EASY finishing binding
 

I need to join the two end of binding but I need an EASY way to do it. I tried a binding tool but that was too complicated. HELP!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vCWpxBRs20
Look how she connects the ends of her binding.

If you overlap the two ends by half an inch, and trim them, then sew them together with a quarter inch seam it looks
OK.

Love the hint about ironing binding strips first!!

Please don't feel bad, I always have to pin and baste to make sure I have it right before doing the final restitching and cut the ends off.

This technique demonstrated by Jennie Doan works. To make sure I'm right I have the join correct before the final cut I join it with big stitches and check that it lays flat. If not, it's easy to rip out. If it does lay flat, I then resew on that line with smaller stitches and trim off the extra fabric.

Yes, I always have to baste mine first too. I cannot tell you how many times I got the angle backwards the first (and second and sometimes third) time! I think I must be binding dyslexic!!

As I attach my binding using the iron and Elmer's Glue 1st before stitching it to the quilt, this is how I attach my ends together. I leave around 10 inches of the beginning binding loose while I glue around the quilt. When I come to the end, I stop glueing about 10 inches from where I started glueing at the beginning. I bring the two ends together, opening the beginning strip and placing the ending strip inside. I've already pressed a miter at the beginning mind you. I put a couple drops of glue along the miter edge a little farther than 1/4" so the needle won't sew over it. I place the ending strip snug across the beginning strip and press. Then I take it to the machine, stitch along the folded line, trim to 1/4" seam and go back to my ironing board to finish glueing the rest of the bind to the quilt. Then I take the quilt to the machine and stitch the entire binding to the quilt in one sitting. I tried stitching the binding without glueing 1st and didn't care for the outcome. This has worked for me and I have no pins to prick me along the way.

http://www.mccallsquilting.com/mccal...ining_the_Ends

i have also had trouble with the binding tool. I think their pictures were very confusing. I LOVE the tutorial above by Sherry Bain Driver. It makes it very easy to do. I just refer to it every time, which is ok with me.

I do mine the Jenny Doan way. I consider the binding tool I bought a waste of money!

I overlap the ends by the width of the binding. Trim off the excess and then sew a mitered seam. Works perfectly every time!!!

I use this tutorial and it works perfectly each time.: http://piraterodgers.com/tutorials/e...ding/index.htm

This is the method I find the easiest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuS76wVW210

I loved the binding tool. I was afraid the first time to cut the fabric but it came out perfect. I am making 6 table toppers using the binding tool tonight. Jenny had a tutorial on it.

I love the binding tool too.....

l give up trying to do the slant method....I just fold down the two ends as they meet and mark with a pencil on the inside and sew together....I press my seam open and trim and it seems to work fine...of course...nothing of mine is entered in a quilt show...sure they would not accept this method but it works for me

I use Sharon Schambers' method. I learned it on a youtube video she has posted. Works like a charm every time (for me, at least)

Jenny at MSQC has a video - The Binding Tool Explained - I watch it multiple times each time I am finishing binding. It works great if used correctly.

Jenny Doan's method works, but I can make it better. If you press a triangle into the beginning of the binding, that will show you where to cut off the tail. When I start putting on the binding, I fold down the top edge so that all raw edges are lined up on the edge of the quilt. Leaving a tail, sew on the binding. (I like how Jenny turns corners. I've been doing it that way for a few years now.) When you come to the finishing end of the binding, you will find that the ending tail can be placed over the beginning tail, and should be cut off at the base of the triangle. That is exactly the width of the binding. That works no matter how wide your binding is. No 2 1/2 inch to worry about.
Hold the ends RST the way you sewed all the other seams in your binding leaving no "plus sign". Sew those two ends together on the diagonal, following the line you pressed in at the beginning, but leave ears.
One more thing I wish Jenny would do is: Open the seam after it is sewn. We're trying to reduce bulk by sewing all these seams on the diagonal, so opening the seam helps a lot, too.

I do the one where you cut the end your gonna start with at an angle and press down 1/4 inch so no raw edge, fold in half, and start sewing right at beginning. Then when you come back to it to end it, you just cut enough to leave a couple inches, and shove the end into the first part already sewn down. I use my 1/2 inch ruler to do this part. So it is mitered, but not really sewn together at the miter. Make any sense? I found this long ago on a blog or somewhere on here, not sure. I don't enter any quilt shows either, and it works for me!

Heirloomcreations.com. watched a YouTube video yesterday. They call it "Ednas method" It just clicked for me. I find myself recreating the wheel each time i do a binding. I watched this one and really feel like I MIGHT have it! I hope. Anyway, check out the video. Building a quilt.

I felt the same until I ran across this. It was really scary the first time I did it.
http://www.mccallsquilting.com/mccal...ining_the_Ends

I watched Jenny's tutorial, and even though I have made a number of quilts, I learned a lot. The hint of pressing the strips first is a great one. I also have a tip.

When my binding is ready to put on I wrap it tightly around a toilet paper tube and put a string through the tube. ( The string I use is an I cord I knit). I place the tied cord over my head and wear the whole thing so the binding feeds off the tube and does not get tangled, especially if I am doing a large quilt. Looks funny,but it works.

I've tried this one, and nearly hung myself! LOL! Went back to just throwing it in a pile on top of the quilt and dealing with it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWh9...=TLQWyAp5EWwcU I end binding this way. It's easy to manipulate the join.

That is the easiest method I think I've ever seen.

I press a diagonal fold and trim off the little triangle and press binding in half. Put the rest on the floor between my feet, leave a couple of inches unsewn and sew away. Before I finish I put a pin to hold the point at the beginning, cut a couple of inches off and tuck into the two inches or so before I started sewing, back stitch a few times and it's done.

I finish my ends like Jenny Doan also. Since I learned to do it that way, I haven't done it any other way. So easy!

This is a great way to do the ends and I've used it. Later Jenny pushes the binding tool and I bought and tried it and every time I went to use it I had to re-watch her video.

I have just posted a reply using Jenny's method and I did purchase the binding tool and every time I went to use it I had to re-watch the video. I also have used the McCall's method and both are great.

I do it the Jenny Doan way BUT the biggest help for me was making a sample of how it's done but not cutting off the triangles and sewing it down so I can see each time how it's opened and overlapped.

I use an empty thread spool (the bigger the better) and use a long ribbon to hang around my neck. Trick is to have enough unrolled so you don't choke yourself and to keep a straight pin in the rolled portion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWh90tXr7g4 Someone posted this in the link and resource section and this is how I do mine, sew easy!

I finally figured out, using a modified Fons & Porter method--with the tails from both ends of the binding (about 10-12" both sides), I lay them so that there is a 1/4" gap between and then press the fabric. This gives you creases that act as the guide to pin the right sides together (you have to scrunch the quilt up a bit) and I pin the heck out of it. Then you do your diagonal seam (just like when you are joining borders, etc on the bias). Don't cut until you check that you did not get any twists in the join--should lie flat--and after that, I trim & press and stitch down the rest of the binding--works every time and you don't get that "bump".