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Monday, December 28, 2009

Bound for glory

Do you enjoy doing the binding on your quilts?? That is one job that I really do not enjoy. It seems to take so long to cut the binding, press, sew it onto the quilt, and then sew it down.

When we were doing a lot of charity quilts, I found that bringing the backing fabric over to the front side of the quilt worked really great and cut down on the time invested in making the quilt. Now I don't want to re-invent the wheel, but I thought I would just show you how I do it.

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If I have enough backing fabric to bring it around to the front side, after quilting the quilt I measure and trim to two inches of the backing.

I trim off the excess batting.

Fold down once onto itself -


then fold it again (still onto the itself) -
Then I fold it over the border and pin.

When I come to the corner I trim off the first part of the fold to reduce bulk

then finish folding the first row before starting the next section

again, fold onto itself once,

the second fold -

Fold over onto the border and pin

I use my walking foot to sew the binding down -

and I have also used a decorative stitch.

I don't know if you can see the nice stitches on the back side -

I'm working on getting this quilt finished for my daughter's birthday. So I'll run for now. Just wanted to share how I do this quick and easy binding ;-)
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24 comments:

  1. TerryDecember 28, 2009 at 11:53 AM

    This is how I've always bound my quilts until I started reading blogs. Now I always feel like I'm doing it wrong or cheating when I do it this way. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who likes this method of binding! :0)

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  2. WendyDecember 28, 2009 at 12:46 PM

    Thanks for sharing that info! I love having a few methods to use when I'm binding stuff.
    I'm going to make some placemats for my daughter to use with her dolls, and this seems like a great way to do that. Thanks!

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  3. MollyDecember 28, 2009 at 12:59 PM

    I really appreciate this; this is really pretty. I had, in the past, considered doing it this way but was never really sure about corners, etc., so thank you so much for your easy-to-follow instructions. I am going to try it out soon!

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  4. anniebDecember 28, 2009 at 12:59 PM

    I have been thinking of this for a long time as I don't enjoy hand stitching and have arthritis in my wrists. I don't put my quilts in contests so the quilting police won't know....I am going to try it on the next quilt I have to bind.

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  5. karenDecember 28, 2009 at 1:27 PM

    Thanks! Happy New Year!!!!!

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  6. SherrillDecember 28, 2009 at 1:33 PM

    That looks SO SIMPLE and I want to show my quilt group at church. Might be a really good alternative to the traditional way we've been doing binding on our donation quilts. Thanks for sharing!

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  7. UnknownDecember 28, 2009 at 2:11 PM

    Love the fabrics, but since you KNOW I CAN'T SEW I enjoy viewing what you are doing ... beautiful.

    Happy New Year! May your year be full of joy & blessings ~ Hugs, TTFN~ Marydon

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  8. Mary on Lake PulaskiDecember 28, 2009 at 2:54 PM

    Thanks for sharing your wonderful method.

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  9. FabricFascinationDecember 28, 2009 at 3:06 PM

    I like this method, it would work well for placemats I think. Will have to try it. Thanks!

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  10. Kim D.December 28, 2009 at 3:49 PM

    I use this method on the premie and some baby quilts. It goes a little quicker.. I must confess I have two quilts languishing, that need binding, was hoping to get them finished by the end of the year so I can cross them off my list, but we'll see. :)

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  11. A Colorful WorldDecember 28, 2009 at 4:02 PM

    You sold me! I am trying to get lots of baby quilts made and the binding takes time (plus I HATE the corners!) so I think I'm going to take your advice!!!! Thanks so much!

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  12. BarbDecember 28, 2009 at 4:04 PM

    What a wonderful tutorial....explains it very well...thanks!!

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  13. Carrie P.December 28, 2009 at 4:06 PM

    Pretty good idea. I like to do binding. My grandma did all her binding like you showed us. It does look like it is faster.

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  14. Diane HDecember 28, 2009 at 5:29 PM

    Thank you very much. I am going to try this for sure.

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  15. AnonymousDecember 28, 2009 at 6:38 PM

    I have to admit, I do love hand stitching my binding. But this is such a fabulous idea! Thanks for sharing, I will definately give this a try too. x

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  16. MiriamDecember 28, 2009 at 7:57 PM

    I have never seen binding done that way before. It looks very fast.
    I love the fabrics you used in that quilt!

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  17. AstridDecember 28, 2009 at 9:19 PM

    Thanks for sharing! Usually I hand stitch the bindings, but it is always great to have an alternative! :)Love the fabrics you have used!
    Thanks for the lovely comment on my blog too! :)

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  18. Rae AnnDecember 28, 2009 at 11:05 PM

    I do not like to take time to do the binding. That is something I will let go and then I am off starting a new quilt. You make it look so easy, I might have to give it a try!

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  19. CrispyDecember 29, 2009 at 5:23 AM

    I love doing bindings. This is a great tutorial Jocelyn.

    Crispy

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  20. CindyDecember 29, 2009 at 6:08 AM

    I like to do binding. I always do mine by machine too.

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  21. TammyDecember 29, 2009 at 11:05 AM

    Thanks for sharing...binding isn't my favorite part of quilting either.
    Happy New Year!

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  22. MickiDecember 29, 2009 at 12:22 PM

    Thanks so much for the tutorial! Funny enough, I love to bind my quilts.
    Micki

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  23. SEWButterflyDecember 29, 2009 at 8:11 PM

    Thanks for the tip and tutorial!

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  24. GinaDecember 30, 2009 at 3:39 AM

    THanks for that. I'll have to try it on some of my quilts

    Love and hugs Gina xxx

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