The quilt Iâm binding for this post is one I designed as a free pattern for APQS almost 2 years ago. We started off with the super easy and adorable cheater quilt, made quilt binding, and took a trip to the Quilt Market. Create Mitered Corners and Pin Binding in Place. The seam allowance used to attach the binding should be equal to the desired finished width of your binding. Binding Your Quilt: Ok. Continue stitching the binding fabric to about ¼â from the edge of the fabric. 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. Also, bias binding is stronger and tends to last longer. Leaving a 12â³ tail of binding free, match raw edges of binding strip to raw edge of quilt top. 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. Double-fold binding is cut six times the desired finished binding width plus 1â4" to allow for turn of cloth (the fabric take-up resulting from folding and wrapping binding around the quilt edge). There are good tutorials for that here, here, and here. The difference between binding by machine and binding by hand is where youâll start sewing. This means that a single fiber is running along the length of the edge of your quilt and is taking the majority of the wear and tear. 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. This Fall has been filled with quilt making projects and outings for us. 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 itâs a show quilt or magazine quilt I sew the binding to the front and hand sew onto the back, but if itâs for anything else I use 1/4â³ âbindingâ tape from the warm company! So youâve basted and quilted your quilt and you know what kind of fabric you need, so letâs get started. Fold the binding down so that the raw edge of the binding is still parallel to the raw edge of the quilt. Start sewing 8-10 inches from the end of the binding. 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. 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 ⦠I like to start attaching the binding about 3/4 of the way down the long side. Finish sewing your binding 1/4â³ before the end of the quilt. Prepare and sew the binding to the quilt (by machine) in the manner described above. Of course, if you are binding a smaller quilt, you should adjust the size of your rulers to fit the project. (Look at the picture below.) With the quilt top face up, press the binding away from the quilt, working one edge at a time. To miter corners, stop stitching about 1/4-inch away from corner and backstitch. You can secure the binding on the back stitching by hand. Binding! For this quilt binding method we will attach the binding to the back of the quilt first. Sew to the first corner, but stop a 1/4â³ from the edge. Knot one end of the thread. We hope you enjoy! Place the binding on one side of your quilt close to the middle matching the raw edges of the binding and quilt together. Start off by cutting your binding fabric into strips. Then backstitch to lock the seam, snip the threads and remove the quilt ⦠Wrap the folded edge of the binding to the backside of the quilt, creating the mitered corners, again as we described above. 1. Binding your quilt with straight-grain, double-fold binding is a great, durable way to finish off the raw edges. Make sure to check that the binding tape and quilt sandwich are even throughout. Backstitch a few stitches to lock the seam. Place the binding on your quilt top, aligning the raw edges of the binding with the edge of the quilt. I recommend using this width for twin-sized or larger ⦠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. Sewing on a pieced binding is the same as sewing on any binding. . 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 ⦠Sewing quilt binding may not be the most exciting part of making a quilt, but it is the icing on your beautiful cake â so itâs best to take the extra time and do it right. Then, fold the strip down in the new direction you will be sewing so that the folded edge of the binding is even with the edge of the quilt. Double Fold Binding (sometimes called French Fold Bias Binding) This is the most used and durable quilt binding. The video below will demonstrate how to sew binding on a quilt step by step. Begin stitching your binding to the quilt about 10â³ to 12â³ away from the start of your binding. Some quilters have the patience and talent to sew the binding strip on the front of the quilt, flip it to the back, and then stitch next to the folded-over binding on ⦠This technique also requires careful batting trimming and squaring of the quilt, and I found it easiest to pin the backing upon itself to keep it from getting nicked. 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