Beginner's Guide to Quilting - UK (2020-02)

This method offers a neat way to attach your binding to your quilt

MITRED CORNERS

When you start thinking about ways to
attach your binding to your quilt, you
may feel there are almost as many
options as there are styles of quilting.
As a quilting novice, it’s worth settling on
one simple and effective method and
getting really good at it. Trust us, your
projects will thank you for it! One of the

most popular techniques is continuous

double-fold binding with mitred corners,

and it’s popular with good reason – the

results look great. Here we’ve used a

method with a starting width of 2½in, but

you can use a similar process to attach

single-fold binding if you prefer. Before

you get stuck in you’ll just need to square

up the edges of your finished quilt, and

then prepare sufficient binding to go all

around the quilt (see our guide on how to

make binding on page 61). Once that’s all

done, you’re ready to attach the binding

to your quilt and create beautifully neat

corners. Here’s our foolproof guide for

achieving the perfect finish, every time...

STEP ONE

Pin the raw edge of the folded binding

along one side of the quilt front. With a

¼in seam, sew it in place 6in from the

end. Sew up to ½in from the corner.

STEP TWO

Fold the binding up then down, pinning in

place – this is the mitre. Sew from the

top to within ¼in of the next corner.

Repeat and continue around the quilt.

STEP three

Leave about 6in of binding unsewn at the

end. Trim the excess so the ends overlap

by 2in. Turn over a corner at the end at

45-degrees and pin in place. Finish

stitching binding on the quilt front.

STEP FOUR

Now turn the binding over to the back of

the quilt all around, pinning in place

and creating neat mitres at each corner.

Slip stitch in place all around, using

matching sewing thread and tiny stitches.

FRONT

OF QUILT

FRONT

OF QUILT

FRONT

OF QUILT

BACK

OF QUILT