I like binding - it means the quilt is finished and it is for me somewhat therapeutic to sit and hand stitch. I find sandwiching a quilt the most dreaded step of all

The sandwiching, definitely :thumbdown: . Small quilts I can manage but anything wider than my cutting table just turns me off. That's when I usually do one in panels and join them together after quilting. And can't do anything now without spray basting.

I find hand sewing the binding relaxing for me. I sit in the TV room and chat with my husband or watch TV.

I don't like sandwiching the top, batting and backing. So boring.

I have some you can do, Thx

I love the binding. Hey it means I finally finished something

I do not like the sandwiching on a twin size or larger. I have tried pinning and spray basting and don't like either one. I love the handwork of sewing on the binding. I would like for someone out there to describe how they use the spray baste, what type you use and how you go about it. Even if you spray baste, you still have to crawl around on the floor. Even then, I still couldn't get it smooth on the back, so I went back to the pinning.

I'm not fond of marking the quilt top.

I am learning to use my Quilt-Binder attachment for my Bernina. I don't like to handsew bindings.

Although I have no desire to hand piece or hand quilt, I really LOVE hand sewing the binding. For those of you who REALLY, REALLY hate binding, PM me and maybe we can work out a deal!!!!!

Doing binding is one of my things I love to do. Do the binding for a friend and that provides me with extra pocket money to buy more fabric.

The LA lady does binding for me.Nothing fancy, but done is better.
Truth is, I can't sew/quilt by hand....arthritis.Oh,well....binding was never a friend of mine :thumbdown:


What part of quilting do you not like doing?

I should start a business binding......it relaxes me. I'd like to hire someone to make hst's for me. I hate them.

I am with you - I almost break out in a sweat at the thought of binding. I don't know why - one of the ladies at my guild has patiently taught me to miter the corners, I understand the process, the quilts I have bound came out great, but I hate the thought of doing it. And I have a king size quilt waiting to be bound! I think it might be the hand sewing. My hands don't work too well in damp weather, etc. But I do love it when the last stitch is taken!!!!

Love binding!

A BIG DITTO!!

Part of the binding, the sewing on by machine, hate wrestling the quilt. I really like the hand sewing part. I am getting better at corners, recently saw a video about the "snouts" on the corners. I am self taught so don't know the proper way to do things until I stumble across the information. OH WELL, doubt anyone is checking my corners for SNOUTS. :lol:

I shy away from the borders. I have lots of middles done and fabric picked out for the borders, but can't seem to get to them. I've made some quilts with no borders, but some just need to have a border. I don't mind binding at all, even making it. I even like quilting the quilts.

Totally have to agree with this....spray basting where have you been all my life?

I hate sandwiching. I am with Gale and Caliquocat, sandwiching is awful, gotta make sure everything lines up right, don't get no snags or flub ups on the back, hate it.

It seems to be a common dislike among lots of quilters, I really really really dislike doing bindings!!

I hate cutting!! The rest I love.

Pinning and binding! I tried to do a quilt once without pinning it. It was a disaster! I take great comfort in knowing that by the time I get my next quilt ready to bind I will have my binding attachment for my Bernina!

I'd have to agree with you! When I'm excited about starting a new project, I want to get on with the sewing, not spend hours cutting it out. My favorite part is picking out the fabrics. I just love sorting through all those great colors to get the effect I have visualized in my mind.



That used to be me until I discovered spray basting on this board. I will never pin again! I use my bed and an old sheet to protect from overspray. So easy and fast. I can have a lap sized quilt ready to FMQ in about 10 minutes.

What I really hate to do is all the cutting.[/quote]

I hated the sandwich part so I bought a mid arm. Now I hate loading the quilt. Once it's on there though, it's a breeze.
I purchased leaders to put on the frame and it should make it easier to load the quilt. I've had them since Jan. though and REALLY need to put them on the frame. That is what I am going to do today! wish me luck

I just don't like the machine part of the binding (on big quilts). Love to do the hand work! :)

I love doing any type of handwork, and binding is no exception. I just wish my hands enjoyed it as much as I do.

I don't mind the binding, but hate, did I mention..hate..basting!! I have a place to put everything to get it done..just don't wanna.

I just read what I wrote in last comment to the DH. He said and I quote.."How hard can the basting be, all you need it a ladle." He was being funny, he knows darn good and well what I was talking about! But he puts a roof over my head, so I guess I will keep him. LOL

How Cute! I had to laugh at that.

I attach the binding with the longarm for my customers. When they get the quilt back, the binding is attached all the way around, the quilt is trimmed and they are ready for the hand work when they pull it out of the package. By using the longarm, neither the customer nor I have to wrestle with the quilt!!

I love binding. I guess it's more personal(hand stitching) vs. machine piecing. I think I'd do it for a living if that made any sense.
It's funny how a specific task becomes dreaded so much that just thinking about it makes you get riled up!

I do my bindings while watching the news or a show in the evenings. That way it isn't taking me away from my productive piecing time at my machine during the day.

Ditto :thumbup:

DITTO!!!!

Taking out my mistakes with the seam ripper, but since I have started to use my rotary cutter (Very Carefully) for taking seams out, it isn't so bad.

I don't like sandwiching because it ends up taking up so much room on the floor in my room that it's hard to lay it out flat and having a teeny tiny little space (if even that) to walk around the sandwiching project to get it pinned.

It helps to make your binding as you finish the quilt top, then half the job is done and you don't "accidentally" use the binding fabric for another project. Store all your completed bindings together, or somewhere you can find them. You can also save those leftover few inches of binding when you finish the quilt. Roll them up and put them in a clear glass jar. Makes a nice decorative item for your sewing space, and reminds you of all the quilts you have finally and completely FINISHED! (Don't forget a label, which is my least favorite part.)

i'd love to know the directions for doing it this way instead of doing the regular binding and then haveing to hand stitch it....

Oopps...i quoted the wrong post!

I love sewing the binding it is something else being finished. My hard part is the layering because of back problems