilts to bind off :-D
I cut my strips 2" wide and piece them for a length long enough for what I need. I've only tried corners once and wasn't happy with the result (it will take some more practice) so I just did each side and then finished the corners by hand. I feed my strip into the attachment and it will fold and stitch onto the blanket/quilt as it is fed by the walking foot. I saw a video online and feel in love with it (the generic's are inexpensive - I got mine on eBay); I'm trying to remember what website it was on; if i come across it as I'm working my brain :? I'll post it. In the meantime here is a quicky from the bernina website - it really doesn't show much but you can get an idea of how it works:
http://www.berninausa.com/webautor-d...achment-84.wmv
Here's a pic of my generic foot; it is a bit bulkier than bernina's but it does the job!
Here is the link I was talking about - this website is a wealth of information :lol:
http://www.thequiltshow.com/bernina/301.html