I sew down the one side of the binding and pull it over to the back and then hand stitch. I like hand stitching it down as well. Enjoy it.
jollyquilting
10-19-2011 04:48 PM
Maybe there is someone else who likes to sew binding down and you can swap pressing or something else. I do a lot of binding for others because I love it and being handicapped they help me with pressing, (which I also am not too good about it). I did about 7 chairty quilts at Christmas.
threadsdmr
10-19-2011 05:53 PM
Binding is one of my favorite things about the quilt process. I use what is called a ladder stitch.
janquilts'ncrochets
10-19-2011 05:59 PM
I always machine stitch my binding. I cut 2 1/4" binding, press wrong sides together, in half, sew raw edges to wrong side of quilt. Fold to front, sew close to folded edge and miter corners.
I enjoy doing it this way & is much faster for me.
Grambi
10-19-2011 06:13 PM
I have done both. Machine sewing is definately faster, but no matter how careful I am, or what method I use, it never looks as good as when I finish it by hand with the ladder stitch.
fishnlady
10-19-2011 06:55 PM
Originally Posted by tsnana2000
Try watching this tutorial on you tube. It really helped me.
This is how my DM taught me, I could never get the corners right, but I now use the double fold binding.
jpthequilter
10-20-2011 04:50 PM
Originally Posted by tsnana2000
Originally Posted by MadQuilter
I still sew mine on by machine from the front, pull it to the back and hand stitch it down with a double thread. My stitches are not super small but also not gallopping horse size either and mine have held up to solid use. The binding on my favorite quilt is getting very thin but the seam is still solid. It is a great thing to do while the TV is on.
I have never used double thread when hand sewing my binding, but was wondering if it would help the seam last longer. I will have to try this sometime on my next quilt.
I always use doubled hand quilting thread, and match the color of the binding as closely as I can. I bury the beginning and ending knots in the seam.
I machine sew the strips of binding on all four sides first.
Also, I use straight with the grain cut binding. Either across for small quilts or long length-wise cuts for big quilts. No joints ~ one long piece. It doesn't wander, and wants to stay straight, I think straight cuts are much easier to sew than bias cuts - except for scallops or curved edges, of course.
I use flat-head straight pins to hold it in place, with the points away from the direction I am sewing. I pin one whole side at a time - pins only about every four or five inches.
sewingsuz
10-20-2011 06:04 PM
I prefer machine stitching. It takes me way to long the other way.
