binding question
 

do you sew into the corner on a miter...or just sew around the binding? Thanks

This is hard to answer with words....you might want to search for some binding videos on Utube.

I recently saw someone on PBS showing that he angled off at 45 degrees at the corners when attaching binding. I happened to have a quilt ready for binding at the time and tried it. I think it made a nicer flat corner when flipping the binding up and then back again.

I sew straight through and off the edge of the fabric on the first side. Then raise the pressure foot and pull the quilt and binding toward me on the bed of the machine. Rotate the quilt 90 degrees. Pull the loose bindind strip straight up and fold back down so the fold is even with the raw edge of the quilt. Then start sewing down the second side of the quilt. So each of my seams are straight and don't curve around the corner. Hope that makes sense, it is hard to describe!

When I am hand sewing the binding to the quilt back, I take some stitches in the mitered corner so there's not a gap there.

A 45 degree angle at the corners is the way I attach my bindings. I agree that it makes a nicer flat corner.

carrieg, that is how I do mine also when I hand stitch the binding down. :)

franc36, I will try that next time. :)

Most of the time I sew a 45 degree angle at the corners. It just make a nicer looking mitered corner to me.

I machine sew my binding to the front and then fold over and hand sew to the back. When machine sewing on binding, I stop 1/4" from the edge; fold to get the 45 degree then start machine sewing 1/4" from that edge as well. Follow that same process for all 4 corners. Depending on the day and/or the quilt while hand sewing to the back, I might take a stitch or two in the 45 degree fold to hold things together better but usually not necessary.