I usually use diagonal seams and piece the binding somewhat longer than needed. Then, I just begin putting it on the front, creating mitered corners as I go. If I get to a corner and have a binding seam, there's really nothing to do, is there?

What could I do differently?

Thanks!

Sounds like Murphy's Law to me - that happens to me all the time! When you figure out how to not have this happen, you'll make a lot of other ladies very happy! :lol:

Lay the quilt out and lay the binding along the edges. If a seam is close to a corner move it one way or the other until there aren't any seams on any corner. Then put a big straight pin in the spot where you want to start.

Why not do a test run? Run your binding around your quilt without sewing and you can get a general idea where the seams will fall and make adjustments on where to start attaching your binding.

I use this method as well!!

simply measure your intersections on the binding then measure your quit and try to start within that paremeter!

I do a test run also. Put a pin where you want to start then go round the quilt.
Adjust if needed. Yes, you have to roll that binding again but it's worth it. :-D

That's what I do, works great to think ahead.

This is what I was looking for -- a way to reason it out, rather than lay the binding all the way around the quilt.

I do this too. That way I can see if there will be a problem and be ready to adjust the binding before I get there. I still check a few feet away from each corner just in case I made an error. It is like measuring twice. Less errors this way.

ali

Lol, I just make way to much & re-seam (is that a word) as I go.

I try to pin the binding to the whole quilt before I start attaching it. If however, it looks like I'm still going to put the seam in a corner, I've been known to make a new seam a few inches before the offending seam. (Note, make sure you've got plenty of extra binding if doing this).

I do something similar - but I don't pin "well" - just enough to get an idea of how it's going to fit -

I've found it's good to have some "extra" binding - just in case.

I always run (hand test) the binding around the entire quilt first before basting to see where the seams will end up. When I create the binding, I try to add an extra 2 ft longer than I need. That way, after checking where the seams will fall on the quilt edge, if the seam ends on the corner I have plenty of binding to back it up about 6" and readjust the beginning point of the binding.

I just put a pin in one spot and quickly run the rest along the edge without pins. Doesn't take long to see a problem, and then I just move the starting spot.

and if you find that after doing all this a seam still ends up unexpectedly at the corner.....stop and move the seam up

I do a "test run". I pin the binding on to see where the intersections will be and then a adjust it accordingly.

I think this is what you need a fairy godmother for. It happens to me all the time, even if I pre-measure.

All the above suggestions are really good. I had to do a single fold bias binding on a scalloped border and I was really concerned about the seams ending up in the valley of the scallops and therefore put it off for a couple of years avoiding the probable problem. I received the direction to not conect the strips prior to sewing, but rather to attach them to each other as I go. That way I could control where the seams landed. Worked great and perfection was achieved!

Of course! Why didn't I think of that? Thanks, Holice!

Move the seam up!?!?! I don't understand???

I like your idea!! :mrgreen: I always end up with extra binding anyway, so why not use on the quilt.

This is what I do!

When you are a couple of feet away from reaching a corner, lay out the binding to make sure that the seam in the binding is a couple of inches from the corner, one way or the other.

If it's going to land right on the corner, cut next to the seam, remove a couple of inches (a little more more if you have used diagonal seams) and sew the binding seam again. Test it and make sure that the seam is well away from that corner and then go back to sewing on your binding. :)

Do like a trial run, by measuring; running the binding all around the quilt before U sew it on

If you can see that it is going to happen, just stop at a higher point on that side and rejoin the pieces in that position. You generally only have to make the adjustment once.

I put my binding UNROLLED on top of things in an open drawer of my machine cabinet, so the binding feeds from the drawer while attaching it to the quilt. You could also put it in a paper/plastic bag and attach to your table/machine cabinet and draw from it as you sew.

I always walk my binding around my quilts before starting to sew it on permanently. Ask me why I know to do that? Same problem you are having, but it was only once to realize look ahead so it doesn't happen again. Make enough binding so you can move it as needed when walking it around the quilt and also allow for you extra at each corner. Then I glue baste and heat set before sewing the one side down it is so much easier and looks so much nicer this way.

Good Luck

Suzy

I always lay my quilt out and pin the binding to the quilt top. Checking to make sure the seams don't end up at a corner.
Moving binding alittle one way or the other before sewing it on.

The test run always works for me. When I forget, it doesn't always work out so well.

That is what I do

Yup! It seems no matter how hard I try, one corner has the miter. I just go on as if it isn't there and most of the time it nestles in as it should.

This is how I do it. Sometimes you can't avoid it. WOrk with it until it looks good.

This is what I do also. I often like to piece different colors for bindings on kid quilts, so sometimes the seams just can't avoid a corner no matter how well you planned and measured. So when the seam falls on a corner, I cut the fabric 2-4" or so short of the corner and make a new join. No problem at all, if you have enough fabric.

This is the way I do it too! This dry run sure saves a lot of hassle for me.

I do a trial run by laying the quilt out and pinning the start position, then running it around the quilt to see where the seams fall. I can almost always correct a corner falling seam by shifting the starting position. If by chance I miscalculate or "forget" to do a trial run, I simply cut the binding and reseam at least 12 inches before I get to the offending corner.

My first quilting class teacher showed us how to "walk around" the quilt with the binding before determining where to start it. If any seams end up at the corners, adjust where you start.

I do a test run too. I learned the hard way to try it out first.

Pat

I measure my quilt first, to make sure there are no seams at the corners and you can do this if you mark your quilt where you are going to start, then measure each side then sew each strip of binding to fit each side of the quilt. Hope this makes sense.

Same here!