tropit

Thanks for the tutorial! I love your corner and ending ideas. I was just going to bind a quilt yesterday, but got lazy. Now I have a nice instructional to go off of and keep me on track.

~ C

Ram

Great Tutorial. Do you ever use your Walking Foot?

oksewglad

Great job..I have a bit of a dyslexia when it comes to right and left. I have found if I cut the first tail at a 45 degree angle from the start i will get my angle going the right way at the end. A couple of times I have cut then sewn it in the opposite direction and then I'm short of fabric to correct it....grrrr. Once I started cutting the angle before I sewed I have no problems.

Jane Quilter

wonderful tutorial. thanks

wesing

Thank you!

We use Pfaff machines with integrated dual feed, so the "walking foot" is always engaged.

wesing

OK so I have felt badly that I forgot to take pictures of tacking down the binding to the front of the quilt when I did my first binding tutorial: How I machine bind

I was binding a quilt for myself tonight and decided to make that right. Before I start let me just say that I have never entered a quilt in a show, but I understand most judges would take me to task for binding this way. My quilts are not made for entering in a show. I want the binding to cover the open edge of the quilt, be durable, and look similar in quality to the rest of the quilt. I don't hand sew anything for any reason. If I did, I doubt it would look as good as my machine bindings or be as durable. Besides all that, I didn't pay thousands of dollars for sewing machines so I could sew things by hand.

Here is the quilt with the binding attached to the back. I start on the back because I will finish on the front and I can watch my stitches and keep them placed where I want them. If I have some inconsistency in my seam, it will show up on the back but the front will still look nice.
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I press the binding away from the back of the quilt. This seems to help keep me from having tucks or gaps.
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Here are a couple of pictures showing the measurements that I use. I started with a 2.5" binding strip.
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This next shot is from the front of the quilt.
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I start at the bottom of the quilt near a corner. I carefully roll the binding over and place it on the front. I generally only work on a section the same size as the width of my machine bed. I also included a shot with the measurement of the seam allowance.
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Barb in Louisiana

That is similar to what I do. Thanks for the pics.

wesing

When I come to the corner, I pay attention to how the first part of the binding is folded. On this binding, the outer fold is from the bottom side, so I want the outer fold on the front of the quilt to be from the right side.
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I fold the bottom binding up first, then try to make sure the edge that's folded up goes straight to the right. Then I lay my seam ripper or stiletto against the quilt and fold the right side over against the seam ripper. I can usually get a pretty join with a nice 45* angle by doing this. I hold the corner and sew slowly until I get to the place where I need to pivot. I stop with the needle down, lift the pressed foot, and turn the quilt 90*.
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This pic is from the side so you can see where I stopped to pivot.
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Here is one showing where I'm ready to start sewing again.
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In this shot I've made it all the way around the quilt and am almost back to the starting point.
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wesing

You can see I have a bit of thread buildup here where I backstitched at the beginning and end. If your thread is similar in color to your binding that won't be a big deal.
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This shot shows where I just barely covered the first set of stitches attaching the binding to the back. This would not be noticeable if I had used a thread in the bobbin that matched the front of the quilt better. That was a stupid mistake on my part; I thought since it would be covered the color wouldn't matter. If I were giving this quilt to someone, I might try to disguise these few stitches with a sharpie maker.
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In this shot you can see I veered a little to close to the edge of the quilt. It isn't horrible, so I will leave it.
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Here is a good shot of what I tried to explain about the corner. You want your folds to go in opposite directions.
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This corner isn't perfect. You can see it isn't exactly 90*, and it isn't "full." Again, if this was to be judged, this would be a major no-no, but most people would never even notice something like this.
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This is the worst spot in the binding. I might try to correct this if I were giving it to someone, but since its mine it will stay like it is.
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I hope this helps someone. I'd love to hear your feedback.

Thanks,
Darren

wesing

Oh I forgot one more really important part! After attaching to the back, and before you start sewing to the front, you can take a bit of bulk out of your corners. This video is way better than any pictures I could take: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MMsmEtonhoA&t=325s

This really does help!