Binding Tutorial

I have had a few requests on how I do my bindings so I thought the easiest way was to do a blog post with lots of photos to show my process.  I hope this helps.  I will be posting a few more of these sorts of tutorials up in the coming future of different sections of the quilt making process.  So sit back and take a scroll of this binding!

Start anywhere along a side leaving a tail of about 6"

sew 1/4" seam stopping 1/4" from the quilt edge with needle down and pivot

Sew out to the corner and end thread

should look like this

then fold your binding up like this and then back over itself to form the mitre

This is how it should look before continuing to sew this side

Continue to sew this side in the same manner and repeat the corner as in previous
do this for each side

continue sewing until 10" from meeting your starting point
end thread and layout flat on a table and let the ends overlap

with a pin mark your cutting points ensuring you have a 2.5" overlap

trim ends accordingly

should look like this

open out lefthand side of binding like this

bring righthand side binding like this towards you

twist righthand side binding like this

open righthand side binding like this

Place over lefthand side binding pin and mark sewing line

sew diagonal to form join

sewn join

open and press and trim to look like this

fold back and sewn down to edge of quilt

fold over and corner will form a mitre

hold with clips and using a blind slip stitch attach to the back of your quilt.


I hope this helps you understand the binding process.  Be on the lookout for more little tutorials like this one to help with little processes of the making of your quilts.

Until next time have fun quilting and enjoy the whole process!

Wendy