Nearly there - but how do I attach the binding? (Hand sewing front as well as back)
OK, so I've watched the Youtube videos for French binding, and there's still one thing I can't figure out: When you sew the first edge (or rather edges, since it's folded double) of the binding to the front edge of the quilt, do you sew all the way through the quilt sandwich, or do you just sew it (right sides facing) to the top (/front) layer of the quilt, tucking the middle and the back out of the way while you sew? In all the videos, it looks as if they are probably sewing through all the layers together, but I can't really tell because they just shove it all into the sewing machine and the view is always more or less from above... also I am hand sewing, not machine sewing - does that make a difference? It would be quite hard to sew neatly all the way through by hand, but I expect it's easier on a machine!
Last edited by SophieHatter; 07-22-2019 at 02:03 PM.