Four Quilt Edge Finishes - Binding, Facing, Lining, & Turning
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#2 begins at 12:56 mark, #3 begins at 21:55 mark, #4 begins at 28:40.
I’d love for you to do a tutorial on the knife edge finishing technique! You’re such a patient, thorough tutor!
Love this! I’m a quilting engineer (an engineer that quilts?) and I am certain you were an engineer in another life. Analysis! Prototypes! Anyway. Another advantage of traditional binding is that the edges of quilts get a lot of wear … and the double fabric of binding over the edge of the quilt gives you more durability. You can wear through one layer and it doesn’t come apart.
Hi, nice to know there’s another quilting engineer here 😊
Yes, I'd love to see an entire video dedicated to KNIFE EDGE binding.🔪 ooooo, Edgy! :D
In the beginning I didn’t like binding at all! NO BINDING!!! Then I learned and now I actually look forward to it cause I know my quilt is almost finished. Now I do not do the hand stitching cause that is not relaxing for my old hands. You are so talented and your quilting is near perfection. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Kaffe Fasset print quilt hanging in the background - could that have been a jelly roll! You are freaking amazing!!!
I have gone with you on your journeys to thrift for shirts. I wish you could have gone with me on my journey last week. Our Golden Rule thrift stores. They had a $5 big sale. It's amazing how tight you can roll a shirt. I managed to get 56 shirts in 4 Walmart bags. 38 100% cotton for me and 18 polly cotton for my friend who isn't physically able to shop for herself. I feel like I hit the mother load. LOL 😂....
Oh my goodness!! 56 shirts in 4 bags is amazing!! 🤩 How wonderful and exciting!! 👍🏻😊
Thank you very much for comparing the different methods. What I would like to add is, that there is a difference in the finished quilt dimensions. The facing and the lining techniques take away from the outside edge when folded to the back while the two binding options work with the already final size of the quilt. This is worth to consider because even though the blocks are fully visible it changes the look and proportions. We can see this when you show all of your four examples next to each other. Also, If you want to have a binding that is not a quarter of an inch wide but you want to maintain the correct proportions, there needs to go some additional thought into the unfinished width of the outside blocks, otherwise they might look too small or cut off once the binding is sewn on. So many small choices and considerations, that's why I love quilting.
Linda, so very true---the look is very different for the facing and lining techniques compared to the binding and turning ones. And of course the size is a little different as well. There ARE so many things to consider in every step of quilting, from the very beginning to the very end!
Also, for #2, if you send your quilt to a longarmer, you should let them know so they will take care when using the excess fabric to check tension, etc. and not sew on the area where the fabric will become binding.
I do agree with the person below. The double edge binding gives a quilt more durability. That’s the main reason I don’t do single layer binding. I have read that the finishing stitch by machine holds up better for kids through many washings. I think the hand stitching on the back usually looks better, but I am a bit too lazy for that. I sew mine to the back and then flip to the front to topstitch. I just finished about 30 table runners and toppers, coasters, mugrugs, and candle mats. I used all of your techniques except the knife edge binding. I have never used that one. I wonder if there is a way to miter those corners by machine?!?! I think that I do want to try that on a smaller project like a wall or door hanging! Thank you for this informative show! I enjoy everything you do! I sure was hoping to see that quilt behind you!
Sherry, then quilt behind me isn't a quilt at all, just jelly roll strips stuck to the design wall so we could have a little pink/red decor! One day though! ❤️
I have seen people sew and not knot and hide threads….they just clip…..I knot and hide my threads and it is a bitch but that is the way my Mum taught me. Love your sense of humour and personality. Taking apart men shirts is what you taught me and I love it.
I’ve just done some mug rugs using the second method, except I did the edges first and did the quilting afterwards. Very easy on a small piece, but more challenging on a full sized quilt.
Julie, I can totally see that. Quilting after finishing just feels weird to me---obviously it's totally doable, but it's a mental thing for me: "quilting before edge finishing." 😂🤪 I think I'd struggle with that on a full-sized quilt as well!
Cathy, for facing without triangle corners check out Janome’s facing tutorial video. It has a neat way to enclose the ends with no tail/end tucking needed.
I love all your prototypes! I have a suggestion for the binding - bias vs cut either warp or weft. When binding straight items bias binding can actually be a problem because it is ment to stretch - a must if you have rounded corners or a scalloped edge but I think your pointy corners were due to the stretch and the tiny size of the project. With most fabrics cut from selvege to selvege you will still have some stretch. When cut from the running length of the fabric there is almost no stretch - that's why for great boarders some quilters cut them the length of the fabric to get flat boarders. I usually find it too wasteful and struggle with squaring up LOL
The pointy thing a ma jiggy is called a bone folder I believe. LOL! I love your thoughts on all the different things you do videos on. I am a new quilter and have learned so much from you. Thank you very much!❤
Another helpful and informative video Cathy and Paul! I have only done traditional binding for my quilts. I am going to try a pillowcase and knife edge style to see how they go. I can see where a more modern quilt top would look really stunning with those styles instead of traditional framed binding. I have to say I love the “nod” of the clapper! So glad you use it!! PS Looks like you’ve embarrassed the beautiful chaos of the KF fabrics - kudos for going out of your comfort zone!!!
Thanks, Caitlin! ❤️ I use the dickens out of my clapper! It was a wonderful gift! 🥰
Oh Cathy , there are as many layers to you as there are different ways of doing things!! My Fridays would be blah without your videos...even nicer these days with all that's going on in the world to raise our anxiety levels!!Our Lord will prevail!! It's funny how most sayings have bases in fact eh? Love from North Eastern and cold Canada ❤❤
Aww, thank you, Giselle! ❤️ I'm glad that I can brighten your Fridays!
Love your demo backing fabric! Nice exposition of these four methods--was only familiar with method #1,
I would call this a pointy thinga-ma-bob.
Laughed out loud when you mentioned the rubber mallet. This is so sensible. Our rubber mallet gets used mainly to knock together IKEA furniture, Nice video today.
Thanks for showing these finishing methods. One of my favorites is to use glue basting to hold down the folded binding before sewing. I also like to sew my binding on with my serger that smashes it very flat giving a nice finish. I don’t really care that much for hand stitching, so I always sew mine down by machine on the front, pull around to the back and stitch in the ditch. I have faced a couple, but just don’t like to hand stitch. Interesting the different methods people like and dislike. That’s why it’s so wonderful we have so many choices! So, which method have you decided for your challenge quilt? Can’t wait to see it all finished!
Cathy, when doing the pillow/envelope style, I press the opening back before I turn the piece. Makes it easier for me to maneuver the opening when I top stitch. Yes, I would love to see more on the facing style of finishing a project. Just saw my first tutorial from Lessons Learnt on this subject.
Diann, pressing it back first is smart. I have struggled to get it to look nice when I try to press that opening after I have turned it.
I find that using a shorter stitch length (2.0 or 2.2) when piecing a project like that also helps to not have the seams split when manipulating the project. This was essential when making a bargello quilt before being able to do the stay stitching.
I’ve watched about 1K videos on this and haven’t seen the back folding forward (maybe I haven’t been looking in the right places). Beautifully done and demonstrated! XOX
Thank you, Anne! ❤️
I just finished 3 sets of pot holders for Christmas presents and should have waited for this video! You are such an inspiration to the novice quilter. My pot holders are very "home-made" vs "hand-made" 😉 But, lots of love went into the process regardless of the lack of correct corners and stitching.
Thank you, Beryl! ❤️ I have lots of "homemade" projects as well--and they are loved by their owners and I loved making them too! So in the end, handmade or homemade---they are made by us! 😘
Thanks Cathy, this was really helpful for me. I like to do mug rugs for Christmas presents. I think I’m going to use the 3rd method that you explained, I bet I will be a lot less frustrated this year!❤. You’re always fun to watch!😊
Oh yay! I'm glad it was helpful, Mel.❤️ And thank you!
Knife edge binding tutorial please, I love watching your easy to understand, friendly, videos 😊
This is a nice tutorial on just that: th-cam.com/video/bW-0sfG4r8k/w-d-xo.html
A friend of mine calls the stay stitching around the edge a ‘victory lap’ !
I love that!!
Thanks for this video. Great info! I have a couple thoughts that may help…
When I use the “fold the backing around to the front” method. I do free motion quilting ALMOST to the edge of the quilt top, stopping and starting away from edges. You do have to bury thread ends for starting and stopping…. But just one of each.
On the facing/knife edge method, there’s a way to sew all 4 sides of the facing in “one go”… and it reduces corner bulk as well. There’s a great video tutorial; may have to I send it separately. But essentially, you cut facing for two opposite sides the exact width of the top. Pin those down. Then got the other two sides, cut the facing about 1/2” shorter. Pin those down, centering so you end up with about 1/4” short on each end. Then sew all the way around. When you clip the corners and turn the facing to the back, those short ends flip under the facing nicely and will greatly reduce bulk at the corners. This way, you also don’t have to fuss with folding under those fiddly ends at the corners. Will send link to a good tutorial separately.
Happy quilting!
Thanks, Valerie!
My mitred ends were a struggle for a while. Then I understood you still had to leave 1/4” seam allowance and stitch on that line. Made them slick like “buttah”!
Love the little "show and tell" tutorial! I really like #2 I might do this for the two quilts that are in the work for Christmas (almost done with both quilt tops). And #3 for small projects, it looks so clean. For bigger projects, you can quilt the batting and top and then have a "false" backing (aka with no quilting stitches) and #3 Looks nice too and it's less bulky than #1 (which is not my favorite as I find the binding to be too bulky and I dislike the extra fabric I need to find or purchase lol) I have been wanting a tailor's clapper for a while I see I really need one now, for the adding bonus of whacking the quilts!🤣
Also, Any tutorial would be appreciated!!
Oh my…the quilt behind you is fab!!! Kaffe is slowly winning you over Cathy. 😁👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks for the practical binding tutorial. It’s always nice for quilters to have several choices that will best suit their project. It’s empowering having a full “toolbox” of skills at our disposal.
My “go-to” binding is #1. I have the best results, no matter the size of the project. I frequently use a butt joint when joining the two ends of the binding strips.I find mitering the two ends of the binding strips on a tiny project too frustrating, and it seldom turns out perfectly for me.
LOL, crazy with the cheese wiz! 😂 Love it!
Shannon---not a quilt, just jelly roll strips! 😂 I wanted some pinks and reds and a change-up from the pink shirts! Kaffe fabric to the rescue! I too, have done the butt join for the same reason on small projects--so frustrating otherwise! And even though it is mechanically the same (corners, after all) to do the mitered corners on small projects, it seems that mine don't work out as well as they do on full size quilts (see video for evidence. lol.)
For #3, you can sew a 3/4" border around the quilt top, do the next steps, then when you turn the quilt right side out and finish it you can then stitch in the ditch between the quilt and narrow border and that border will look like binding.
Thank you for this, Cathy and Paul. The timing is great as I have some leftover gingham backing fabric from our daughter's wedding quilt that I am planning to make into coasters for them for Christmas.
I like to machine stitch my binding on the front of the quilt and then use my stitch in the ditch foot to sew down the back (because by this time I just want to be done and move on to something else!). This last time I used an Elmer's glue stick to hold the back of the binding in place and then heat set it before machine sewing the back down and it worked perfectly! It was the very first time that I didn't have to go back and touch up any pieces that were missed. So happy. 😊
I was able to get a bottle of glue for future projects while the school supplies were available, so that should be easier to work with. Hugs from Alberta 🇨🇦
Wonderful show!!! UMMMM Rage Room, LOL, the benefits of quilting!! Happy Stitching and Blessings to you and yours. Have a wonderful weekend.
For your projects that you choose to use the lining method, you can quilt just the top and batting together, then add the backing. This is done in some bag patterns especially if you want to use the vinyl inside. (byannie calls this "slicker", I'm sure it has other names) Because the vinyl won't iron-on well to quilted fabric because of the valleys where the thread path is. Then your binding covers all your thread ends.
Thank you for explaining each way to bind. Your mug rugs are so pretty. Have a great weekend. Hugs fromTAMPA .
Thank you, Laura! ❤️
weirdo here as well 😂
I love a nice clean binding and hand stitching in the evening. But I might try a facing soon. Made the "pillow method" for smaller pieces tike table runners. Since I often have trouble to catch all of the fabric at the opening I normally first close the opening by hand and then do the topstitching for a neat look.
We weirdos have to stick together.😂❤️ I have done the same (stitched closed then topstitched) in other projects--I don't enjoy that part but it definitely eliminates some of the fiddly/wiggly pieces sliding out while doing the topstitching!
I normally like hand work. But I really hate hand sewing binding. I’ve calculated that it takes me roughly eight hours to hand sew binding on a throw, and it is a slog!! These days I only hand sew for gifts. My machine sewn binding is getting better. 🙄 I use the lining method for placemats and have done facing as well. The finished look you want so depends on the quilt. It’s awesome that you have shown these examples. 😁
Valerie, I agree, hand-stitching binding can definitely be a slog! Especially when you’re ready to have a quilt finished and over with! 😄 The lining method IS great for placemats-it just lays so nice and flat when finished! And thank you! ❤️ My thought was that anyone who hasn’t had exposure to different finishes could see examples of them (even if they aren’t perfectly done!)
Your examples were beautifully done! I have never yet finished a quilt that I wasn’t really ready to have done. LOL I am a design and concept person. I love the actual finish but I get really tired leading up to it!!
Yes please on a video about knife edge binding. 😊
Delightful demonstrations. I've done envelope edges for baby quilts and traditional binding for others. I'm going to try the knife edge next 🗡️🔪. I don't do hand sewing, so it will be machine stitched.... I'll figure it out 😂. Thanks for the video 😊
Strangely I’ve just watched Joe Cunningham do what he called a facing. I’d not thought about doing this before but it does give a quilt a totally different look 🤔 and now I’m watching you demonstrating different edging 👏👏🇬🇧
AvivaHadas (another viewer) sent me his tutorial in IG just a few days ago, after I'd already planned this video--so crazy! So apparently we're all supposed to be considering finishing right now! 😂🤓
@@TheCatBirdQuilts it was so good to see your take on this though 👍👍 I’d wondered about the ‘bulk’ in the corners too so you version helped clarify that. Thanks for sharing 👏👏🇬🇧
I just Love the sewing machine quilting sound effects! You are the best!!
Thanks, Diane! ❤️
Your teensy quilts are beautiful!
Thank you so much! ❤️
I’d like a knife edge tutorial.
As always, I enjoyed your video ❤ I would love watching you do a knife edge video. Thank you!!
Well,I just started to hand bind so this video came just in time !😍 thank you MS Kathy🙏
Aww! you're welcome, Neva! ❤️
Oh this is so helpful!
Cathy - I’ve been watching a few video’s of late on facing , very interesting concept. I too kind of like traditional binding and hand stitching to the back, but it is nice to have options depending on the application. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! So informative
Thank you for another great tutorial Cathy! 🎉 Nice job comparing and describing 4 different methods. I am going to try facing with triangle corners on an advent calendar I am making for my granddaughter and we will be able to hand it! ❤
You're welcome, Annette! And yes, being able to hang quilted projects with that triangle corner method is a huge bonus! ❤️
Hello Cathy! What an interesting video. I had never really considered all of these aspects of different binding techniques. I have never hand sewn my binding, but you have me reconsidering that decision, and I think I will give it a try! Life if busy and I don't really have a quilt going right now, but need to get to working on that problem!
Good morning, Sarah! I only began considering different finishes when I made mug rugs last year, and then again when I was working on the Rothko practice quilt.🤓 It just occurred to me, "I don't have to do this the traditional way in every quilt project!" I hope you try hand-stitching your binding, and I hope you enjoy it! ❤️
Thank you so much for this. It has really helped me. I get board doing the same old thing (#1) all the time. I am can’t wait to finish my next quilt now. Knife edge is my new favorite!
Thank you for another great video. In my 20 plus years of quilting I have only ever done the traditional binding method. It was great to see other options. I like the traditional method for quilts that get lots of use and therefore lots of wear around the edge because there is the double layer of fabric. But the other methods might suit mug rugs, place mats or art quilts better for a neater finish. Just in my opinion of course.
Nicole, I share your opinion! I do like facing/knife-edge binding for modern or art quilts, but for the regular quilts, I think I will stick to traditional binding for the same reason as you! But yes, for smaller projects, I like any one of the remaining 3 options in the video. 🤓👍🏻
Informative.Thank you so much for your take on binding!Super
Thanks, Judy! ❤️
Very informative. Thank you.
Thanks, Pam! ❤️
GREAT video Cathy!
Wonderful presentation! I would just add one thing- I learned here on TH-cam some quilters are sewing on the binding by machine from the back, and then turning to the front and 'big stitch quilting' the binding in place. It's beautiful, especially if you hand quilted with the big stitch method on the project. By 'big stitch' there are 2 meanings: using a thicker thread, a 12 weight thread is best, or even 8 weight, and also as it's called, making a fairly large stitch. It's become my go-to method.
Great video which, yet again, has been very timely for me as I'm making mug rugs and didn't know how I was going to back them or bind them. Thanks to your video, I've decided to back them and bring a half inch of the backing to the front to form the binding. 👏👏👏
I only know how to do the very first type of binding. I wouldn’t mind an in depth tutorial of the other binding techniques ❤
Thanks, Corey! ❤️
Thanks for sharing another great one!
Fantastic! Loved it! Thank you so much ❤
thumbs fown for the way you describe homemade vs handmade. pretty discouraging for those of us doing our best but probably won’t make clean enough work to qualify for your standards.
Yes please do the "knife edge" binding tutorial!!!!
I would love to see a tutorial on the knife edge binding... please!
Perfect timing! I like the facing option for some quilts in progress! I may add some glue under those clips, depending on the process I choose. I’ve tried to do the fold-the-corners-in-at-45’ for the wrap around method before, but my work was sloppy and the miter was not crisp. Yours are better instructions.
Wondering if you’ve ever tried the self binding baby blanket style of the pillow construction option #3 on a quilt. I might give that a go, as the baby blankets look great and the corners look good. It allows you to choose any size binding/border width. You’ve got my wheels a-turning! Thank you!
Oh yay, Cassandra! I'm glad it came at the right time for you! No, I haven't tried it on a baby blanket but that's a great idea! 🤓👍🏻
Great tutorial thank you for sharing. I have question? What’s that behind you on the wall? It’s intriguing to me. I just have to see. I just have to have the full view of the masterpiece behind you. ❤
Thank you, Amber!❤️ So far, what's behind me is nothing but Kaffe Fassett jelly roll strips a friend gave me! Maybe one of these days it will be a masterpiece---for now it's just beautiful fabric stuck to the wall! 😂
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I was looking at it, ok distracted by all the pretty pops of color, and was hoping to see a full on shot of what you may be contemplating. Hoping to see perhaps some of those lovely pink shirts you had up on your wall recently. Of course my imagination running wild. Perhaps one of those eccentric and incredibly cool somewhat reminiscent of a medallion quilt only modern. I’m not even sure I can describe, I just have a wild idea. Thank you for continuing to put up creative and wonderful content and burst of color in your background to jog our brains from the fog. we sometimes find ourselves in with the worries of the day to day in this world.
Peace be with you ♥️
You got me on the song😹
There is a 5th method, that is the bias ribbon method. Actually that is the best in my opinion. Consumes more fabric but ot is worth it because you can round up the corners and it is easy to sew.
Great subject today. Love these cute pink mug rug examples. They are the perfect practice size for "ruler quilting"...wondering if you have a ruler foot and have tried that yet?
Thank you, Giselle! ❤️No I don't have a ruler foot but now I'll have to add that to my list of things to check out! 🤓
@@TheCatBirdQuilts I think you will like it. I also recommend the SLIM ruler by Angela Walters (longarmer from Missouri who does a lot of Tula Pink's quilts for her). I has a nice straight edge, curved ends and is not too long so easy to manage with the ruler foot. Remember... practice makes perfect. 😉 I use mine regularly on kid size donation quilts I make.
Another finishing method is to make the backing larger than the top and fold it once and wrap over to the front for a binding that only binds the front.
I am working on a baby quilt, and I want to face it with the triangle corner method (because I want to incorporate the quilt label into the triangle corner), but I wonder, should I try to stay stitch the long sides to keep them flat? Or does that not work with the triangle corners? I am having a hard time visualizing it. And yes, I think a longer tutorial on facing would be something I could definitely use, especially for more info on the corner triangle method.
Yes, Doyle, running that stitch all along the length of the binding is a helpful step in holding the facing down to the back. I haven't done triangle corners (yet) but Lessons Learnt YT channel has a great tutorial using the triangle corners; if I make a tutorial video I will try include the triangle corner way. 🤓👍🏻
I know you talked about finishing options but I cannot get past all of that Kaffe fabric behind you, Our design walls look strikingly similar ATM. Me thinks someone is warming to Kaffe?
JB, my friend, maybe. Maybe not. 😂😘 But Kaffe fabric always makes for a beautiful video backdrop! 🤩
Actually hand stitching the binding join would be far less fiddly than trying to machine stitch it. I actually hand stitch entire blocks, relaxing and very fulfilling.
The one you are calling "pillow top" Is what they are referring to when they say "birthing a quilt".
LOL! Dorris, how about that! 🤓🤣❤️
I have NEVER been able to successfully bind a quilt the traditional way. I cant get the corners to work out. I generally cut the backing larger than the top and fold it over. Just saying, thats what works for me.
have you seen Jenny Doans binding tutorital? I dont know if it would work for a small project but it was super helpful for me doing my first quilt binding
What is the little purple tool you’re using to pull threads through called please?
Believe it or not, it’s called “that purple thing!” It is a WONDERFUL tool to have and you will use it in a thousand ways. I would consider it one of my “must-have” notions!
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Woohoo!!! Thanks for sharing!!
Hi Cathy, my note is not about this wonderful video, but about my method of keeping up with my thrift store garments that I get for quilting, over the past couple months I have been collecting 100% linen garments. (Cannot believe how many I have amassed). I have a notebook that I entitled, “Harvested Garments.” After I break down a shirt or whatever, I number and create an entry in my notebook. With a “string” that I inevitably get from cutting the garment, I put the same number on the tie that I put in the notebook. I use the tie to assemble the pieces of the garment together. In the notebook, I put the item, the fiber content, the name on the label, the color, and any issues I need to watch out for when I pull fabrics to make the quilt. Issues could include darts, holes I accidentally cut into the fabric, etc, it sounds a lot more complicated than it is, but I think it will help me when I make fabric decisions for a quilt. This may be common sense for most quilters, but I am just a beginner, so I’m developing systems.
Barbie 😂