redbugsullivan

Over time, I've tried all types of binding methods. Some were more successful than others. Now I have a quilt top that needs me to decide on binding and I have hit a wall. It's a scrap quilt with squares in squares and fabric that spans generations.

The back is a taupe Egyptian cotton sheet. Batting is a super thin poly, interfacing thin. It has every color under the sun in the top so selecting the binding is a PAIN.

Has anyone ever wrapped the pieced front to the back for the binding? Attempted? This is a huge top and there's plenty to go around. I know there are problems I'm just not seeing. What are they?

Thanks for your help and suggestions!

luvspaper

I'd be worried about so many seams wrapping around the back personally (I am suspecting at least every 12 inches and straight seams vs diagonal ones which are stronger and have less bulk).

Have you tried a dark gray or black binding?

Or do you have enough sheeting to bind over from the back to the front?

redbugsullivan

Sheet binding? Yes and no. Originally, the plan was to wrap the back to the front for binding. Then, during the layering process, too many quilters aligning and pinning got into the plan. Too much here, not enough there...

tellabella

I think the seams would be a problem too...use black, cream, or a colour in the quilt like navy or green....something will work....

redbugsullivan

Maybe cream! I just need something that won't stand out. I've even considered a soft sage green.

bearisgray

Can you post a picture of part of the quilt so that we can see what collfs are in iy?

Tartan

I suspect that wrapping the pieced front to the back will not match perfectly. The many seam lines will stretch a bit and you will have to make tucks in the pieced part as you sew it down. If you can live with tucks then go ahead.
Look up using facings to bind a quilt. That is where you take strips of fabric that matches the back, sew them around the quilt edge from the front and turn the facing over to the back and hand stitch to the backing.

redbugsullivan

All my late mother's scraps, my scraps, gift chunks of fabrics, and left overs from past quilts. Each and every color, design, and hue in the fabric shops. If my kids were to ever have children, it will be a grand "I Spy" quilt.

Jeanne S

I know it is a pain to do, but I have pieced 12" strips of fabric together (diagonal seams) to make a patchwork binding look on a colorful scrappy quilt and it looked great.

quiltingbuddy

I did one quilt (queen size) where I brought the backing around to the front as the binding. It worked out fine and looks good to this day after 20+ years. You can do anything you want, any way you want.