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Originally Posted by DawnFurlong (Post 8156111)

I read through this thread with great interest. I am ready to attach my binding to my current quilt. I have not pressed (yet).

So - do I just place the edges of my binding together and pin to my quilt same as always? Only difference being not ironing the binding in half (so I don't have that crease)? I might be being slow, but how does not ironing affect how the binding goes on (since I'm thinking I have the edges together - and then I need to pin in place)?

I'm game to try, but wanted to make sure everything else is the same (except not ironing the binding in half - which I hate doing anyway). :confused:

Hi Dawn, my personal answer to this question is yes, do everything the same as usual except for ironing that crease into your binding. For my own quilts, I don't even pin the binding, I just keep the raw edges lined up and sew right along. My extra step is to zigzag the raw edges of the quilt layers together with a long loose stitch. This just makes it easy to keep my binding and quilt sandwich edges lined up. I put my binding into a clean small trash basket that sits on the floor on my right side and it feeds up easily and smoothly as I sew.

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Originally Posted by wildyard (Post 8156190)

Okay, I'm sold! I never liked ironing the binding anyway.

Thank you for confirming how to go about it. I've never basted or zig zagged along the edges as I quilt just shy of the quilt edge (meandering stitch). Wondering if that's one of those small things that ends up making a bigger difference than you'd think. At any rate, going to give the no iron method a try.

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Originally Posted by DawnFurlong (Post 8156227)

I don't think you would need to stitch the edges if you quilt close to it. My quilting is usually outline next to the seams and very light. I use fleece for my backing and no batting so I can get away with very light quilting, just to hold the layers together. Nothing pretty and I don't FMQ, so I have more need to secure those edges. You should be fine without that step.