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captlynhall 12-04-2012 07:29 PM

I love binding. After all the work of piecing and then hand quilting, getting the quilt off the frame where I can sit comfortably in a chair in the family room with my husband, and hand binding I find very relaxing and rewarding. It the the icing on the cake.

jstorm67 12-05-2012 04:00 AM

I would love to see the tutorial that worked for you. I struggle with binding some also.

maviskw 12-05-2012 05:33 AM


Originally Posted by sweetlummi (Post 5698144)
I found this way to do it and love it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWh90...eature=related .

Two things I don't like about this video. It is so last century! LOL I don't take the quilt out of the machine at the corners. Sew into the corner on the diagonal and leave the needle in the fabric on the last stitch in the very corner. Turn and fix your miter. I've learned to "pinch" that fold in the corner until it fits where it is supposed to go. Then lift the needle and move over to the seam line. No cutting of the thread there.
At the end she puts the tail into the "pocket". I used to do that until I found out how to sew those two ends together. You never know which seam on the binding is the last one.

GloriaC 12-05-2012 09:10 AM


Originally Posted by MamaO2011 (Post 5697318)
Here's a direct link to the tutorial on the blog, Amy's Creative Side:

http://amyscreativeside.com/2010/05/...ing-a-binding/

That is a fabulous tutorial!!!!!!!

Dar-midlife 12-05-2012 09:32 AM

I like her Dresden Plate tutorial too! such nice clear photos on all her tutes!!thanks for sharing--I too, hate hand binding but will try it again after seeing this.

Originally Posted by MamaO2011 (Post 5695762)
I've looked at so many that basically ALL said the same thing, but for some reason, when I read it on Amy's Creative Side, I figured it out. Something about it must make my brain shift into gear or something! Either way, I'm super happy I finally know what I'm doing! Now on to all those UFO's!


patski 12-05-2012 09:49 AM

I had the same issue, its' practice practice and more practice and suddenly it is so much easier

glenda5253 12-05-2012 10:31 AM

Congratulations on your accomplishment! Sometimes it just takes those instructions that are on our particular wave-length for something to make sense and we have no idea (until we find it) what that wave-length is.

gwboswe1 12-05-2012 12:10 PM

please share the site
This is definitely my weakness too. thanks and congrats on mastering such a painful part of quilting. gwboswe1

sewbizgirl 12-05-2012 12:27 PM

I love binding!

justflyingin 12-05-2012 01:33 PM

So what were you doing before? All machine binding that you didn't like the look of, so then, what did you try? (before the tutorial)? I'm glad you've got it figured out now. Binding means you are almost done, so there is something about it that I really don't mind at all....


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