hello Monday!
today we are going back to our binding tip series….
I wanted to talk a bit about binding a larger piece…
I use 2.5 inch strips and I join them with a diagonal seam to make one long strip…I also press them in half lengthwise before sewing onto the quilted piece…
now, as you can see here…I used a pin to mark the end of the beginning piece of binding…stopped my stitching with enough space to join the pieces together…
I then lay the beginning section to meet up with the ending…pulling it a bit taunt…and mark it with a pin…as you can see…then lay the strip out and measure the width of my strip, so in my case, 2.5 inches and trim off the excess…
then with right sides together, I lay them on a 90 degree angle and sew a diagonal line…I double check to make sure I did it correct before trimming off the excess…
then press that seam, fold the binding wrong sides together and press and then finish sewing the binding…and then it is handwork time for me!
I hope this helps…it is a bit tricky to explain with just pictures and words, but try it and I think you will figure it out…I know I had to do it a couple of times, but once you get it, it will be so easy!!
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Happy Sewing!
So many people struggle with binding, very helpful for you to publish tutorials! Cute scraps, love that pink print with the butterflies.
Fun, I’m starting to enjoy making bindings. I have a nice little stack piled up ready for a quilt!
Just started following your blog and love the way you use up the scraps. I do a lot of charity quilting for kids and lots of fun ideas on this site . Kids love all the colors and just makes their day happy always have something to cuddle with , when things are not so happy Thanks for sharing your skills. Hero , strong piece is something kids I help need to hear!
Bindings are always tricky at the end.
This is the way I join my binding… perfect every time!!
Thank you for sharing this today. I know some have a difficult time with binding. I was one of those. Have a wonderful Monday.
Thank you for sharing the tips. Enjoy your day!! 🙂 🙂 angielovesgary2 atgmail dotcom
Pretty little flowers all in a row!
I love your rotary cutter! This is basically my way of doing bindings also. Thanks for the opportunity to enter the giveaway.
That ruler/template (or whatever you call it) and the rotary cutter are
very helpful tools for this project.
great tips….binding can be tricky
Bindings can definitely be tricky. This is how I do my bindings. Love your white floral print in the pics.
Such a cute rotary cutter! Thanks for the tips, I always get nervous with binding
I spy something “fun” up there. I’ve been enjoying hand sewing bindings. Thanks for the tips, I can always use help with binding; I’m left handed. Have a great day.
Thank you for the tutorial! I have several quilts waiting on binding so will give this method a try.
Thanks for help with binding..is hard for me..this sounds like I can do. 🙂 I see beautiful colors & encouraging words, zebas too .. thank you for chance to win them
Great info, enjoyed the fun! 🙂
Love it, Brooke-thanks for taking the time to do this!
I love your binding explanation! I was thinking this through a few days ago, before I read your tutorial here, and I have a question you might be able to answer. When you are stitching the 90 degree angle, imagine you are looking at the two pieces of fabric and the top edge of the quilt is at the top, with the binding hanging down at the appropriate angle. Are you stitching from the upper left to lower right on the left piece of fabric? Does that make sense? I was about to do it and then I had doubts and then the puppy got into something and I haven’t been back to my machine…sigh. Maybe the delay will turn out to be a good thing. 🙂