Originally Posted by madamekelly

My favorite tool for binding is a binder clip. You need the sheet metal ones that sort of look like a weird little purse, with handles you pinch (see picture). I use the smallest ones. I have friends in our quilt guild that use the next size larger, but which ever works for you. I get mine from dollar stores or office supply stores. I tried to use the 'hair clippies' that some one recommended, but my thread kept catching on them. I cut my binding 2.5", fold in half lengthwise and Press, not iron. I sew them around the edge with the binding cut edges to the edge of the quilt. Fold over, secure with binder clips, and hand stitch. To get help with binding, Google 'bind a quilt'. You can even find how to make the edges fit together neatly, and mitering the corners. I think I learned how by watching Nancy Zieman. Do not forget to run your hand stitching thread through beeswax to make it glide. (To the quilt police...I don't care if you no longer use beeswax, I do!)