Originally Posted by
quiltbabe
Well, so far I'm not seeing how I do this. You know what they say, 10 quilters in a room, 10 different ways of doing things! I like to machine sew to the front and handstitch to the back. I do not trim before binding. I use my rulers and draw a line to square the quilt up. If I have points to consider, I make sure my line doesn't cut them off. Then I place my binding to that line, sew using 1/4 inch seam allowance. I only trim after sewing, leaving a little bit of the batting showing past the edge of the binding, so that the binding is full when it is turned to the back. Hope this makes sense...I haven't had all my coffee yet this morning!
This is how I do it, too. I don't trim until the binding is sewn to the front. I do baste all the layers before applying the binding, and I use a walking foot to sew the binding on, thus eliminating puckers. I'm always generous when I trim, so that the binding will be nice and full.