Mkotch

Do you use the straight grain or bias? I usually use the straight grain and don't get puckers. I don't find a need to use bias unless I round the corners or make a scallopped edge.

fayefromfla

I use a walking foot or the starch and press method.

copycat

I will try putting the pressed binding on a roller as you described. Thanks for passing on this tip. Now< I better get on a ROLL and get this binding on a roll. HA! copycat

lorli

I love that roller idea! I sewed a binding on last week and it kept falling onto the floor.

Latrinka

As with everything, do what works for you.

MarthaT

No one has mentioned that when zigzagging around the edges you compress the edge of the quilt so that you don't have a "full" binding. I like my finished edge with binding to be as thick as the quilt. I do hand baste around the raw edges to keep the edges together when sewing on the binding, but I like the raw edges of the quilt to fluff back up to fill up my binding.

mary705

This is the ame way I do my binding. I also use the binding clips (the ones like hair clips) after sewing the binding on.

SandyQuilter

I assume the reason you get puckers in your binding is that the binding is too long for the quilt edge. Measure the CENTER of the quilt in both directions. That is the length to cut the binding strips, plus extra for corner turns. You shouldn't ever have puckers in your binding doing this. For instance, if the center length is 50 inches and the edge measures 51, cut the binding 50 plus corner allowances. Pin mark the binding and quilt into half and quarters, and pin the binding to the quilt matching the pins. Let the corners hang loose. Stitch the binding to the quilt, easing in the quilt's excess. No puckers and a smooth, non wavy quilt edge.
SandyQuilter

sewNso

i use a walking foot to attach my binding to the quilt. never have puckers, whether i do the final hemming by hand, or do it on the machine with a zig zag stitch, or decorative stitch.

and i never measure the length for binding, i just sew a bunch of strips together, fold, iron, hook them together with a large safety pin, hook it to my shirt, and start sewing the binding on.

Donna in Mo

Luckily, binding is one thing that I never have trouble with. The hardest quilt I did was the Double Wedding Ring. But I got through it pretty good. I always use the IDT on my Pfaff 2144.