Flange Binding – An Easy Two-Color, Machine-Sewn Quilt Binding Option!
If you’ve been looking for a beautiful way to add color and interest to the edge of your quilt – without hand-sewing! – a flange binding is a fantastic option. This two-color binding creates a crisp accent line around the quilt that mimics the look of piping, but with far less work. Watch the video: […]
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How to Bind Quilts with Rounded Corners – No Cutting on the Bias!
Looking for a beginner-friendly way to finish your quilt without fussing with mitered corners or cutting bias strips? In my latest video tutorial, I walk you through how to bind a quilt with gently rounded corners using regular quilting cotton and cross-grain binding strips. That’s right – no bias cuts required! Rounded corners are a […]
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Finishing Spree! Quick Bindings That Mimic the Look of Hand-Sewn
I like to have lots of different projects going at different stages at the same time, so I always have something interesting to work on. But sometimes there’s a bottleneck, and I have a bunch of projects that are all at the same step. That’s what has been happening to me lately – a pile-up […]
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Finishing Spree! Fireworks, Curvy Quilting & “Disappearing” Binding
I haven’t been posting much this summer, but I’ve certainly been sewing up a storm! I’m finding it good therapy. 🙂 Due to the pandemic, we weren’t able to enjoy our usual fireworks display downtown this year, but I was inspired by the July Java batiks box from Cotton Cuts to create some fireworks of […]
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Finishing Spree – Flange Binding by Machine
What is a flange binding? It’s a great no-hand-sewing option for finishing quilts with a sturdy double fold binding while adding a fun design element to the outer edges of your quilt. With only a few exceptions, I’ve always bound my quilts by sewing the binding to the front of the quilt by machine, and […]
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Experiments in Binding – Changing the Width
In a previous post, I started experimenting with sewing quilt binding on the back of the quilt and then bringing it around to the front and appliquéing it down by machine (instead of sewing it to the front of the quilt, wrapping it around, and hand-stitching it on the back of the quilt). I felt […]
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Experiments in Binding – Bringing the Binding From the Back to the Front
In my last post, I started a sewing/quilting experiment by doing things a little differently than I normally would. (1) I sewed the binding first to the back of the quilt (in the past, I’ve always sewed the binding to the front first) (2) I purposely planned to have the binding finish at 1/4″ wide […]
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Experiments in Binding – Sewing the Binding to the Back of the Quilt First
I’m ready to bind my newest incarnation of Cascade from Colorwash Bargello Quilts. I’ve always bound my quilts by sewing the binding to the front of the quilt by machine, and then wrapping the binding around to the back of the quilt and sewing it down my hand. I love the look; but unfortunately, it is […]
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