This is what keeps me from making real quilts...BINDING-CAN'T DO IT!!!
#51
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I use 2 1/2 inch binding folded in half. Stitch it to the front with 1/4 inch seam and hand stitch the back down. The hardest part for me was ending it but I bought the Fons and Porter binding tool at Joanns. It's just a plastic piece but has all the markings on it and really simplifies it.
#52
Originally Posted by CoventryUK
I always do double binding....cut strip 2 1/2", fold in half, then stitch to front of quilt with 1/4" seam. Flip to back of quilt and hand stitch!!! Works for me!!
#53
Sorry to hear about your problem with binding i am like that when it comes to putting the quilt together after pinning a thousands pins and started my quilting i had to unpick about 6 rows of stitch in the ditch and remove all of the pins because the backing was all up the s...t :( and my fingers was screaming for mercy I hate this process but i love the process of finding pattern,fabric,and the actual sewing the little squares etc... Please don't give up you will find lots of helpers right here, my quilt is all unpick for another day maybe i'll pay $250.00 for some one to quilt it for me:(
#55
I use the 1/4" seam allowance but I do use different widths for the binding.
I always use double binding anywhere from 2 1/4" to 2 1/2" width...I have even used a tad larger for something very heavy.
I always use double binding anywhere from 2 1/4" to 2 1/2" width...I have even used a tad larger for something very heavy.
#56
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Utah
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I feel the same way. I took the class at the LQS and watched the online videos but I just can't understand the part where the binding strip ends meet. I even had hubby watch the online videos and try to help me. Nothing.
During my binding class at the LQS I sewed the front first and didn't know you were supposed to do back first. I was so frustrated about how it turned out but then my 15 month old son saw it in a grocery bag and now he carries it everywhere and loves it.
During my binding class at the LQS I sewed the front first and didn't know you were supposed to do back first. I was so frustrated about how it turned out but then my 15 month old son saw it in a grocery bag and now he carries it everywhere and loves it.
#57
I make my binding just under 3/8" because that's the width of the base of my walking foot on my Bernina with the needle in the far right position. I cut my strips 1 3/4" for single binding and 2 3/4" for double binding.
If I am binding a quilt with pieced blocks and no border, this binding covers the points of the blocks, but I don't care.
If I am binding a quilt with pieced blocks and no border, this binding covers the points of the blocks, but I don't care.
#60
This is what I do too.
Originally Posted by CoventryUK
I always do double binding....cut strip 2 1/2", fold in half, then stitch to front of quilt with 1/4" seam. Flip to back of quilt and hand stitch!!! Works for me!!
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