Originally Posted by
ManiacQuilter2
I recently saw Patrick Lose, the original designer of Moda Marbles (my fabric tonal fabric) on F&P. He showed a slightly different variation on sewing binding in a corner. He stops sewing just at the 1/4" end then pivots the quilt and sews off to the corner of the quilt. This give you your perfect miter. He cuts the thread, and then fold the binding as you would normally and continues to sew to the next corner. There is more to this but you really have to watch him doing to understand the concept. I was skeptical at first but it works and I now I do it his way. I think it was the 2300 series but not sure when or if F&P will let you watch the series online.
And everything old is new again. LOL
Harriet Hargrave has been teaching this way of mitering binding since the mid-80's...30 years give or take. It works like a charm, always has. It's fully explained and illustrated, along with a whole lot of other good things (like joining the binding ends), in her book Heirloom Machine Quilting, one of those 'basic' reference books I referred to up above that everyone should have in their quilting library.