Quiltingboard Forums - How to bind without hand sewing

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Originally Posted by knlsmith

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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. :)

This just proves there is never one "right" way to do anything! (at least in quilting...).

I do mine the exact opposite. I sew my 2 1/2" strip onto the FRONT, fold over the edge, pin the back and stitch in the ditch from the front, which if folded over enough catches the back.

I may have to try the other way--I love decorative stitching!
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