Using facing instead of binding to finish a quilt
 

We just attended a quilt show in Anchorage that was spectacular! One of the things that intrigued me was that one of the quilters used facing on her quilt instead of binding. This facing was sewn to the front of the quilt then turned to the back and sewn, with none of the facing visible on the front of the quilt. This look was very effective for her pieces as it did not take away from the design at all. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a good tutorial for this. I've looked on this board in the Articles and can't find anything. Am I describing this well enough?

I'll be interested to know how to do this too. Glad it was a great show.

Here is one tutorial - http://quilting.wonderhowto.com/how-...-edges-232952/

Facing is often done when the edges of a quilt are irregular.

Dunster, thanks for the link to that tutorial, not seen this before, thank you!!!

Same here, thanks. I have bookmarked it.

Wow Dunster-I could read and watch on that site for a Long while!! I'm always wondering how to!!! Thanks heaps!

Great link! I have watched that woman before and she is very clear about what she demonstrates. She is so easy to follow and makes what she does very clear both in words and pictures.

This is the tutorial I used when I made a quilt that called for "facing". I found her step by step directions really easy to understand.

http://thesillyboodilly.blogspot.com...y-to-face.html

I like this book: Just Around the Corner by Kari M. Carr. She used facings for borders but it will work for binding.

I tried this on my last quilt and got lost at the end when it came time to turn the corners. I forced it to work a different way, and it looks fine from the front. I wish I knew what I did wrong because the rest of the instructions were clear and effective.