Beginner's Guide To Quilting - UK (2020-04)

W

hen you start thinking
about ways to attach your
binding to your quilt, you
may feel there are almost as many
options as there are quilting styles,
but when you’re starting out it’s
worth settling on one simple and
effective method and getting really

good at it. Read on for our step by

step guide to really neat corners.

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.

We’ve used a method with a starting

width of 2½in (6.5cm), but you can use a

similar process to attach single-fold

binding. Once your quilt is completely

finished, trim and square up the edges

of the quilt, and then prepare sufficient

binding to go all around the quilt plus

about 10in (25cm) extra (see our guide

to binding on page 63). Now you’re ready

to attach it to your quilt.

THIS METHOD OFFERS A NEAT WAY

TO ATTACH YOUR BINDING TO YOUR QUILT

Mitred corners

Take the quilt off machine. Fold binding

up then back down, pinning in place – this

is the mitre. Sew from the top to within ¼in

(6mm) of the next corner. Repeat the

folding process. Continue round the quilt.

Leave about 6in (15cm) of unsewn binding

at the end. Trim off the excess so the ends

overlap by 2in (5cm). Turn over a corner at

the end at 45° and pin in place. Finish

stitching binding in place on the quilt front.

Now turn the binding over to the back of

the quilt all around, pinning in place and

creating neat mitres at each corner.

Slipstitch in place all around, using

matching sewing thread and tiny stitches.

Pin the raw edge of the folded binding

along one side of the quilt front. With a ¼in

(6mm) seam, sew it in place 6in (15cm)

from the end of the binding. Sew up to ¼in

(6mm) from the quilt end.

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