Originally Posted by
Rhonda K
I sometimes use almost a 3/8 inch seam for binding. There is almost equal parts binding on the front & back. Good Luck!
3/8 inch is a good width for 2.5 inch strips of binding. But if you sew 3/8 of an inch on your quilt top, you will sew off all your points in the edge, if you have them there.
I trim the batt and backing larger than the top, half an inch or so. No need to be accurate at this point. I sew the binding on the front with a 1/4 inch seam, using the
edge of the top to line up the binding edge. Now I measure
from the sewing line, with a ruler, and cut with ruler and rotary cutter exactly 3/8 inch from the sewing line. The cuts are just a few inches at a time.
When you turn the binding to the back, you have just enough to stitch-in-the-ditch from the front, and your binding will be full.