Originally Posted by
JENNR8R
Sharon Schamber's method does account for the thickness of the batting. She folds it in thirds leaving about an eighth of an inch extra for the batting. She then sews the first seam and tests it to make sure it fits. If that first seam is off, she adjusts it.
I usually do about a six inch "test" (with a longer length stitch) when I start to sew on a binding to make sure that the binding folds over to where I want it to be. If it's "skimpy" - I make a narrower seam - if it folds over too much, I make a wider seam. I usually use a 2-7/8 inch width binding.
I trim the sandwich first and baste the edges together before applying the binding - it's another step - but that way I avoid pleats and misses of the bottom layer. Which had happened before.