Rhonda K

Happy to report! Success with the binding this morning!

Moira in N.E. England

Thank you for this. My binding skills are gradually improving but the last step can sometimes take me an age to get right. I’m going to try this method the next time

IrishgalfromNJ

Thank you for posting this video. I love a clear and easy way to join binding ends. This will go into my favorites.

cashs_mom

I use this method. It's easy and neat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BT1pl_IolE

Jannie

I saw this a few months ago and tried it. It does make doing binding much easier.

zozee

That's a good method, too, and a well-done tute.

IrishgalfromNJ

I have been using this video tutorial very successfully. Link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUEy9NXOK5c

maviskw

All three of the tutorials are showing a very good way to close binding ends, but why must you cut off so much of the beginning. When I lay my beginning of the binding on the quilt, that will be where that end will be when I finish. No cutting of that piece.

I open the end and make a triangle. Fold down the top so that the open end of the binding is even with the raw edge of the quilt. This gets pressed well, and this is your sewing line when you get to the end. Refold the binding strip and start sewing about six inches from that tip.

After you sew around the quilt, cut the end off at the bottom of that triangle, which is exactly the width of the binding. Now your binding strip is overlapped just the right amount.

Pick up the ends and place right sides together at the correct angle, just as you would sew any binding seam. Sew across the tip from corner to corner and you have the perfect binding finish.

It's the triangle at the beginning that makes your job easier. No other measuring necessary.

bearisgray

Can/Will you post an illustration? I'm trying to do it - and just not quite getting it.

tuckyquilter

Good Tutorial Video on this. I also press a crease on the diagonal on the side I'm using for the top. That way you have a "seam guide", so to speak.