Binding

Cutting Instruction

Fabric 1

Cut 6 strips measured 2.5 inch

Sewing Instructions

  • Take the 6 pieces 2.5 inch strips and join together end to end.

    To join these strips, start with 2 strips right side together like the diagram, so the bottom right side facing up and overlaid strip right side facing down.

Step 7

At the start of your binding - fold over a corner to create a triangle, as per diagram below

Step 2

Using a ruler and the 45-degree angle on your ruler. Line the 45-degree angle up along your overlaid strip as per diagram, making sure the point of your ruler is in the top corner of your overlaid strip – draw a line along that 45-degree angle.

Sew along your drawn line, then trim back 0.25 inch past your sewn line and iron out flat.

Continue on until you have these 6 strips sewn together.

  • Iron through the 1.25 sasher tool.

    This method is different:

    Fold the fabric in half wrong sides together, thread through your sasher tool and fix to the ironing board with prong pin, and iron in half.

  • Attach your binding to your quilt, start on the back of your quilt.

  • Make sure your raw edge of the binding is matching up with the raw edge of the quilt.

  • Start to attach your binding close to the top of one end of your quilt.

  • Once you have got to the spot shown above, lift your machine foot and fold the binding in half and you will have created a little pocket, put your machine foot down and sew to the end of your first side.

  • When you get to the corner, stop 0.25 inch before the corner (I use a pin to mark that 0.25 inch) and reverse stitch to secure.

    Take your work off your machine and cut thread.

Step 8

To start attaching the binding, open up the binding and using a 0.25 inch seam, sew down around 4 inch.

Stop and lift the presser foot and close the binding.

Come back to on top of your binding and keep sewing to the first corner.

Step 11

To create a good mitered corner – twist the binding up on a 45 angle to the top of the work (as per diagram 1) and then fold the fabric back towards you, making a fold at the edge of your quilt (as per diagram 2) below.

Diagram 1

Diagram 2

  • Start stitching your next side from the top of your work, backstitching to secure.

    Continue on for the rest of your binding.

  • When you get back to the start of the binding, trim back what is left of your binding, leaving enough length to fit into your little pocket (be careful not to cut it too short).

    Tuck the end into the pocket and finish attaching the bindings including sewing over your pocket.

    Backstitch to secure.

  • From the back of the quilt, press all binding out.

    This will make it easier to turn over neatly to the front.

  • Turn over binding to front of quilt. Your binding on the front will need to cover the seam line you created by attaching the binding to the back of the quilt.

Step 16

Stitch from the top with monopoly thread, and really cloes to the edge of your binding.

When you get to the corners, form the mitered corner as shown by the diagram below

Step 17

I backstitch in each corner just to strengthen the corners. Stitch all the way around.