Binding a Quilt by machine - the corner

Machine sewing the corner of the binding on a quilt, securing the corner for a perfect fold. Here's the first video about sewing the binding ON and folding the corner to make a nice, crisp corner -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNEmrDicu7Y

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Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• quilt
• binding
• corner
• machine
• sewing
• quilting
• border
• finish

[nguyenxuanmai]

Nice!!! I am new to this quilting thing and it's amazing how some of the best instructions come from every day people and not some big manufacturer. Thanks. You really helped me a lot!

[CrazyShortcutQuilts]

@nguyenxuanmai I am so very glad to help :) Marguerita

[mal1067ry]

Marguerita, when binding - what do you do when you intend stopping at the end (needle down) with the intention of turning and then running along the next edge, but the interval of stitch lengths means the needle stops just a little less or more than where you intended to stop? Do you understand what I mean.

I've seen many videos where stopping at a precise position is important - I've never heard anyone explain this may not alway be possible. Do you manually move to where you need to be? Mal

[CrazyShortcutQuilts]

@mal1067ry Hi Mal, I either hold the quilt, so that the machine takes a smaller stitch than it normally would (fighting the feed dogs and the walking foot) or I stop with the needle up, move the quilt and then put the needle down. I try not to let the stitching go further than I want, so I keep an eye on where I am and then make the stitching stop where I want, by either pulling or re-positioning. I *do* understand what you're asking - I have to do this at almost every corner - hope this helps!

[LBwriter1]

This is so perfect!! I have been trying to figure out how to do the corners like that. THANK YOU soooo much!

Question - If you are machine stitching the binding on the back, how do you know what you will see on the front? Aren't you supposed to "stitch in the ditch on the front and catch the back binding? I like your way better.

[CrazyShortcutQuilts]

@LBwriter1 Our way has us sewing the binding onto the back and then folding it over to the front. After it's folded over, we stitch down the folded edge with either a straight stitch, zig zag or a decorative stitch. We *try* to have the stitching hit the binding on the back, but we don't actually try too hard :) All of our quilts are "used" quilts - not show quilts - and we don't believe in perfection ... We believe in "easy" and "good enough" ~~Marguerita :)

[mal1067ry]

@CrazyShortcutQuilts - thanks for that Marg - I figured there'd be a manual fix.

[LBwriter1]

This is so perfect!! I have been trying to figure out how to do the corners like that. THANK YOU soooo much!

[imaartgirl]

Very clear. Thank you.

[mkjm1970]

I have been here most of the day looking for just this kind of video to show me how to do a quilt and not have to do it by hand. I thank you so much for showing it this way and making it so easy to do. I will be glad to share any pictures of my quilts in the future. Again thank you so much.. maryk