I watched a tutorial yesterday called 'ladder stitch for binding'. I was so impressed that I tried it today on a quilt I was finishing up and it is amazing. I never really liked the look of my hand stitched binding on the back of my quilt, but this tip is fabulous. Please watch it, you will be so glad you did. You need to scroll down to the second set of pictures to really understand the concept, but it is so easy to do.

Is there a link?

hmmmm .. any chance you can post the link.. ?

this is what I use & I agree - easy is as easy does

This is how I was taught many years ago by my grandma!! Old things do roll back around.:)

This is the tute I found. Not sure if this is the one she was referring to but it shows how it is done.

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

What is the link? I would love to check it out.

Thanks!

Here's a good tutorial. http://www.dreamweavers-quilts.com/q...ing-invisibly/

If you go to the home page, then to tutorials, you should find it, I think it's on the second page. I don't know how to send a link to a tute on this site

That's the only way I've ever done it...you mean there is another way?

Diannia

That's the only way I have ever done hand stitching. Knowing how to do that got me a job repairing antique quilts. On totally utility quilts I do machine stitch along the fold line. :D

My grandma taught me this way. I love the tiny stitches.

:-DI actually enjoy this process :D

Ami Simms has a book how to do this for invisible applique. This is the way I was taught to hand sew for the thread not to show.

Here is a video how to do it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZovYFJZ5-jk

I was taught to hand stitch like this by my mother or grandmother - can't remember which one and have always used it.

No one ever told me how to do this. Thought I had found something new !! Who knew !!!

I knew if I stayed here all day I'd learn something new !!

Here is the link, just figured out how to do it http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-40083-1.htm

That is the way I do it,also.Taught myself,didn't know it was called "Ladder Stitch",I just try things until I find something that works for me. :roll:

I discovered that technique about 5 months ago - it works great - before that I didn't even hand sew but this seems to work for the back of my binding.

I must practice this, my stitches wind up looking like the whip stitch. Thank you.

This looks like the blind stitch that I do on my binding. So easy to do.

That's too funny. I used to use that all the time in my apparel sewing. Guess I forgot about it. Need to pull that out of the old memory bank for when I need to hand sew something. With my arthritis I don't do any more hand sewing than I have to.

Oh wow, this is how I sew my bindings.... I was taught this method many years ago.... I just forgot what it was called.

I've used this stitch "Ladder
Stitch" for years when applying binding, but didn't know what it was called. My tip for this binding stitch is to use a needle that is just the proper length of the stitch you are making. If you use a longer needle the stitch is more difficult to control.

Go to what home page? What site are you going to?
If you are on the "tute" page, the url address is in the address bar when you are viewing the tutorial. Let us know the Home page. Thanks
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I figured how to do it yesterday. I posted the link then. Scroll up and you will see the link.

My 7th grade Home Ec teacher (40+ yrs ago) called it a bind hem stitch. Altthough, no longer sewing garmets, it is ideal for binding.

Found a demo on you tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i20WGQRlnIA

Hmmmm...... That is the only way I know how to do it.

To those of you to whom this is new - what method did you use before?

I've been using the ladder stitch on bindings for about a year. I saw a tute on Stashbusters and tried it. It took a little bit to get the hang of it but it's that way with any new thing I try. I love the way the binding looks when I finish, can hardly see the stitches at all.

That is how I learned to hem Only you take a very small stitch on the outer fabric and the regular ladder stitch on the turned hem side.

I learned it from Ami Simms also--attended one of her workshops. It is very similar to the invisible hem stitch we were taught in 4-H (a long time ago. :>)

Didn't know the stitch had a name, I always called it invisible stitching. Used for hems, trim and other hand sewing for clothes making. Use the stitch for hand binding a quilt. Now if I could just master the mitered corners it would be a grand world.

I didn't know there was another way. lol How else would you do it???

I have used this stitch for years on many things and never knew that it was called a ladder stitch.

Just watched and looked at the websites. I have done that for years on smaller items but I sew the larger quilts on my machine. Still looks good and is almost like it was done by hand.

Well, I put up this post because after watching the tutorial, I thought it was something new. No one had ever shown it to me before and I whipstitched my bindings. Silly me, it seems like everyone but me knew how to do this. WIll keep my big mouth shut in the future. LOL

Even if 1 new person learns something it is good! So keep up with the sharing, it is always good to see a refresher course. Sometimes as we get older, we get alittle sloppy or take shortcuts. Thank you for sharing!

Hand sewn bindings are usually awesome but I do mine by machine ... The only part of a quilt that I will do by hand is the hanging sleeve that needs tacking down. I'm a terrible hand sewer, like using my toes with my eyes shut.

warm quilt hugs, sue in CA