Leave about a 6-inch tail. Lift the presser foot and rotate the quilt so that you can stitch to the outer corner of the quilt, stitching a 45* line. Double-fold binding is cut six times the desired finished binding width plus 1â4" to allow for turn of cloth (the fabric take-up resulting from folding and wrapping binding around the quilt edge). Continue to sew along the edge of the quilt until you are about a ¼â away from the bottom. The seam allowance used to attach the binding should be equal to the desired finished width of your binding. Visit . Quilt binding has two recognizable definitions: it is both an object and a process. If you have a walking foot you can use that, I am using an old vintage 15-91 Singer and the walking feet I have donât really work well with it so I just use a regular foot. To make straight-grain binding (pictured above), the binding strips are cut from selvage to selvage, sewn together into one long strip and pressed in half. The quilt Iâm binding for this post is one I designed as a free pattern for APQS almost 2 years ago. Fortunately, this quilt had plenty! Pick one corner of the quilt and fold the binding into a mitered corner, then pin the miter in place: Make ⦠There are good tutorials for that here, here, and here. Quilt binding is usually the "uggh" part of quilting. Bias binding is a durable way to finish a quilt. Oct 23, 2020 - Explore National Quilters Circle's board "Quilt Binding", followed by 95201 people on Pinterest. Some quilters have the patience and talent to sew the binding strip on the front of the quilt, flip it to the back, and then stitch next to the folded-over binding on ⦠This will make attaching your binding much easier, and when your quilt is laid out on a bed or folded neatly, it will look professionally made. binding to quilt about 6 inches from binding end. Turn the quilt and fold the binding at the corner. Start off by cutting your binding fabric into strips. Backstitch a few stitches to lock the seam. Knot one end of the thread. Begin in middle of one side of quilt. For this quilt binding method we will attach the binding to the back of the quilt first. Also, bias binding is stronger and tends to last longer. If the quilt is 24â³ by 30â³ then you could use a 8.5â³ square ⦠Thread a hand needle with a thread to match the binding fabric. Create Mitered Corners and Pin Binding in Place. The difference between binding by machine and binding by hand is where youâll start sewing. Using a ¼â seam allowance, begin to sew the binding to the quilt. We started off with the super easy and adorable cheater quilt, made quilt binding, and took a trip to the Quilt Market. Binding a quilt is the process of surrounding the raw edges of fabric and batting of your quilt with a long strip of fabric called binding. Quilts that have curved edges require bias binding. Leaving a 12â³ tail of binding free, match raw edges of binding strip to raw edge of quilt top. As a process, quilt binding is the act of sewing the binding tape to the quilt (which will be covered in a future post). Jenny Doan reviews a skill that every quilter needs to know Binding! It is made from a double layer of quilting fabric using either the bias or straight of grain. Today we have a quilt project brought to you by Rae from Made by Rae for easy quilt binding.. Rae is always sewing up new projects ⦠Youâre going to need this room to attach the ends of your binding strips. In this tutorial, I made a twin-sized quilt, so I cut my fabric into 4-1/2 inch wide strips. Place the binding on one side of your quilt close to the middle matching the raw edges of the binding and quilt together. Secure the stitches ⦠This way, you can watch that binding edge on the front and make sure you get a really nice stitch ⦠So youâve basted and quilted your quilt and you know what kind of fabric you need, so letâs get started. (Reminder: clip binding to quilt, sew the binding, stop sewing 1/4 inch from the end, clip thread, make your corners, start over) Stop sewing and backstitch when youâre about 8-10 inches from your starting point. Quilt binding is something that I do for so many of my projects and something that I get asked about a lot. . Before you bind, you need to somehow âquiltâ your quilt. To work around the corner of the quilt with the binding, turn the quilt and fold the binding up and away from the edge you have been sewing. Attach binding to back of quilt. Press the binding on the front of the quilt, it makes a nice and crisp fold for the binding. The trickiest part of binding a quilt is turning and folding the binding strip to create nicely mitered corners. Set the binding seam by pressing your stitching in place. Binding size is a personal preference, but there are some general guidelines. Prepare and sew the binding to the quilt (by machine) in the manner described above. These strips may be cut on the straight grain or on the bias. We hope you enjoy! Give it a shot! Finish sewing your binding 1/4â³ before the end of the quilt. Tools for trimming a quilt to prepare it for binding. I normally wouldnât quilt to the edge using this method and instead quilt 1â away from the edge or soâ¦but it was an afterthought with this little quilt. Begin stitching your binding to the quilt about 10â³ to 12â³ away from the start of your binding. At that point, stop sewing and leave the needle down. Double Fold Binding (sometimes called French Fold Bias Binding) This is the most used and durable quilt binding. Binding Your Quilt: Ok. Then backstitch to lock the seam, snip the threads and remove the quilt ⦠So I thought it was about time that I created a simple tutorial illustrating how I bind my quilty projects with double fold binding that is machine stitched to the front of the quilt and hand stitched on the back. TIP: For a satisfying âplumpâ binding, we recommend cutting the batting and backing a scant 1â8â³ larger all around than the quilt top. It's the step many quilters forget about and most beginning quilters aren't even aware of until they reach this stage of the process. 1. Press binding in half lengthwise, wrong sides together. This Fall has been filled with quilt making projects and outings for us. Of course, if you are binding a smaller quilt, you should adjust the size of your rulers to fit the project. Using a walking foot, you start sewing your 1/4â³ seam roughly in the middle, leaving six inches or so of your binding strip unattached to the quilt. Binding a quilt is the final step in finishing. Using a 1/4â³ seam allowance, sew the binding onto the quilt, stopping 1/4â³ before the corner of the quilt. This will give you a nice miter when you do the second part of stitching the binding to the quilt. Align the raw edges of the quilt sandwich and the binding tape. Fold the binding down so that the raw edge of the binding is still parallel to the raw edge of the quilt. You can secure the binding on the back stitching by hand. Stitch the binding tape to the quilt sandwich using a ¼â seam allowance. When you bind by machine, you want to start sewing the binding on to the back of the quilt and bring it around to the front. If you quilt to the edge of your quilt topâ¦youâre going to see it in the binding of the quilt on the back. Sewing quilt binding may not be the most exciting part of making a quilt, but it is the icing on your beautiful cake â so itâs best to take the extra time and do it right. Start sewing 8-10 inches from the end of the binding. Continue stitching the binding fabric to about ¼â from the edge of the fabric. The size of the binding is determined by the size of the seam allowance used when the binding is sewn on and how loosely or tightly the binding is folded to ⦠I usually machine quilt (or have someone else do it) my quilts these days. (Look at the picture below.) It can be ⦠See more ideas about quilt binding⦠Fold the excess toward inside, making sure the two edges meet into a nice intersection point (see the red arrow). Visit our site to check out the largest selection of precut quilting fabrics in the world! 5. Straight binding is easier to cut and apply. Continue stitching until 1/4â³ before the quilt edge and stop, leaving the needle down. To miter corners, stop stitching about 1/4-inch away from corner and backstitch. Clover Desk Needle Threader. This technique also requires careful batting trimming and squaring of the quilt, and I found it easiest to pin the backing upon itself to keep it from getting nicked. Binding size refers to the width of the finished binding as it appears from the front of the quilt. Line up the raw edge of the binding to the raw edge of the quilt. Place the binding on your quilt top, aligning the raw edges of the binding with the edge of the quilt. Take the quilt to your ironing board and lay it down with the back of the quilt facing up. Fold binding back on itself, perpendicular to edge you have just sewn. Binding for a quilt may be made from strips of fabric that match or coordinate with the fabrics used in the quilt. Sew to the first corner, but stop a 1/4â³ from the edge. But now you have a little boxy flap of binding in the corner. Make sure to check that the binding tape and quilt sandwich are even throughout. Yep, it got sucked into the âwhen I have timeâ black hole! The video below will demonstrate how to sew binding on a quilt step by step. When I am piecing my blocks together, once a block is complete, I like to go ahead and âsquare it upâ or make sure it is a perfect square to keep things uniform. Fold the binding to the back and keep it in place with pins. Fold binding down again so that binding raw edge makes a horizontal fold that aligns From start to finish Mom shows you how to bind a quilt with no frills or tools. Create the binding After the batting trimming and squaring of the quilt is complete, trim the excess backing to 3/4" from the edge of the quilt. This is the little 45-degree angle fold in the corners of the quilt that looks super cute on the front and back and also allows you to stitch the entire long binding strip all the way around the quilt in one pass. We will use this unsewn binding to connect the beginning and ending of the binding strips later in the tutorial. Donât worry about flattening the corners yet. Start in the middle of one side of your quilt. Binding! With the quilt top face up, press the binding away from the quilt, working one edge at a time. 5. As an object, quilt binding is the fabric that wraps around the outer edges of your quilt sandwich - the top, batting & ⦠I recommend using this width for twin-sized or larger ⦠Binding your quilt with straight-grain, double-fold binding is a great, durable way to finish off the raw edges. Pivot the quilt and sew diagonally off the edge. Press the binding away from the quilt: Then fold the binding to the front of the quilt. This means that a single fiber is running along the length of the edge of your quilt and is taking the majority of the wear and tear. With quilt binding, the warp and weft of the binding are running vertically and horizontally. Sewing on a pieced binding is the same as sewing on any binding. I like to start attaching the binding about 3/4 of the way down the long side. Then, fold the strip down in the new direction you will be sewing so that the folded edge of the binding is even with the edge of the quilt. Align the binding along the edge of the quilt, and mark on the binding where the quilt edge ends. This means to attach the front and back, with batting in between. On FB a while ago someone was asking about how we all sew binding onto a quilt and it made me think of how I have different methods, of course if itâs a show quilt or magazine quilt I sew the binding to the front and hand sew onto the back, but if itâs for anything else I use 1/4â³ âbindingâ tape from the warm company! Leave about 6â³ of binding loose and sew a 1/4â³ in from the edge along the strip. Wrap the folded edge of the binding to the backside of the quilt, creating the mitered corners, again as we described above. 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