Many people ask how wide should a quilt binding be cut. There are many quilt binding widths you can choose from, but to start with, wider is easier to sew, especially when working with several layers. I usuallycut mine at 2 ½ "width from selvage to selvage. You can get away with ...
Bind the Quilt 1 Prepare the quilt for binding. After you have finished quilting, use your sewing machine to stitch in a straight line 1/8” from the edge of the quilt around its entire perimeter. This will ensure that the layers of the quilt stay flat and in place during the binding ...
If you haven’t already, you need to stitch the quilt blocks from your quilt into a quilt top. The pattern gives you the layout directions, so you know what blocks to put where. Before you start sewing, however, I recommend that you lay out all of your blocks to make sure you’ve ...
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Cut and Prepare Binding Strips: Use fabric that complements your quilt to cut binding strips. Fold and press them into double-fold bias strips for durability. Attaching the Binding: Sew the binding to the front of the quilt first, then fold it over to the back and sew it in place by ha...
Then stitch all around the quilt, right on top of your marked line. When you flip the quilt over to add the binding on the back, align the binding raw edge with this stitched reference line, then trim the quilt as necessary. Next, wrap the binding to the front and machine-stitch it ...
This is such a huge help. Thank you. I am just about finished piecing a rail fence quilt for a work colleague’s new baby and didn’t want to have to hand sew the binding. I think I will use the feather stitch on my machine. It just seems so easy and obviously quicker than hand...
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