Hooray August 4, 2016 at 2:51 PM Time to attach the binding to the front and get that perfect finish! I like to start attaching the binding about 3/4 of the way down the long side. 4. (#12) In the corners of the binding we want our quilt to look really good, so follow the photos and you should be able to do this without any headaches. Don’t start with the very end of the binding strip, instead make sure you leave a leader of binding, about 8 inches long, not attached to the quilt. Use a walking foot if you find that the binding is scooting as you sew. Do this for the whole top. Sewing the Binding onto the Front of the Quilt by Machine by Ann Johnson How do I start sewing the binding to the front of the quilt? Two-Tone Quilt Binding: An Instructable for people who already know how to put a binding on a quilt, but want to mix it up a bit. Step 6: Finish sewing the binding The machine-binding method is much faster and easier for quilters like me who hate hand sewing. For quilts with curved edges, you should make bias binding instead. To make the binding, fold the edge of the blanket to meet the edge of the quilt top, and then fold it over again. Binding size refers to the width of the finished binding as it appears from the front of the quilt. Note: Binding to the front will leave a visible stitching line on the back of your quilt. It’s easiest to hold the binding fabric in place with Clover Wonder Clips. These stitches are much more obvious and are visible on both the front and the back of the quilt. Then I miter the corner by folding the binding back on itself and continuing to attach to the next side. Has anyone ever wrapped the pieced front to the back for the binding? Attaching to front of quilt: To attach the binding to the front of your quilt, determine which half of your binding strip is narrower. The back is a taupe Egyptian cotton sheet. Attempted? Batting is a super thin poly, interfacing thin. Choose a quilt backing with an interesting motif and then quilt from the back along the fabric's printed lines, to transfer the design to the front. The next photo shows you how I stitched the binding down from the front and also what it looks like on the back of the quilt. 4. It's a scrap quilt with squares in squares and fabric that spans generations. We need to fold our back fabric (sticking out past our front) in half and then fold it again over the front of the quilt top. Here is the decorative stitching on the front: And this is what it looks like on the back: This is how the corners turned out: I find that the corners are always the hardest with decorative stitches. Press the binding away from the front, and stitch again within the seam allowance, close to the edge of the quilt. This is the back of the quilt, turned for ease of sewing. As a noun it is the fabric that's used to cover the raw edges of the quilt … Thank you for the tutoorial. I also rarely use bias cut fabric unless I have scallops. Sew it to the back, then fold over and machine stitch it close to the edge on the front. 7. The names refer to how the ends of the binding are joined. From the front of the quilt, the binding looks pretty good. As with many things in quilting, there are different ways to add binding. As far as bulky corners, I do trim off the corners before I fold the binding to the front to sew it down. Because of the length of the nap, it is common for the fiber strands to pull through the stitches to the quilt … Attach binding to back of quilt. That's all thanks to stitching the Victory Lap and carefully squaring the quilt. Before you bind, you need to somehow “quilt” your quilt. Pins or hair clips work well, too. There are good tutorials for that here, here, and here. Start sewing 8-10 inches from the end of the binding. Turn the quilt over so that the back is facing up and bring it over to your ironing board. Binding size is a personal preference, but there are some general guidelines. And now two ways to sew a back to front binding. Now if we’re sewing this, I’ve got this like right in my face, if you’re sewing this and you’re going to hand bind it you sew it to the front of the quilt and curve it around to the back. Now we’ll pull the binding up from the back, folding it over the raw edge of the potholder and toward the front. There are 2 main reasons I do it that way: (1) you get a nice clean line on the front and (2) any less than straight stitching will only show up on the back because it will be hidden on the front by the binding itself. Pull it over so that it just barely covers the quarter inch seam you made sewing the binding to the front of the quilt. Fold the binding over from the front to the back to enclose the raw edge of the quilt. It has every color under the sun in the top so selecting the binding is a PAIN. Your work brings traditionand a personal style together. If you accidentally do that, your binding stitches will be visible on the front. I open it back to the original fold and use the last press edge (raw edges facing out) , with the pressed fold as a guide and sew this down on the front side of the quilt. The third method, in my opinion, is not only the easiest for a beginner but it is also the fastest of the three methods. Really liked the roof top quilt. There is nothing "wrong"with back to front binding. 6. Attaching the binding. Allow for a larger backing, then fold the backing of the item over to the front to create binding. When attaching the binding, I sew to within 1/4″ of the next side and stop, and backstitch. You’ll end up with a binding half the width of your Step 2 measurement over your quilt top, with the raw edges hidden. Corners are only a little tricky: 1. Step 7: Stitch the Binding on the Front. Check out that beautiful mitered corner on the front and back! Apple Core Quilt with Bernina Decorative Stitch #57 (Aurora 440) This was an apple core quilt that I made years ago as a class sample. Stitch the binding to the front of the quilt, just inside the folded edge. Fold the binding toward the back side of the quilt. Top stitch this to your quilt. Use a backing that coordinates with the quilt top if both will be visible during use. This takes care of it for me. BUT, that said, any show, any appraiser, any master quilter will tell you that double fold separate binding is the more experienced, higher skilled, and often preferred method of binding quilts. Mine is 1/4" out from the edge of the quilt top. So I’ve got my binding on here, and I just line up my presser-foot with the edge of the quilt and we’re just going to sew it on here. I don’t feel it has that smooth edge that you get by stitching it to the front and hand stitching on the back. 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 it’s a show quilt or magazine quilt I sew the binding to the front and hand sew onto the back, but if it’s for anything else I use 1/4″ “binding” tape from the warm company! The second technique uses a sewing machine to tack down the binding. I usually machine quilt (or have someone else do it) my quilts these days. Shouldn't cost any more … Choose a color of minky that closely matches the top of your quilt or matches the color of thread that will be used for quilting. Attach the binding to the front of the quilt by starting in the middle of one of the sides.