Austinite

I do both but I do separate binding the most, I like having different binding fabric than the back. When I do the fold over binding I trim my batting close and tuck the edge under the batting so I get two layers over the edge, hope I'm describing that right

Geri B

Actually, when I did the fold over, there were two layers of fabric, because i folded the back fabric once to sandwich, then that got folded over to be sewn to top......

Karamarie

When I started quilting many years ago, I used that method but now I usually use a two sided binding - the back binding is the same as the backing and the front matches the front.

klswift

I use this 'self-binding' whenever I make a baby or a very small child's quilt. The reason is that small children chew their blankets and often chew binding off. They can not chew off self-binding (I hope!). I started this after years of rebinding quilts. I have never had to repair a self-bound quilt. I do regular binding on all my other quilts.

KenmoreGal2

When I started quilting I only used binding folded from the back. Then I learned how to do the other type of binding and only did that. Now I do both, depending on the quilt. If the backing fabric would make a nice binding, I fold it to the front. It's much easier IMHO than making and attaching a separate binding. But if the backing fabric does not go well with the front, I do the separate binding.

farmquilter

Me too, I have 10 small quilts for charity and will be doing the fold over method.

KalamaQuilts

I self bound my first quilt and have replaced the binding three times.
Other quilts from the same time period have never had to be rebound.

That said I'm doing my current quilt using quilt as you go with self binding for each 6" block.
I do think I'll do a regular binding around the outside though. Fun to try different techniques.

KimmerB

I use both depending on the project, baby quilts with flannel I use the fold over method. Big quilts a separate binding.

maviskw

I make Charity and some utility quilts with fold over binding.
The last one I made, I left at least an inch of back after trimming the front and batt. Marked the back where I wanted it to be folded over, tucked the excess behind the batt, then brought the fold to the front to sew down with a decorative stitch. But do the corners first.

At the corners, I folded the edges of a side to a top or bottom to form a bias triangle. I sewed straight down from the fold from the point of the batt to the point where it would be folded under on the front. That would be one half inch or less. This needs to be well back-stitched. Then I trimmed out the fabric from that seam and turned it right side out. A perfect mitered corner! Tuck under the excess and sew it down.

crafty pat

I do both ways and find they take me the same amount of time.