binding a quilt
Then backstitch to lock the seam, snip the threads and remove the quilt ⦠5. Give it a shot! 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. Knot one end of the thread. This means to attach the front and back, with batting in between. Prepare and sew the binding to the quilt (by machine) in the manner described above. 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 ⦠Bias binding is a durable way to finish a quilt. 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 ⦠We hope you enjoy! 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. Finish sewing your binding 1/4â³ before the end of the quilt. Sewing on a pieced binding is the same as sewing on any binding. . Fold binding back on itself, perpendicular to edge you have just sewn. Start sewing 8-10 inches from the end of the binding. Lift the presser foot and rotate the quilt so that you can stitch to the outer corner of the quilt, stitching a 45* line. Fold the excess toward inside, making sure the two edges meet into a nice intersection point (see the red arrow). Wrap the folded edge of the binding to the backside of the quilt, creating the mitered corners, again as we described above. Make sure to check that the binding tape and quilt sandwich are even throughout. Fold the binding down so that the raw edge of the binding is still parallel to the raw edge of the quilt. Take the quilt to your ironing board and lay it down with the back of the quilt facing up. Pivot the quilt and sew diagonally off the edge. Binding Your Quilt: Ok. 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. Press the binding away from the quilt: Then fold the binding to the front of the quilt. Binding your quilt with straight-grain, double-fold binding is a great, durable way to finish off the raw edges. We will use this unsewn binding to connect the beginning and ending of the binding strips later in the tutorial. You can secure the binding on the back stitching by hand. Place the binding on one side of your quilt close to the middle matching the raw edges of the binding and quilt together. Create Mitered Corners and Pin Binding in Place. 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. So youâve basted and quilted your quilt and you know what kind of fabric you need, so letâs get started. To miter corners, stop stitching about 1/4-inch away from corner and backstitch. 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. Quilt binding is something that I do for so many of my projects and something that I get asked about a lot. I recommend using this width for twin-sized or larger ⦠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. There are good tutorials for that here, here, and here. Oct 23, 2020 - Explore National Quilters Circle's board "Quilt Binding", followed by 95201 people on Pinterest. 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. Before you bind, you need to somehow âquiltâ your quilt. 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. It can be ⦠Continue stitching the binding fabric to about ¼â from the edge of the fabric. Secure the stitches ⦠The difference between binding by machine and binding by hand is where youâll start sewing. We started off with the super easy and adorable cheater quilt, made quilt binding, and took a trip to the Quilt Market. 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. The video below will demonstrate how to sew binding on a quilt step by step. Pick one corner of the quilt and fold the binding into a mitered corner, then pin the miter in place: Make ⦠binding to quilt about 6 inches from binding end. Binding size is a personal preference, but there are some general guidelines. 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