Flannel Binding?
 

I am making a small charity quilt from a printed cotton panel.

Because the panel was very small I have used a pretty contrasting flannel to make a border and have used the same flannel for the backing.

I’m now wondering about the binding. I fancy using the flannel but wondered if there were any disadvantages to this. I would machine stitch the binding to the front then hand stitch it to the back.

I hadn’t thought of that - thank you for suggesting it!

I've done flannel binding tons on flannel quilts, I do my usual 2.5" and it works fine.

I’ve used flannel for binding and machine stitched both sides. I think I cut mine closer to 3” wide. I thought it would be a nice soft edge for a child’s quilt. Worked well.

I've used flannel for binding twice. The first time I hand stitched the binding and it was fine. Second time I machine sewed and it was too thick. I got it down, but thought it seemed more bulky. Now if I make a flannel quilt I only bind with regular cotton binding.

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Flannel is thicker then cotton so you will need to cut your binding wider for the fold over and bulk. Try a little sample to determine what you will need to cut for width.

i have done many flannel & flannel backed quilts. i have found, as stated by tartan, that because of thickness of flannel (i use double fold only) that a slightly wider strip looks & lays nicer. i also frequently do a fold over, back to front, a very old & traditional style of binding. it looks great & simple to do. i use the foldover style in either flannel or quilting cotton.

I only use cotton for binding and quilt top and backing. If I use flannel I use it for both sides and tie it as a comforter.

I have bound many quilts with flannel. I cut my strips 2 1/2” wide and attach as normal. I’ve never had a problem.

I, too, do flannel binding and do my usual 2.5 binding, machine sew to front, hand sew to back. Work just fine.