jljack

Yep, that would be true for me, too!! :thumbup:

quilt3311

Gee now I know I put on French Fold Bindings. I just have always called it "binding". ah we live and learn on this board.

wraez

gee I've been doing a French Fold binding all along , never new it was called anything different than 'binding', LOL

warm quilt hugs, sue in CA

butterflywing

don't press the binding in half. just fold it wrong sides together and pin it to the front edge. flip over, and so on.

if you press, then when you flip over, that press crease is in the wrong place and wants to creep upward a little bit. if you smoosh it down, then you're squashing the under layer inside to keep that in place. it's much better to just not press in the first place.

KarenR

Hey I learned something new, I just called it binding.

madamekelly

After reading craftybear's google, I am still confused about French fold. Is it when the binding is folded in half stitched on one side to the quilt, then folded over and (hand stitched) to the back of the quilt? It's never been called that before. Hmmm. Learn something every day.[/quote]
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You have just described what I was taught that 'french fold' is. I do this on every binding, except I use bias cut fabric. I can't even imagine torturing myself trying to use straight grain fabric. Cutting your binding on the bias allows it to 'relax' to the back side for hand stitching.

I will share a great hint I found by accident though. When I did my binding, I always had problems with the thread catching on the pins that I used to hold the binding to the back side. In desperation I went on a 'hunt' through my sewing room looking for some kind of 'plan B'. I spotted my binder clips (They were too small for what I bought them for.) Well I tried it and it WORKS! Just put the little metal bars down across the quilt, and no catching threads. I use ten of them, and remove them as I go. I am so proud of this solution, that I tell everyone. I told the lady who did my LAQ and now she no longer has to pay someone to bind her quilts!

jitkaau

i think that is just another name for cutting the material twice the width that you need , on the straight of the grain, and folding it in half lengthwise before attaching it.

purplefiend

I sew my binding strip to the back of the quilt first and fold it over the front when I'm done and use the binding clips to hold in place and stitch to the front by machine. I can't do all that handwork anymore.

MadQuilter

Oui oui, moi aussi! hahahaha (yes, yes, me too. teehehe)

penski

i second that !!!!