Binding Video
June 5th, 2009
For those who have asked to see how I’m finishing the binding by machine, I made a little video.
And here are a couple of closeup pictures. This first picture shows the front. You can hardly see any machine stitching!
This shows the stitched corner.
Why didn’t I figure this out sooner?
Related Posts:
- A Bit More About Binding
- Binding Misses (How to Avoid Missing the Back Side When Stitching)
- More Binding Info
wonderful video and the end product looks great …. I usually put binding on back of quilt and bring it around to front and top stitch with a serpentine stitch, but must try this one. thanks so much for the video – you explained it so well ….. loved the doggie wining in the background – ‘who you talking to Mommie, you’re not talking to me’ quote pooch.
Great job on the video, Judy! I’m like Jean (the comment above this one), I do my bindings by stitching to the back, then stitch it down on the front, from the front, with a decorative stitch. Sometimes I use serpentine stitch, sometimes a feather stitch, sometimes just a small zigzag, sometimes a blanket stitch, and occasionally a blind-hem stitch with monofilament thread. I have to confess I didn’t understand the “not pressing” thing — does that mean that you normally DO press your binding after you sew it onto the quilt? I’ve never done that, and it never would have occurred to me to do it. So that was interesting to me! Something else I do is to apply the binding in four strips, starting and stopping a seam allowance away from the edge, and then I machine-stitch the miters in. That’s a Jackie Robinson technique, which I learned from one of her books years ago, and LOVE. It was great to see another way to accomplish this task. Thanks again.
Judy, What an awesome video. Right to the point! I’m gonna try this very soon. I’ve got MANY quilts that need the hand sewing done and I just haven’t got time!
Thanks again!
O.K. Judy-watched this this morning-just came back and watched it again-now I’m heading for the sewing room to Machine stitch a binding down on a quilt I made last winter for a summer quilt for our bed. The only other binding I machine sewed down was on a baby quilt that the shower was that evening-I used that “curvey” stitch-and I didn’t like it one bit, but it was ready on time. I may just machine stitch the binding quite a bit. I will want to do them by hand, but if it comes to scrunch time-I’ll be good to go. Thanks and hugs, Bobbie
This is great….Thanks so much…
Thanks for the great video – it explained everything so well!! Also, loved to hear your voice to connect to your face and writing. It’s so nice and Southern. Fun to hear Speck too!
Judy, that’s one of the best quality videos I’ve seen on the web. It was well focused and the audio was excellent. Did you use the video mode on your camera? I don’t think mine records sound. Did Vince record it for you or did you have it mounted on a tripod? So many questions. It was great. You rock girl!
Great video Judy, I’m going to try this on my next quilt! Did you know that the Bernina walking foot is designed so that you can do in the ditch stitching by moving the needle all the way over (right or left) and running the fold along the inside edge of the foot. Don’t know if I’ve explained that very well, have a look at the Bernina video on The Quilt Show to see how the experts demonstrate it (it’s at the end of the clip) http://www.thequiltshow.com/bernina/9.html
Love the binding video Judy! I’ll have to give that a whirl.
Linda
Thank you for the video. I have been making quilted wallets and the binding has been a battle at best. I just bound one using your instructions and it went together so fast and easy.
Thank you for a great video, I normally sew my binding on to the back and flip to the front and sew down by machine I think I will try it your way. I have a quilt I need to put on the longarm tomorrow.
Excellent instruction. I have sent links to many of my quilting friends. Thanks Judy.
Great tutorial! Thanks for doing this!
Great video. You mentioned your pins as being very sharp. What brand/size are they?
I always seem to need more pins!
Thanks Judy,
I`ve actually done this a few years, but as it seemed everyone else finished the binding by hand, I`ve felt like I was cheating. I think my bindings look better when I do it this way than when I do it by hand.
You`ve made me stop thinking about it as cheating. Thank you very much.