Shorebird

Bernina and Viking both have a 9mm Flat Felled foot which makes it very easy to machine sew your bindings down. There is a great You Tube video (do not have link handy) from Bernina that shows in great detail hbow to accomplish this.

Additional tutorials would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!

Thnks

mhobbs

Yes, please post a tutorial. Your binding is beautiful.
I hate hand stitching bindings and would love some tips for machine binding. I've always been embarrassed at my previous attempts in this area.

duckydo

Yes a tutorial would be nice.. the only way I sew on a binding is to use a flanged one.

Chris Anders

Yep your binding looks great. Can't wait for your next post!

klswift

It looks great. A couple tips I use for my newbies that helps. If your batting is thick, try to take an extra row of edge stitches to hold it together before putting on the binding. Once you get the feeling of how to hold and move the quilt, this will not be necessary. And, if you are not going to handsew your binding, when you turn it to the front and machine stitch it down, try using a decorative stitch. Then you don't have to stress over it not being perfect. I have a serpentine stitch with a small leaf that I love - it can cover a lot of very late night sewing slips! Also, if you haven't pushed your quilt in far enough in a couple spots, this will make sure it holds. (Although your stitching looks very straight and neat.) With practice none of these things will be issues, but in the beginning, this will help your confidence.

DJ

I don't mind the hand sewing, but occasionally would like to be able to machine stitch it to my satisfaction.

tlpa

I would love to hear how you created such a neat binding. Mine never come out looking that nice.

Innov8R

I could use a tutorial. I have only been quilting 2 years and I always hand stitch my bindings because I fear I will hit and miss the underside if I machine stitch on the top.

Wintersewer

My bindings finally look that good, now that I sew the last stitch, as you have shown. Using my stitch-in-the-ditch foot, I just run the blade along the fold, and having set the needle a few threads to the right, stitch that nice straight stitch. The blade keeps it all straight. I wonder if this is the method wesing used???????

blahel

I too would like a tute!