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I have a friend that does beautiful quilts, when she is done with the quilting and trims the leftover batting and material she just runs it through the serger. Then sews the binding in the traditional way. When she's done her quilts always look great.

When I am ready to bind, I sew the binding on the front, trim the leftovers by hand, then finish the back by hand.

How do you do it? Do you like your binding full or a little flatter?

Before quilting, I secure the outer edge of the quilt with a machine basting stitch. I trim before sewing on the binding to be sure everything is straight and square. If the trimming cuts off some (or all) of my basting stitch, I re-secure those areas to make it lie flat and help the binding go on smoothly.

If I plan to secure the binding by hand, I sew it to the front, fold to the back and finish by hand. On kids' quilts or something that will receive a lot of wear and tear, I sew the binding to the back, fold to the front, then machine stitch it down on the front with a decorative stitch...usually a serpentine stitch.

I like my batting full.

Anita

I trim and then sew a 1/4" zig zag around the quilt edge before sewing on the binding. This gives me a guide on both sides. I don't care if it's turned to the back or front. I do it both ways. I finish by hand sewing the binding.

Since all my quilts are for charity, I need to finish everything on the machine. So I sew the binding on to the back side first and then roll it to the front side and sew on the edge. The back side will show the stitches away from the fold, put if you're careful you can get it pretty close....

I add a binding to all my quilts, but all are machine sewn. Sometimes I bring the binding final edge to the front sometimes to the back , just depends on my mood. As for the fullness of the binding , I don't want the binding to be thicker or thinner than the body of the quilt. If a thick "binding" edge is desired I use piping and not a true binding.

I'm still getting the hang of binding. I do a wierd version of what it's supposed to be lol. I like to sew it to the front but I don't stop and start the mitered corners like it says I sew over it! then the entire binding is on the back and I stitch it down. Wierd I know but I think it looks neat. One of these days I'm going to have to start doing it right ;)

I always block my quilts when they are quilted. Then I sew the binding on the back, 1/4". I turn it to the front and machine sew it. I've never basted the edges. I never thought of that. I usually sew the binding that is folded before I sew it on my quilt so it won't move when I sew it down. That really helps. I sew 1/8" from the edge. I learned that trick a while back and it really helps. (I have over 5 quilts waiting for me to bind them, so I shouldn't be talking. I don't enjoy binding)

I do mine the same way you do yours (& as I've said numerous times in my posts, hand sewing the binding is my favorite part). Well, maybe I do mine slightly different. After I machine sew the binding to the front, I fold it over to the back & baste it. Then I hand blind stitch it down.

As for fat or flat, I like mine more on the full side. I don't like "empty" binding.

I baste my edges on the LA as I quilt. When I'm done, I cut off the excess batting and backing and make sure the quilt is square, trimming a little extra if slightly off, then sew binding to the front, mitering the corners. Then I flip it to the back and sew it by hand to finish it. I'm not fond of binding...it's boring and time consuming! The only good part is when you are done you are done, LOL!

When I sandwich my quilts, I put safety pins real close around all the edges. After I quilt it, I trim off the edges, baste with a large stitch, sew binding to the front the front, fold to the back and ladder stitch it. I sew it by hand.