Originally Posted by
Iceblossom
I don't trim off my batting until after I've put on the first machine stitching of the binding, and I use that seam for my measurement.
I cut my bindings a bit fuller than most, at 3" and so I trim .5" from that seam line for a nice full binding. When we say "full" that doesn't mean round, just the same as the body of the quilt.
If you have a half inch finished binding and you trimmed everything at 1/4" that means half your binding is empty.
You can add in little wisps of left over batting if you need to.
This is what I do. I trim the binding and back just enough so that there isn't so much in my way. I sew the binding on with a 1/4 in seam. (Sometimes that is very necessary to save points.) Then I measure from the seam I have just sewn for the correct width to make the binding full after it is turned to the other side.