[quote=ToucanSam]
Originally Posted by Prism99
Oh, and I just saw your problem with not having quite enough binding to wrap around. Just trim the quilt edge until your binding wraps correctly. Next time you might want to cut your binding a bit wider.
No, I have enough to wrap around to the back. I sewed the binding to the front and have wrapped it around to the back. Now I can, if I wanted to, hand stitch it down but I have no patience for that. What I attempted to do instead was to go back to the front of the quilt (after pinning the binding over to the back side) and sitd down the FRONT. Unfortunately, this leaves a rough edge on the back, unless I stitch on to the quilt top itself rather than on to the binding.
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I stitch from the front in the ditch next to the front binding(pressed toward edge) with a slight zigzag that catches the back part of the binding. I use a top thread that matches the top, and bobbin thread that matches the binding. Careful pinning is a must in order to have the back binding in perfect alignment so that the stitching catches all the binding. If you're not careful with your pinning, you'll miss some of the binding on the back (ask me how I know that :( ).