How to (Quickly) Bind a Quilt

How to (Quickly) Bind a Quilt

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Ultimate Binding & Edge-Finishing Guide for Quilting & Sewing

"A go-to guide on how to ensure your projects are edged perfectly! This must-have resource details 16 binding techniques and various ways to finish a project, including traditional, bias, scalloped, chenille binding, invisible-faced, odd-angles and more. With easy-to-follow tutorials, coordinating photography, and *video links to further enhance instruction, this guide belongs in every crafter's library." ~ Fox Chapel Publishing

Supplies: → Vinyl glove - Use it on your left hand - beneficial to grip the quilt while binding! It has just enough grip to alleviate strain on the wrist, elbow, shoulder, and that little pinch between the shoulder blades. Give it a try!

→ Binding Strips: For machine-binding, I use 2-1/8" strips joined end to end with a diagonal seam. I like a nice, tight, skinny binding like this because I can use my 1/4" foot with a guide on the side to keep the seam allowance a consistent width. Use matching thread, reduce the stitch length, then trim and press the seam open to distribute the bulk. I like to roll and store my binding in a little figure eight so it pulls out straight, ready to apply.

→ Scissors that are sharp all the way to the tip. Pinking shears can be used to trim the seams and reduce even more bulk.

→ Pins or Clips

Helpful: → 1/4" Presser Foot with a guide on the side → Edge-Joining or "Stitch in the Ditch" foot with a center guide to follow along the "ditch".

The book details all the steps for calculation, preparation, and application of your binding for a pretty-close-to-perfect finish every time!

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May all your quilts have happy "edgings"! Deonn