I also tried to pull the backing to the front...I hated it...it looked horrible. There are some good videos on how to bind. I found one yesterday that really helped me. Good luck...practive, practice. My daughter inlaw did her first quilt top last week. I am going to put it together and bind. If she makes another one I will teach her to FMQ...than the next one I will show her how to bind...baby steps.
Originally Posted by amandasgramma
You mean to pull the backing around and sewing it down? I tried that one time and it looked like crap. MUCH easier to go to www.youtube.com and look up "quilt binding".....The method most of us here use is to cut the fabric off, fold in half lengthwise, sew it on the front. Then you pull it around the back and hand sew or machine sew it down. Oh -- and if the quilt is straight sided, just cut the fabric. If the quilt has scalloped or rounded edges, then you have to cut the fabric on the bias.