As a noun it is the fabric that's used to cover the raw edges of the quilt … Attach binding to back of quilt. Make sure not to sew all the way through to the front side of the quilt. Fold the binding over from the front to the back to enclose the raw edge of the quilt. Trim the backing fabric twice the size needed to reach from the edge of the batting to where you want the 'binding' to end. Line up the raw edge of the binding to the raw edge of the quilt. I was fortunate enough to see the Gees Bend quilts a few years back in Reno and to hear Gwen give a delightful talk here in Australia. This means to attach the front and back, with batting in between. This takes care of it for me. The layer in the middle of a quilt sandwich between the Top and Backing layers consisting of wool, polyester, blends, silk, or cotton. There are good tutorials for that here, here, and here. Now if we’re sewing this, I’ve got this like right in my face, if you’re sewing this and you’re going to hand bind it you sew it to the front of the quilt and curve it around to the back. Use a backing that coordinates with the quilt top if both will be visible during use. Same As: Stuffing, Filling, Wadding, Filler Binding Binding is used as both a noun and a verb. Both ways work but when you have sewn the binding to the back side of the quilt you will be stitching it down on the front side and … The narrower half will be sewn to the front of your quilt, and the wider half will wrap around to the back and will cover the stitch line from the front. It is a lot like Goldilocks and the Three Bears, you have to treat it *just* right in all steps of the quilting process, including binding prep. That means I’ll need to take a wee bit wider seam allowance (a GENEROUS ¼”) than I’m used to in order to get the same width of binding on the front as I do on the back. BUT, that said, any show, any appraiser, any master quilter will tell you that double fold separate binding is the more experienced, higher skilled, and often preferred method of binding quilts. This is the back of the quilt, turned for ease of sewing. The third method, in my opinion, is not only the easiest for a beginner but it is also the fastest of the three methods. When attaching the binding, I sew to within 1/4″ of the next side and stop, and backstitch. Press in place. Thank you for the tutoorial. The strips are cut to the length of the sides of the quilt, minus 1", then stitched 1/4" from the edge on the front of the quilt, leaving 1/2" space on each end. Binding size refers to the width of the finished binding as it appears from the front of the quilt. Has anyone ever wrapped the pieced front to the back for the binding? You’ll end up with a binding half the width of your Step 2 measurement over your quilt top, with the raw edges hidden. Top stitch this to your quilt. I think that the backing should be just as interesting as the front of the quilt and using the backing as the binding makes an excellent frame for the front… Attaching the binding. I press this seam and fold it over and hand sew the binding to the back. As with many things in quilting, there are different ways to add binding. Step 6: Finish sewing the binding And now two ways to sew a back to front binding. Note: Binding to the front will leave a visible stitching line on the back of your quilt. For quilts with curved edges, you should make bias binding instead. I also want my binding to be filled with the quilt. First, let’s fold corners : open a corner up and fold to the other end. To make the binding, fold the edge of the blanket to meet the edge of the quilt top, and then fold it over again. Once on the front side, push the binding down so that it creates a 45 degree angle in the corner – and then ‘close’ the other side of the corner. Allow for a larger backing, then fold the backing of the item over to the front to create binding. Binding a quilt is the final step in finishing. Binding size is a personal preference, but there are some general guidelines. Then I miter the corner by folding the binding back on itself and continuing to attach to the next side. Batting is a super thin poly, interfacing thin. The machine-binding method is much faster and easier for quilters like me who hate hand sewing. Pins or hair clips work well, too. Press the binding away from the front, and stitch again within the seam allowance, close to the edge of the quilt. A busy backing hides less-than-perfect quilting stitches on the back of the quilt. 7. The absolute secret to great looking binding is to take it slowly. Continuous binding can be machine-sewn to the front side of the quilt and hand-stitched to the back, but I prefer to attach it to the back side of the quilt with no hand sewing. Machine stitch binding to the back of the quilt/mug rug and finish by machine stitching it on the front. However, this is a perfectly acceptable way to put the binding on a quilt. 6. Insert the needle into the back and batting of the quilt about one-half inch from where the first stitch will be. Shouldn't cost any more … Now we’ll pull the binding up from the back, folding it over the raw edge of the potholder and toward the front. I open it back to the original fold and use the last press edge (raw edges facing out) , with the pressed fold as a guide and sew this down on the front side of the quilt. Check out that beautiful mitered corner on the front and back! Attempted? Do this for the whole top. As far as bulky corners, I do trim off the corners before I fold the binding to the front to sew it down. Remember we chatted about the width of strips to cut for binding. Because of the length of the nap, it is common for the fiber strands to pull through the stitches to the quilt … Choose a quilt backing with an interesting motif and then quilt from the back along the fabric's printed lines, to transfer the design to the front. If it is pulled too tight, the back ends up being tighter than the front and bunching occurs in the quilt top. These stitches are much more obvious and are visible on both the front and the back of the quilt. Hooray August 4, 2016 at 2:51 PM Being careful not to cut your backing or front, trim the batting to desired width. There is nothing "wrong"with back to front binding. Don’t start with the very end of the binding strip, instead make sure you leave a leader of binding, about 8 inches long, not attached to the quilt. Pull it over so that it just barely covers the quarter inch seam you made sewing the binding to the front of the quilt. 4. I like to start attaching the binding about 3/4 of the way down the long side. It’s easiest to hold the binding fabric in place with Clover Wonder Clips. Start sewing 8-10 inches from the end of the binding. Fold the raw edge of … This method also saves time and fabric by not having to cut binding, fold the strips, sew the strips to the front, hand sew the binding to the back. Sew it to the back, then fold over and machine stitch it close to the edge on the front. 4. Sometimes your quilt needs one color binding on the front and another on the back - this will take care of it for you! Before you bind, you need to somehow “quilt” your quilt. If you accidentally do that, your binding stitches will be visible on the front. I don’t feel it has that smooth edge that you get by stitching it to the front and hand stitching on the back. For this quilt binding method we will attach the binding to the back of the quilt first. Fold the top binding section down over the quilt’s edge, forming a neat miter in the corner. If it is not pulled tight enough, the backing ends up bump and loose. Two-Tone Quilt Binding: An Instructable for people who already know how to put a binding on a quilt, but want to mix it up a bit. Attach the binding to the front of the quilt by starting in the middle of one of the sides. Two methods will be discussed: the “tucked” and the “seamed” techniques. Here is the decorative stitching on the front: And this is what it looks like on the back: This is how the corners turned out: I find that the corners are always the hardest with decorative stitches. (#12) In the corners of the binding we want our quilt to look really good, so follow the photos and you should be able to do this without any headaches. 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 it’s a show quilt or magazine quilt I sew the binding to the front and hand sew onto the back, but if it’s for anything else I use 1/4″ “binding” tape from the warm company! Below are my tips for choosing and working with minky as a quilt back. We need to fold our back fabric (sticking out past our front) in half and then fold it again over the front of the quilt top. You don’t want to pull the binding over too far. The names refer to how the ends of the binding are joined. I also rarely use bias cut fabric unless I have scallops. For my mini-quilt, I only needed about three per side, but for a throw-sized quilt, it takes about 100 clips to go all the way around the quilt. The fold faces up. Time to attach the binding to the front and get that perfect finish! So I’ve got my binding on here, and I just line up my presser-foot with the edge of the quilt and we’re just going to sew it on here. Fold the binding toward the back side of the quilt. ( #11) Pin this in place. From the front of the quilt, the binding looks pretty good. Step 7: Stitch the Binding on the Front. The second technique uses a sewing machine to tack down the binding. Sewing the Binding onto the Front of the Quilt by Machine by Ann Johnson How do I start sewing the binding to the front of the quilt? That's all thanks to stitching the Victory Lap and carefully squaring the quilt. Choose a color of minky that closely matches the top of your quilt or matches the color of thread that will be used for quilting. Preparing the edges of the quilt is especially important when you're working with a tricky material like Minky fabric on the back of the quilt as you can see in the photo above. Stitch the binding to the front of the quilt, just inside the folded edge. Apple Core Quilt with Bernina Decorative Stitch #57 (Aurora 440) This was an apple core quilt that I made years ago as a class sample. Really liked the roof top quilt. The next photo shows you how I stitched the binding down from the front and also what it looks like on the back of the quilt. It's a scrap quilt with squares in squares and fabric that spans generations. Mine is 1/4" out from the edge of the quilt top. Turn the quilt over so that the back is facing up and bring it over to your ironing board. Attaching to front of quilt: To attach the binding to the front of your quilt, determine which half of your binding strip is narrower. Corners are only a little tricky: 1. It has every color under the sun in the top so selecting the binding is a PAIN. There are 2 main reasons I do it that way: (1) you get a nice clean line on the front and (2) any less than straight stitching will only show up on the back because it will be hidden on the front by the binding itself. 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