Rhonda K

Please let us know how it works out for you.

Rhonda K

Try it and let us know please. I wasn't convinced at first about not pressing but tried it. For me, it was fine not to press. Less work too.

Prism99

For sure, not pressing binding works for cross-grain binding. I'm not so sure it will work as well for bias binding because of the tendency of bias to ripple.

Jingle

I press my bindings in half before sewing on. I cut strips WOF. I have never used bias binding.

I use to baste the edge of quilts before applying it. Now I use an old rotary blade and cut all layers straight, skipping the basting. My bindings look very nice. I sew on back, then machine sew on front. Looks great and easier on my hands.

I have made at least 350-400 quilts.

Different things for different folks.

bearisgray

which is why i baste the edges of it together before sewing it to the quilt sandwich.

i use a long, narrow, zigzag stitch for the basting - sewn about 1/8 inch from the edge..

i wonder how glue basting the edges together would work?

jmoore

RhondaK, thank you for sharing the video...it certainly makes sense that the outer binding would need to be a tad wider to get around your quilt edge. I will give it a try on my next hand binding project. I wonder how it would work on a quilt where the binding is machine sewn? I machine bind many of the baby quilts I do.

jeanneb52

I use my serger to baste and clean up the edges

jokir44

JINGLE "I use to baste the edge of quilts before applying it. Now I use an old rotary blade and cut all layers straight, skipping the basting. My bindings look very nice. I sew on back, then machine sew on front. Looks great and easier on my hands."

Do you stitch in the ditch or use a decorative stitch on the front? I too have problem hands.

janjanq

I'm definitely going to try NOT pressing the binding next time. But I always say that and before I know it I'm pressing the binding out of habit without even thinking about it!

Prism99

It works equally well for machine sewn bindings. Makes turning the binding easier. I glue baste bindings before finishing on the machine so I don’t have to deal with pins. Also places less pressure on my hands trying to hold a binding in place while sewing.