I am glad you showed this. A couple little hints doing it this way. First, I always match my bobbin thread to the backing color. You can barely see that stitching then. Second, once it is sewn on to the back and you are pressing it to the front, I use Elmer's school glue to tack it all down, pressing it to dry the glue. That way, you can sew like a wild woman because it is already in place. It will wash out! Thanks for all you do! We appreciate you SEW MUCH!
The best tutorial on machine binding by far! Thank you so much for taking the time to fill in the details other instructional videos fail to share. Five stars!!!
Your tutorials are done so well. You take it slow and easy and your videos are done very well. I want to try this. Thank you. We sure do appreciate you.
THANK YOU! Thank you! I have been working & procrastinating on a very large t-shirt quilt for my granddaughter this past year. Normally I hand stitch my bindings, but this double sided quilt ended up 130x110 and hand binding would have taken all night. So I used your method & had it done in 3 hours. It’s not perfect but it is done & I am not ashamed of my efforts. I think I will continue with this new skill & use it again soon!
This video was so helpful for a beginner quilter. I am learning that binding is not for the faint of heart! Your instructions are very clear and easy to follow along. I have a long ways to go to be half as good as you are. Wish I could have a 1:1 class with you! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this, and ALL your tutorials Laura. I dislike "waffle" when I'm trying to learn and you always stay on point with the clearest, most concise and easy-to-follow directions. Yours are the best camera shots too! I'm making a baby shower quilt for a young relative and was worried by the prospect of binding its edges - not any more though 😊. Thank you for all the "enabling" videos you bring to the beginners, the experienced, the young and the not-so-young. You are wonderful Laura, and very much admired and appreciated: Thanks for everything. Best wishes, Marion in the UK.
This video is amazing ❤️ I’ve been struggling with ending my binding and mitered corners for two years but I just watched this video and finally have beautiful corners/binding!
Have tried the old machine method and was never pleased with the results. I will try your method because it definitely saves lots of time from hand stitching down the binding . Thanks for such informative videos.
Thank you! I learned the importance of pressing the edge and also running a stitch along that edge! I’m semi new at quilting so all tricks appreciated!!
I’m getting ready to bind a table runner. I know my method but really appreciate your tip of doing an edge stitch first, to stabilize the raw edge before I start. Thanks so much!!
Laura, your tutorials are simply the very best! This is one of my favorite tutorials. I have my 10d foot and will use this technique on my next quilt. I have experimented with decorative stitches as well. Perhaps you can do a short tutorial on the decorative stitch technique when attaching binding. I especially love how you joined the ends! Thank you and please keep these tutorials coming!
I'm surprised that you didn't use your "pinch and turn" method at the corner. I learned that from you and it works perfectly every time! It make turning the corner so much easier. Thanks Laura!
I've been following your channel for several years and enjoyed it very much. I have decided I want to "improve" on my quilting projects and have watched at least 10 different binding videos. Yours gave more tips and the why I'm doing it this way, it's always good to know why you do something a certain way. Most of the others only tell you the why on a few things if any at all. Thank you so much for explaining the why for us so that we can understand the process of what we're doing. Thanks and Love your channel!
Thank you for such a thorough and detailed step-by-step binding video 🤗 your video was posted at the perfect time! I’m getting ready to bind 3 quilts ✂️🧵🪡 I paid close attention to your video and oh my gosh-I am sold on your technique! Thank you so much! Now to bind the other three ✂️🧵🪡🤗
Hi Laura. I've just finished my first quilt. I watched lots of videos on binding, but just before starting mine I thought "just one more video", and I'm really glad I happened on yours. Nobody else suggests basting and pressing the edge, but I found the idea completely natural, and I felt it made the process much easier. Thanks, Simon, Leeds, England.
Hi Laura, I made my first quilt (in decades) for granddaughter and I did it the way you did and it came out pretty good! Thank you. I am going to show it on Friday Sews tomorrow.
What a superbly clear, calm, well-captured/edited and explained video - only watched the start but I'm just about to bind a small wall-hanging quilt and will definitely finish this video later today when I have more time.
You are an excellent teacher thank you sew very much for all you share. I've gained many details, many tidy skills and have enjoyed the inspiration derived from your broadcasts. Thank you again from Quadra Island British Columbia Canada❣
Thank you. I always get so many good tips from you. I normally hand bind, but I just finished a king-size quilt, and I just don't want to take the time to hand bind. Thanks again for your help
Hi Laura, thanks for this very good tutorial. Very clear and easy to follow. I also love binding a quilt in the "traditional " way, but have also thought how much quicker it would be to machine bind too. Will certainly be referring to this when the time comes. I don't have quite the same foot as you were using - I have a Janome machine with a dual feed, similar to yours, with a ditch quilting foot that goes on it. I'm thinking I could use that. I'll give it a go anyway. With your excellent tutorial, I'm sure I'll work it out. Thanks again. God bless you ❤️
Thank you for the information on machine binding. I have been machine binding all of my quilts for several months now and enjoy the process. To me machine binding is just so much more sturdy, you don't hear the threads popping when you're pulling on your quilt like you do with hand binding. The quilts I make are all utility quilts and and all of them get a lot of usage so the machine binding is the best way to go for me. I was interested in where you did the pins at the corners as I have not done that. It is a problem area and I can't wait to give it a try.
I have also been machine stitching my binding and I have had the same issue maintaining the 45 angle. I am excited to try this pin technique. Thank you Laura.
Great Tutorial! I always struggle with joining the ends & have tried so many different ways. Your method is Very Clever! I am going to try it this week when I finish quilting the dish drying mat I am currently working on. Thanks Laura!
Thank you for a great explanation of how to add binding. Very clear steps to take. I, too, enjoy hand sewing the binding on but I want to try this as my hands are very arthritic and would not hold up to hand sewing.
I wish I had seen this tutorial before I put binding on tonight! I do stitch on the back first, but I like the joining method and also using the edge foot to guide the stitching! Thanks! I have several more bindings to do!
That was very interesting. I am never all that happy with my binding when I have machine sewn it. I want to do it this way because I'm an instant person and hand sewing the binding down is tiresome to me but something always goes wonky. I am definitely going to give your method a go. I really like the beginning and end too, this will be especially helpful when doing a mug rug or other smaller thing. Thank you very much.
I love your tutorials. You are very clear and have great tips. I never thought of using this foot for binding and I like to sew my binding on. This is the best tip ever. Thank you for such great tutorials with tips and tricks. You do a fantastic job. 😃
What a beautiful quilt! I love the colors. Glue is such a handy help for binding. My machine foot has a spring to push for when the fabric is extra thick, so handy, too. Thank you, Laura. Happy New Year! 🎉
Hi Laura. I love your videos. Thank you for this video. I have been quilting for 3 years now, but binding has been hard for me, even though I have got better with my quilting. I used this method on my latest quilt and it was so good to work with! The pressing and the sewing to the back first was the best answer for me. I have tried by sewing on the front first, but that little line would show on the front, asAi could never catch it all and had to finish from the back. Your method works great. I have never learned how to hand sew binding, something I haven’t learned yet and my hand sewing is not great!
GREAT technique! Can't wait to try it! Might have to throw together a table runner for "practice". But...for those of us who don't own Berninas, can you please let us know what foot would work? A stitch in the ditch foot?
I am using this method to bind a set of hot pads. I tried a traditional join but dang, there is no space when the sides are 5-7” (2 sizes) each. This way is so much nicer looking and far easier!!! Thank you, Laura. Your videos have greatly improved how my projects look.
This ight be the best binding tutorial I have seen! Thanks Laura! I have been trying to figure out the Bernina Binding attachment or the #7 foot for my 770, but I think I will give my 10D a workout and see how we fair :)
when you use the foot with the bar to sew the binding on the front of the quilt, are you lining the bar up with the stitching line underneath, or the end of the quilt sandwich. Thanks. Love your tutorials!
Great tips! I don’t have a Bernina nor those types of feet so do you have any suggestions on which foot to use for a basic machine? Walking foot? I also can’t shift my needle. Might also have to get a stiletto. Thanks for making these informative videos!
What stitch length do you use when machine stitch binding? Also I don’t have dual feed, but I have a walk-in foot so I wonder if I should be using a different stitch length for my piecing I use 1.8. What would you recommend? Thanks for the corner tip!
Thank you Laura for yet another wonderful tutorial! I like the idea of using the temporary glue, could you please provide a link for it or possibly the brand name? Thanks again!
I preferred hand binding, but my hands have been objecting. Finding your video on machine quilting and joining the ends allows me to have nicely finished binding without cramping and painful hands.
❤❤I have attempted this several times and have not been successful, I take it out and do it the regular way, thus saving no time. I really like your tutorial on it and will give it another go. I like the idea of not cutting the threads at the corners and how you began and finished the binding where it joins. ❤❤
I love doing binding by machine. I do think it’s important that using a 2.25” versus a 2.5” is crucial. My only struggle is that I sew on a straight stitch only machine so don’t have the option to perfectly position my needle or to use such specialized feet.
I am glad you showed this. A couple little hints doing it this way. First, I always match my bobbin thread to the backing color. You can barely see that stitching then. Second, once it is sewn on to the back and you are pressing it to the front, I use Elmer's school glue to tack it all down, pressing it to dry the glue. That way, you can sew like a wild woman because it is already in place. It will wash out!
Thanks for all you do! We appreciate you SEW MUCH!
The best tutorial on machine binding by far! Thank you so much for taking the time to fill in the details other instructional videos fail to share. Five stars!!!
Your tutorials are done so well. You take it slow and easy and your videos are done very well. I want to try this. Thank you. We sure do appreciate you.
Thank you! Your voice is lovely to listen to without complication, straight forward.
THANK YOU! Thank you! I have been working & procrastinating on a very large t-shirt quilt for my granddaughter this past year. Normally I hand stitch my bindings, but this double sided quilt ended up 130x110 and hand binding would have taken all night. So I used your method & had it done in 3 hours. It’s not perfect but it is done & I am not ashamed of my efforts. I think I will continue with this new skill & use it again soon!
I too made a double-sided t-shirt quilt and used a quilt as you go method. Not for the faint of heart! It was very heavy!
A million thank yous for your video! I'm just starting and I want to do this the correct way. I am so happy I found you!
This video was so helpful for a beginner quilter. I am learning that binding is not for the faint of heart! Your instructions are very clear and easy to follow along. I have a long ways to go to be half as good as you are. Wish I could have a 1:1 class with you! Thank you so much!
This is the best binding tutorial. You're a great teacher, Laura!!! ❤🎉
Ma’am, you are absolutely wonderful! Thank you for teaching me this skill
Thank you so much for this, and ALL your tutorials Laura. I dislike "waffle" when I'm trying to learn and you always stay on point with the clearest, most concise and easy-to-follow directions. Yours are the best camera shots too! I'm making a baby shower quilt for a young relative and was worried by the prospect of binding its edges - not any more though 😊. Thank you for all the "enabling" videos you bring to the beginners, the experienced, the young and the not-so-young. You are wonderful Laura, and very much admired and appreciated: Thanks for everything. Best wishes, Marion in the UK.
Never thought to iron my binding after sewing it on. Will give it a try. Thanks for another great video
I like your method of joining the ends. A little handsewing is a lot less complicated than my usual method
This video is amazing ❤️ I’ve been struggling with ending my binding and mitered corners for two years but I just watched this video and finally have beautiful corners/binding!
Have tried the old machine method and was never pleased with the results. I will try your method because it definitely saves lots of time from hand stitching down the binding . Thanks for such informative videos.
You are the absolute best Laura ! I love everything about this video. You are great at explaining exactly what to do ! ❤️
Thank you! I learned the importance of pressing the edge and also running a stitch along that edge! I’m semi new at quilting so all tricks appreciated!!
I’m getting ready to bind a table runner. I know my method but really appreciate your tip of doing an edge stitch first, to stabilize the raw edge before I start. Thanks so much!!
Your binding video is the best one I have come across.! The tip for the thread "handle" is fantastic!
You are a fabulous instructor! You show exactly what we need to do, with perfect camera angles, in such a soothing way!
You are an awesome teacher!
This is by far the best and easiest intruction on binding a quilt. Thank you. I always enjoy and learn from your tutorials.
Thank you for this video! I no longer fear the binding. Your method and instruction made so much sense. Thank you, thank you!!!!
Thanks very much. I always learn so much more when I watch your videos.
I’ve just following this method to bind my latest project. It was simple to do and worked very well. Many thanks for the tips!
Laura, your tutorials are simply the very best! This is one of my favorite tutorials. I have my 10d foot and will use this technique on my next quilt. I have experimented with decorative stitches as well. Perhaps you can do a short tutorial on the decorative stitch technique when attaching binding. I especially love how you joined the ends! Thank you and please keep these tutorials coming!
I'm surprised that you didn't use your "pinch and turn" method at the corner. I learned that from you and it works perfectly every time!
It make turning the corner so much easier. Thanks Laura!
Just the instructions I needed today to finish a table runner! Thank you!!!
I've been following your channel for several years and enjoyed it very much. I have decided I want to "improve" on my quilting projects and have watched at least 10 different binding videos. Yours gave more tips and the why I'm doing it this way, it's always good to know why you do something a certain way. Most of the others only tell you the why on a few things if any at all. Thank you so much for explaining the why for us so that we can understand the process of what we're doing. Thanks and Love your channel!
I found this very helpful. Thank you so much🤗
YOUR details are so precise and clear. Using the bar on the foot is new for me and I'm going to try it.
Thank you for such a thorough and detailed step-by-step binding video 🤗 your video was posted at the perfect time! I’m getting ready to bind 3 quilts ✂️🧵🪡 I paid close attention to your video and oh my gosh-I am sold on your technique! Thank you so much! Now to bind the other three ✂️🧵🪡🤗
Your tutorials are always top notch!!! Thank you!
Hi Laura. I've just finished my first quilt. I watched lots of videos on binding, but just before starting mine I thought "just one more video", and I'm really glad I happened on yours. Nobody else suggests basting and pressing the edge, but I found the idea completely natural, and I felt it made the process much easier. Thanks, Simon, Leeds, England.
Hi Laura, I made my first quilt (in decades) for granddaughter and I did it the way you did and it came out pretty good! Thank you. I am going to show it on Friday Sews tomorrow.
What a superbly clear, calm, well-captured/edited and explained video - only watched the start but I'm just about to bind a small wall-hanging quilt and will definitely finish this video later today when I have more time.
You are an excellent teacher thank you sew very much for all you share. I've gained many details, many tidy skills and have enjoyed the inspiration derived from your broadcasts. Thank you again from Quadra Island British Columbia Canada❣
Such great info. Now the binding can meet without the hump I usually get! Thank you.
Such a helpful vid on binding quilts. Slow and very well explained with lots of useful tips!
Excellent! thank you for this video, I am new to quilting & I found this very useful it has helped me very much .
Thank you. I always get so many good tips from you. I normally hand bind, but I just finished a king-size quilt, and I just don't want to take the time to hand bind. Thanks again for your help
An excellent tutorial thank you Laura! I love your videos, always practical, and full of great tips. Much appreciated.
Excellent tutorial. I’ll definitely be trying this.
Hi Laura, thanks for this very good tutorial. Very clear and easy to follow. I also love binding a quilt in the "traditional " way, but have also thought how much quicker it would be to machine bind too. Will certainly be referring to this when the time comes. I don't have quite the same foot as you were using - I have a Janome machine with a dual feed, similar to yours, with a ditch quilting foot that goes on it. I'm thinking I could use that. I'll give it a go anyway. With your excellent tutorial, I'm sure I'll work it out. Thanks again. God bless you ❤️
Thank you for the information on machine binding. I have been machine binding all of my quilts for several months now and enjoy the process. To me machine binding is just so much more sturdy, you don't hear the threads popping when you're pulling on your quilt like you do with hand binding. The quilts I make are all utility quilts and and all of them get a lot of usage so the machine binding is the best way to go for me. I was interested in where you did the pins at the corners as I have not done that. It is a problem area and I can't wait to give it a try.
I have also been machine stitching my binding and I have had the same issue maintaining the 45 angle. I am excited to try this pin technique. Thank you Laura.
OMG! What great tips from pressing to scant 1/4 inch with the fold to sewing off at the corners. Thank you!
And the hand stitching of the connecting angle!
Great Tutorial! I always struggle with joining the ends & have tried so many different ways. Your method is Very Clever! I am going to try it this week when I finish quilting the dish drying mat I am currently working on. Thanks Laura!
Thank you for a great explanation of how to add binding. Very clear steps to take. I, too, enjoy hand sewing the binding on but I want to try this as my hands are very arthritic and would not hold up to hand sewing.
I wish I had seen this tutorial before I put binding on tonight! I do stitch on the back first, but I like the joining method and also using the edge foot to guide the stitching! Thanks! I have several more bindings to do!
Thank you for showing a great binding technique Laura Ann, I have learned a lot xx
Laura, you are a GREAT teacher 😍
That was very interesting. I am never all that happy with my binding when I have machine sewn it. I want to do it this way because I'm an instant person and hand sewing the binding down is tiresome to me but something always goes wonky. I am definitely going to give your method a go. I really like the beginning and end too, this will be especially helpful when doing a mug rug or other smaller thing. Thank you very much.
I love your tutorials. You are very clear and have great tips. I never thought of using this foot for binding and I like to sew my binding on. This is the best tip ever. Thank you for such great tutorials with tips and tricks. You do a fantastic job. 😃
I always get hung up on the thick corners, so that tip about using the threads to pull it through is great
What a beautiful quilt! I love the colors. Glue is such a handy help for binding. My machine foot has a spring to push for when the fabric is extra thick, so handy, too. Thank you, Laura. Happy New Year! 🎉
Just what I needed. Thank you.
Thank you for this demo! Very helpful!
You make this look sooooooo easy. Thank you
The Binding Tool is an absolute must for finishing the binding, joining the two ends.
Thank you sew much for the demonstration. I will be trying it !!
Hi Laura. I love your videos. Thank you for this video. I have been quilting for 3 years now, but binding has been hard for me, even though I have got better with my quilting. I used this method on my latest quilt and it was so good to work with! The pressing and the sewing to the back first was the best answer for me. I have tried by sewing on the front first, but that little line would show on the front, asAi could never catch it all and had to finish from the back. Your method works great. I have never learned how to hand sew binding, something I haven’t learned yet and my hand sewing is not great!
I will have to give your method a try. My machine binding doesn't come out that pretty. Thanks for sharing.
GREAT technique! Can't wait to try it! Might have to throw together a table runner for "practice". But...for those of us who don't own Berninas, can you please let us know what foot would work? A stitch in the ditch foot?
I have that foot with the bar. Never thought to use it for binding. Great video
I am using this method to bind a set of hot pads. I tried a traditional join but dang, there is no space when the sides are 5-7” (2 sizes) each. This way is so much nicer looking and far easier!!!
Thank you, Laura. Your videos have greatly improved how my projects look.
Love your handle idea! Thank you so much!
Thank you the help in binding my quilt.
Thank you, this is very helpful.
This ight be the best binding tutorial I have seen! Thanks Laura! I have been trying to figure out the Bernina Binding attachment or the #7 foot for my 770, but I think I will give my 10D a workout and see how we fair :)
when you use the foot with the bar to sew the binding on the front of the quilt, are you lining the bar up with the stitching line underneath, or the end of the quilt sandwich. Thanks. Love your tutorials!
Great video. Thanks for sharing❤
Thank you so much! I will be trying this soon!
Love this video... I'm a beginner and would love a quick video on how to sew the strips/seams together "on the angle".
Great tips! I don’t have a Bernina nor those types of feet so do you have any suggestions on which foot to use for a basic machine? Walking foot? I also can’t shift my needle. Might also have to get a stiletto. Thanks for making these informative videos!
Thank you for the tips.
Love your videos. Thank you
Very helpful. Thanks!
I liked what you did. Thank you
Fantastic tutorial !
great vid What do you call the pointy tool
What stitch length do you use when machine stitch binding? Also I don’t have dual feed, but I have a walk-in foot so I wonder if I should be using a different stitch length for my piecing I use 1.8. What would you recommend? Thanks for the corner tip!
Thank you so much.
So helpful thank you Laura ❤❤
I dont have either of the sewing feet your recommend Should I buy something simliar or do you have a suggestion for more common Singer sewing feet?
Thanks for sharing
When you attach the binding. Do you move the needle to the left or right ?
Thank you Laura for yet another wonderful tutorial! I like the idea of using the temporary glue, could you please provide a link for it or possibly the brand name? Thanks again!
There are many different ones that you can buy. This one is from Sew Easy
I preferred hand binding, but my hands have been objecting. Finding your video on machine quilting and joining the ends allows me to have nicely finished binding without cramping and painful hands.
Which way did you move the needle ( left or right ), and how many times, 2 or 3 ? Please help.
❤❤I have attempted this several times and have not been successful, I take it out and do it the regular way, thus saving no time. I really like your tutorial on it and will give it another go. I like the idea of not cutting the threads at the corners and how you began and finished the binding where it joins. ❤❤
I love doing binding by machine. I do think it’s important that using a 2.25” versus a 2.5” is crucial. My only struggle is that I sew on a straight stitch only machine so don’t have the option to perfectly position my needle or to use such specialized feet.
I'm a beginner, why is the 2.25 better than 2.5 ? Thanks
Thanks
I’m a beginner. Wish I found your video before I sewed my binding today. I made lots of mistakes:-/
I should have watched this before I just did my first, (terrible) binding! Oh well, it was only a small place mat practice!
What about a walking foot?
I think I was using the foot incorrectly. Thank you for the tutorial.