How to bind a quilt step by step

Wondering about Finishing or Binding a Quilt? Top US quilting blog, Diary of a Quilter, features their Step by Step Instructions. Click here now!!

Learn to make quilt binding in six simples steps by Simple Simon and Company.

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Get tips on how to prepare a quilt binding. Tips that will help make this step in the quilting process less tricky.

Easy free tutorial on binding quilts.

I love making every part of a quilt, including the binding, so I thought I'd share with you my favorite method for binding my quilts. It's called continuous length, double fold, straight of grain binding. That's a mouthful, but it's how I do all my quilts. the quilt Shown is Modern X. Pattern available here.…

Most quilters find the binding step to be the most time-consuming part of making a quilt but it doesn't have to be if you use your sewing machine. This method is a popular way to finish a quilt that both saves time (compared to hand sewing) and completes the quilt by giving it a nicely finished border edge. We personally sew all of our binding using a sewing machine as it's quick and easy and to be honest, we really don't like hand sewing all that much. This tutorial goes over the basics of…

There is an easier way to bind a quilt: use the backing fabric. Learn how in this tutorial from NewQuilters.com. #bindingaquilteasy, bindingaquilttutorial

While most quilt patterns will provide you with fabric requirements to complete the quilt top and may even give you the amount of fabric needed for the backing fabric- not all patterns include the length of binding needed. ZJ Humbach explains how to quickly and easily calculate quilt binding, taking into account the extra needed to miter the corners and join the binding ends. ZJ show how to being calculating the amount of binding needed by first determining the finished length and width of…

How to Join Quilt Binding Ends Step by Step complete with video

How to add binding to your quilt by using a decorative stitch on your machine. Quick and easy, step by step binding tutorial.

A few years ago, I created a tutorial for how to sew an oversized hot pad and it’s one of my most popular videos to date — mostly because of my fuss free method of quilt binding! That tutorial teaches the quilt binding method that I’ve always used, so I really didn’t know how many people were str

Dana Jones teaches you how to attach a binding to a quilt with mitered edging.

Do you always forget how to make quilt binding? Continue reading to learn how to make quilt binding and never run out of binding again!

I made a doll quilt before Christmas and realized I’d never posted a tutorial on this quick and easy binding method. Since I know a lot of you are beginners…this is a really great way to dip your toes into binding a quilt. I especially love it for small things like hot pads,...Read More

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These are my three favourite quilt binding hacks that you may not know!

As promised in my last post, here is a tutorial on how I like to face a quilt. Facing a quilt is a way to bind your quilt without having the binding show on the front. It allows you to take the quilting all the way to the edge, can add a nice professional and more artful looking finish, (especially to a smaller quilt) and I also find quilts seem to hang better and flatter with this method. Please keep in mind that this is just one way to face a quilt, and that there are many different…