Binding
#1
Hi everyone,
I have only made one quilt, a rag quilt.
I hope to start another quilt soon, although I am not quite sure what yet....I am thinking a D9P ?? But, then I remember I have to bind it and I have no idea how to do that at all.
Is binding as horribly difficult as it looks?? Any suggestions for a newbie who knows very little about quilting so far? (For my rag quilt and I got advice off this wonderful board and from you tube videos, etc.) I'm very much a "newbie"!
TIA!!
I have only made one quilt, a rag quilt.
I hope to start another quilt soon, although I am not quite sure what yet....I am thinking a D9P ?? But, then I remember I have to bind it and I have no idea how to do that at all.
Is binding as horribly difficult as it looks?? Any suggestions for a newbie who knows very little about quilting so far? (For my rag quilt and I got advice off this wonderful board and from you tube videos, etc.) I'm very much a "newbie"!
TIA!!
#2
Binding is my favorite part, the very end! love it, get to see all of it just pull together.
The worst part about binding is making it. You have to iron folds and it feels like your at that iron forever. but after that is goes on lickity split!
The worst part about binding is making it. You have to iron folds and it feels like your at that iron forever. but after that is goes on lickity split!
#5
Nope, not hard at all. The trickiest part for me is connecting the 2 ends, but there are a variety of options out there to do that. Just google, you-tube or search this board. Good luck with your new project, post pics if you can.
#6
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Originally Posted by CloverPatch
You have to iron folds and it feels like your at that iron forever.
When you iron the fold into the quilt, it wants to stay there. So, after you've stitched the binding on the front and you're now folding it to the back, the inside curve of the binding is shorter than the outside curve, and therefore bunches up and doesn't lay flat.
Instead, simply align the cut edges of your folded binding to the raw edge of your quilt, stitch, then fold your binding to the back, and finish however you desire. Because the fold isn't permanently creased into the fabric, the fold is allowed to move. Granted, it may only be 3 or 4 thread-widths, but it is enough to make a difference. We all know what happens if our quarter-inch is off by 3 or 4 threads! If you're a beginner like the OP, it's probably not a big deal, but I like my bindings to be nice and clean and flat, and I hate ironing. Where did we learn that ironing the binding was the proper thing to do, anyway??? lol
#8
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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I've found Missouri Star Quilt Company tutorials very helpful and I LOVE their Binding tool. Makes for a PERFECT end of the binding process. You can find the tutorials on their website and on youtube.
I'll have to check out Sharon Pederson and Sharon Schamber - never heard of them before.
I'll have to check out Sharon Pederson and Sharon Schamber - never heard of them before.
#10
http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/blog.php/blog_id/3902
now you don't have to do a two color binding as shown here. just do it as shown onto each side of your quilt and sew. individual binding. no mitered corners as in one long strip of binding.
have fun.
now you don't have to do a two color binding as shown here. just do it as shown onto each side of your quilt and sew. individual binding. no mitered corners as in one long strip of binding.
have fun.
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