GingerK

AprilM, try making about 12 inches and attaching it to your quilt with a basting stitch. That should be enough to give you a good idea of how it works. You could even attach it around a corner.

b.zang

Sharon Schamber has a video showing how to glue binding on for machine stitching or hand stitching. I like her tip of pressing the binding once it's sewed to the quilt. She sews binding to the front and then machine sews from the back but you can reverse that if you prefer. I have used glue to baste on my binding and it takes quite a while but not nearly so long as hand stitching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2hWQ5-ZccE&t=62s

wesing

Donna Jordan taught to put on the front, press out from the quilt, fold over, then stitch in the ditch on the front, catching the back of the binding as you go. I’ve used this method with good results. I differ from her in that I don’t press the binding in half before applying. I also snip some bulk out of the corners as demonstrated by Patrick Lose. I can’t find his video right now but it’s just a tiny bit to help with the bulk. I join my binding ends using this method:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7BT1pl...IGJpbmRpbmc%3D

She mentions that she uses a bit more than a quarter inch seam allowance applying to the front. This is important to get a good fit. I had to experiment a bit with my machine settings to get the right seam allowance. It ends up being closer to 3/8” than 1/4”.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQgjp4...luZGluZw%3D%3D

Onebyone

Sometimes I like to use a wide binding, start with 8 inches unfolded to make 2" binding on front and back. Just be sure the border is wider, so the binding won't go into the blocks. Or add a 2" border.

Julienm1

My memory is telling me I did a flange binding a long time ago. Just have to find the measurements to get it right. It really looked so cool!!!

Onebyone

I took a class years ago how to sew 1/4" to 1/8" borders around a block. I used it to sew tiny borders around a wallhanging. I remember you sewed from the opposite side of the pressure foot. I need to find my notes from that class. here is a sample block I did in class. I used that technique to add small binding but can't remember all the steps. The bock started with the house print. There are nine borders around it. The block is 10" by 11".

mkc

for a 2 1/2" strip

Flange fabric - 1 5/8"
Main binding color - 1 3/8"

Those get sewn together with a 1/4" seam to yield the common 2 1/2" strip width for binding. Pressing towards the main binding color makes a flatter flange, which can be easier to keep even and stitch close to the seam, at least for me.

The hardest part is wrapping your brain around the fact that the flange fabric, which you barely see, is the wider strip.

GingerK

And if you turn it the other way, you have a 'faced binding' which is a great way to eke out fabric when you just don't have enough for a regular binding. 15 inches WOF will give you six 2 1/2 inch strips for binding but will give you nine 1 5/8 inch strips.