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Old 06-09-2016, 05:43 AM
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maviskw
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Originally Posted by KenmoreGal2
I've begun using the tucked end binding method. Here's a link to a Connecting Threads page describing the method. I'm sure you all know it though
https://www.connectingthreads.com/tu...ine__D101.html
Any other hints? Thanks!
A few hints: When starting to sew the binding, press a triangle into the beginning with raw edges of end along the raw edges of long side. No need to leave a very long tail, six to eight inches is enough. When you get to the corner, no need to take the quilt out of the machine. After you have stitched the 45 degree angle into the corner, leave the needle down in the very corner, (I leave a little extra batt and back there to help with this), Turn quilt to sew down the next side. Lay binding taut along that side. A tuck will form in the corner. Lay that tuck down away from you. Now it will look just like the method in which you take the quilt out of the machine.
Lift the needle and move the quilt that 1/4 inch or so over to the stitching line. Adjust the tuck so that the fold is at the top edge and binding folds are even. Start stitching. Do not cut that 1/4 inch of thread from moving from the corner to the stitching line. That can stay there.

When I come to the end of the binding, stop sewing about 12 inches from where you started. Take quilt out of the machine. Lay binding ends down taut as you want them, pinning at base of triangle and about that distance on the other end. Binding ends are now over lapped. Find the base of the triangle and cut the other end at that length. The triangle is just the length you need. Now take the pins out, open up binding ends and lay them right sides together. Twist so that they make the plus sign, but even at the edges. Pin carefully in top corner and put several pins in the pieces that are coming off the quilt. Now take a binder clip or some heavy duty pin and pin the quilt edges together at the start and stop of the sewing. This will take some of the weight off of where you are working.
Sew along the pressed line in the triangle. Take binder clip off and see if it worked. Maybe you twisted the edges the wrong way. (I've done that.) The sewing goes from side to side. If it worked, press the seam open with your fingers, then trim the seam. (The seam is easier to press open before it is trimmed.) Refold the binding, lay it back onto the quilt and sew that last seam.
You won't be able to figure out which seam was your last one.
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