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Oklahoma Suzie 03-12-2010 04:15 PM
Originally Posted by Rachel
OH, I have a friend that does it, somehow she puts piping or something in the binding and it turns out perfectly everytime, on the machine. If no one else knows what I'm taking about, I'll try to get instructions from her and post them.
I would love to see that.

Rose Hall 03-12-2010 04:28 PM
I fold my binding around to the back of the quilt and stitch in the ditch from the front. I NEVER hand sew bindings. By the time I get to the binding, I want that quilt FINISHED and am ready to start something new.

Rose Hall

LindaR 03-13-2010 06:50 AM
if you sew flat fold binding on the back first and then bring to the front you have more control, and use a fancy stitch to stitch it down...works really well. I cut my binding 2 1/2" and fold over and iron wrong sides together.

MrsSew66 03-13-2010 07:56 AM
Thank you so much for this YouTube site. When I viewed it, I learned something new! Thank you again!!!

MrsSew66

mpspeedy 03-13-2010 08:01 AM
Hi,

I actually did my first machine applied binding on the two T shirt quilts I just finished. I did like the last poster did and sewed it to the back and then stitched it down on the front with a decorative stitch. It turned out great. I didn't even pin it I just turned it over as I came to it. I have always finished my bindings by hand. This may be turning over a new leaf for me.

redrummy 03-13-2010 08:17 AM
Originally Posted by katier825
I've done a couple of baby quilts using a fancy stitch. A couple of things that really help is to press the binding seam nice and flat before you bring it around to the other side. It helps it stay that way while you are working on it. I also pin it a lot! Every couple of inches. You could also try using washable elmer's glue to hold it while you do the stitching. Then wash it to get the glue out.
I do this with quilts now also. I was a firm believer in hand sewing, but since I have been making ones that will be washed more, I started using the decorative stich on my singer machine. It looks like a vine with leaves on it. after pressing it down, using a touch of elmers to hold it, pinning where it needs, I machine sew it down. I take my time, making sure it stays, but it still goes faster than hand sewing. and the decrative stich is nice.

Magoo 03-13-2010 04:31 PM
Thank you all for great suggestions and recommending instructional videos. I have found all these comments well worth while and will start putting them into action. Love doing donation quilts and find hand binding really slows me up.

barnbum 03-13-2010 06:16 PM
Oh gosh--I have five quilts right now to hand sew the binding on--BLEH! For all smaller ones I'm following the link Prism showed!! Thanks, Prism!!!

dglvr 03-13-2010 06:24 PM
So much info from everyone. :thumbup: Learn something new everyday here. Thanks Magoo for that post.
;-)

knlsmith 03-14-2010 06:27 AM
Originally Posted by LindaR
if you sew flat fold binding on the back first and then bring to the front you have more control, and use a fancy stitch to stitch it down...works really well. I cut my binding 2 1/2" and fold over and iron wrong sides together.
This is the way I do it too. I don't use a fancy stitch very often. But I hated binding before I started using this method. Now I actually finish things, sometimes. :)


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