Handcraftsbyjen

It might be easiest for you to go to your local shop and have someone show you. That way you can see it being done and ask any questions you may have at the same time. I'm sure anyone there would be happy to help you learn. Beautiful quilt and great idea.

Peckish

I don't have advice for you that is different from what's already been posted, but I DID want to say thank you very much, I saw that you edited your post so the title was very specific. I really appreciate that, and I know there are others here who appreciate that as well!

Neesie

That's a beautiful quilt!

I'm far, far, from professional . . . but I first like to stitch close to the edge of the quilt, to keep the layers together. Then I try to cut as straight as possible (ruler and rotary cutter), making sure the corners all look square. If the corners are square, the sides usually fall into place pretty easily.

burchquilts

That's basically how I do mine. Sometimes I put one of my square templates in the corners to make sure they're at least kind of square. But I don't stress over it too much (for once... LOL!).

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!

Karissa

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happyquiltmom

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.

salemrabbits

since I have quilted which isn't long- when I want to do a binding, I just line up the edge and cut with the rotary cutter. It seems that the binding is filled when I do my handstitching to finish it off. Have never had a problem with it not looking "squared". sometimes I have been known to just cut the excess off with sizzors, can't really tell the difference in the long run.

GammaLou

I serge around the edges to hold them together and it gives me a stitching line to add the binding too. I don't think this is any 'approved' method, just how I do it.

nabobw

I was taught to square the quilt then add backing and batting. This way when you put the binding on and then cut off the excess batting and backing it all comes to the edge of your binding.