My cat Luna got me out of bed at 4 am, so I thought I’d use the time to research quilt binding online. Previous to now, I have been making my own straight grain binding using a bias tape maker. The result is a single fold binding I attached to the quilt by machine in one step. The problems with this method are
- difficult to attach front and back at same time, sometimes requiring me to re-sew parts,
- single fold means a single layer of fabric means not as durable.
The traditional method is to machine sew the binding to one side and hand sew the other side. These links illustrate that:
- CrazyMomQuilts
- HeatherBailey
- Invisible Ladder Stitch for Quilt Binding
- Quilt Along 15: Making and Sewing Binding
- Making and Attaching Quilt Binding
- Binding with Elmer’s School Glue
- How to Bind a Quilt
I went looking for a 100% machine sewn binding. This is what I found:
- Machine Binding Tutorial
- How to Attach Quilt Binding by Machine
- YouTube – Quilting Binding Finished by Machine
These are miscellaneous links:
- Try This Quilt Binding Technique: Eliminate Corner Bulk!
- Single fold binding
- Double-Fold French Binding – Creating the Binding
- Self Binding
- QuiltPox.com Calculators
- Quilt Binding: Joining Ends, Marci Baker of Alicia’s Attic
- Binding a Quilt by machine – the corner
- Mitered Binding for Different Angles
- Finishing odd edges
- Facings: An Alternative to Traditional Bindings
- Moonlight quilters binding tips
- cutting bias strips
- Bias Tape: How To Make It & Attach It – Sew4Home
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Thanks so much for including my tutorial in your list of bindings. You’ve really done your homework on all the tutorials out there. I’ll do a post about it so others can see it as well.