We were taught this and called it a blind hem stitch in 4-H yrs ago.

This is how I do it too....Love it.

I found this link for a ladder stitch. It is the same stitch I learned as a little girl to hem skirts. I think they called it blind stitching. Anyway it is a nice stitch that looks much better than any whip stitch can.

http://turningturning.com/tutorial-i...quilt-binding/

Whoops, looks like someone else found the same thing and learned the same thing I learned in 4-H!

Thanks for the link, I am going to try it on the baby quilt I am quilting. :D :D :D

I do this with all my sewing, and stitches do not show. Learned from my dear Mother.

I learned this stitch 50+++ years from a 4H leader. I've used it sew the opening in stuffed aninmals, dolls, pillows then quilt bindings when I started quilting.

I saw this a while back and that's the way I stitch the binding too - it really looks better.

I was taught this way also! It is so easy and creates a clean look when done!

thank you

Like to watch a video as it makes more sense to me than written instructions ! thank you

I learned this stitch in a college course on handmade baby garments. It's a great stitch for bindings.

Yes, please share the link...
Debbie

what HOME page,,I could find NO tutes on QB!

Go to the very top of this page where it shows all the options you can look at. The first one says 'home', when you click on that you get a menu on the left side, one of which shows tutorials.

I always thought that was the blind hem stitch... that's what I use when hemming garments by hand. Cool! Now I know that I'll be "professional" with my baby quilt... if I ever get the hand quilting part done ha ha... :D

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STIll can not find a section for tutorials...but thanks for the link...

The ladder stitch is great and very easy to do. Love it!!

Click "Home"
"Tutorials" is listed right after "General"
You were really close

I love the Missouri Star Quilt Company tutorials. Here's one on binding, which I think is what you're thinking of:
http://www.howcast.com/videos/260770...-Tricks-Series

Click "Home"
"Tutorials" is listed right after "General"
You were really close[/quote]

I don't have a GENERAL either...am I not on the same pages as you all are?

I can click on home, but then it comes up main, pictures, etc

This is the way I have always done my bindings. Don't know when or how I learned this, but really don't like the whip stitch. And, I can't do a whip stitch without the stitches showing! Like most of the quilters here, I surely don't want to see my stitches. This tute is very easy to understand and should help make this process so much more enjoyable.

I have used this method for years in hand sewing. I did not know it had a name. (I once made my DD a dress, pinafore, and bonnet, when she was little, all by hand. Just wanted to see if I could...)

Back just past the middle of the last century when I was forced, screaming and kicking, to take Home Economics, we were taught this stitch as the blind stitch. AND, I can remember how to do it.

jaciqltznok,

Scroll up to the top of this page where you will see Home.

Click on Home

Once on the Home page you will see a list of topics that starts with

Main, then the next one should be:

Blocks of the Month and Week, then the next one should be:

Introduce Yourself, then the next one should be:

General Chit-Chat, then the next one should be:

Tutorials, followed by:

Links and Resources, etc, etc etc

I was taught the ladder stitch at a very young age. It's what we use to close up dolls. I also use it in applique and binding.

It's a great stitch and should be shared with the world! :0) Keep posting topics, OP.

Love ladder stitch, I thought everyone used it.

Maybe for some reason you are not getting the whole list. Mine shows a. Main b. Pictures c. Block of the month d. Introduce yourself e. General chit chat f. TUTORIALS

Hope this helps

Now you see, I am NOT crazy.,.my line up is NOT like that...here is what I have, this is copy and pasted as It shows on my computer...

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Pictures
This section is for pictures of quilts, patterns, sewing rooms or anything else related to quilting.

Blocks of the Month and Week
For instructions, discussions and pictures of the Blocks of the Month (with archives) and weekly additions to sampler quilts.

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Members Buy/Sell/Trade -- Classifieds
Post something you have to offer or something you are looking for.

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There is NO general chit-chat, NO tutorials....

does it show different for different browsers? I mean it is crazy...I would love to see some tutes, but that option does not show up on my screen shot!

being OLD blonde broad, and a Gemini, I refused to be beaten by this missing TUTORIALs....I clicked on the ALL sections link and my line up looks like yours now!....but ONLY if I click that link...clicking on HOME does not give me that line up!

strange....BUT I did find the tutes!

So glad you found it, there are some really useful tutes on there

Yes, I learned it 50+ years ago as an invisible blind hem stitch. Invisible is good!

I just saw what your mother taught you. I used to do that all the time but I have improved my stitches to a quicker method similar to the ladder stitch method. I even finish off the thread the same way, great minds think alike.
I use that stitch when ever I need to repair seams,dolls cloth bodies or any toy for that matter. I repaired a quilt some one had done and that the stitches had come out. My stitches were so small people thought it was done my machine not hand.

This is the way I have always done it and have taught my students. Not hard at all.

Not to be critical, but I don't think these stitches are invisible.