Binding a quilt is really a three step process and yes, you can complete all three steps on your home sewing machine. If you want to stitch it up a notch and do a perfect job, there are some steps that could be completed by hand, but for most quilts that will be used on beds, ...
Unless… You missed the back of the binding in a few spots. Now you have the option of going over them again in the machine but if it’s just a small spot, it’s a great time to practice your blind stitch. Which, by the way, is how you would have sewn the entire bi...
If you plan tohand-stitch the binding, start from the front. You'll sew the front by machine and then handstitch to the back. If you're going tomachine-stitch the binding- this is how I'll do it here - you'll start on the back side and then fold it towards the front side of ...
When you come to a corner, sew in a straight line until you are about ¼" away from the end. Pivot the quilt so that you finish stitching at a 45 degree angle to your seam. Remove the quilt from the machine and fold over the binding. Begin sewing again from the top of the new...
Mark the angle from the upper corner to the bottom corner, similarly to how you did the original joining of the strips but with all the edges flush rather than extending by ½”. Take the project back your sewing machine, and with thebindingstill pulled away from the project, sew the ...
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You stitch that folded fabric to your quilt top, then bring the binding to the other side of the quilt and hand stitch it down. I actually prefer to machine bind my quilts. You can find a full machine binding step-by-step tutorial on our site. I’ll share it here when it’s done...
(by hand) involved. Also, in this method you don’t need to cut and prepare binding strips. Instead, extra fabric from the back of your quilt will be folded around to the front of your quilt top and fastened by sewing a straight stitch with your sewing machine. You will need about ...
(Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)
I used my walking foot and a 1/2″ seam as the seams are quite bulky with all the layers. If this were a larger quilt I would also zig zag the raw edges or use the “serger” stitch on my machine just to help it stand up to washing better. ...