Originally Posted by DawnFurlong

I read through this thread with great interest. I am ready to attach my binding to my current quilt. I have not pressed (yet).

So - do I just place the edges of my binding together and pin to my quilt same as always? Only difference being not ironing the binding in half (so I don't have that crease)? I might be being slow, but how does not ironing affect how the binding goes on (since I'm thinking I have the edges together - and then I need to pin in place)?

I'm game to try, but wanted to make sure everything else is the same (except not ironing the binding in half - which I hate doing anyway).

Originally Posted by wildyard

Hi Dawn, my personal answer to this question is yes, do everything the same as usual except for ironing that crease into your binding. For my own quilts, I don't even pin the binding, I just keep the raw edges lined up and sew right along.

Originally Posted by DawnFurlong

Okay, I'm sold! I never liked ironing the binding anyway.

Thank you for confirming how to go about it. I've never basted or zig zagged along the edges as I quilt just shy of the quilt edge (meandering stitch). Wondering if that's one of those small things that ends up making a bigger difference than you'd think. At any rate, going to give the no iron method a try.