This is BY FAR the best and simplest tutorial for closing the binding! You’re slow enough, hands are out of the way and very great and simple instructions! Bravo! Saved to my library! THANK YOU!!
I have been quilting for about 5 years now and NO ONE has ever explained this as well. Prior to this video it was always a hit and miss with my binding regardless of what technique or tool I used. Thank you very much.
Thank you so much. I was doing this today and thought I better check yours after numerous attempts. I sewed it wrongly so many times today, the fabric looks like a rag by now, thank you, thank you, thank you! I so appreciate you in this minute.
I second Valerie Roland! The problem with some instructors is that they skip important instructions like "don't twist your binding" a little thing however very important. I can't tell you how many times I've redone the step because no one mentions "Don't twist your binding". Also, placing your project so as the edge faces you. Thanks so very much Jody, you have saved me hours.😊
I watch a lot of quilting tutorials. But this has been the most helpful so far. I've never left a comment on any website but I feel compelled to express my appreciation. It all makes so much sense when you explain!!! I am an advanced beginner, I feel okay about my skills thus far except for joining the ends of binding. My computer will have your video playing on my table as I complete the binding on my next several projects. A thousand thank yous!!!
Jodi, thank you so much for this video tutorial. I've never understood how to do this. I re-watch this all the time when I do binding so I don't twist it up! Kudos! ❤❤❤❤❤
This is GENIUS!! Thank you, thank you for this tutorial. This is by FAR the best and easiest way to join the ends of binding. I'm SO excited. I could never quite master this technique......until now!
I tried three other videos/books and got a twisted binding each time. Your video was the easiest to follow! I finally have a perfectly joined seam. Thank you for the great camera work!
Thank you! I have been muddling around for 30 years trying to figure this out. The first person to really provide an easy way with a great explanation to use this method and calculate my own binding width. Thanks again.
Jody, CONGRATULATIONS! You make it so easy. The last video I watched made me want to toss my 2 new quilts I just finished and are waiting for binding! Thank you!
Thank you! So much easier than a binding tool for me. I used a 2” binding strip and initial 2” mark for overlap. Now I can adjust for whatever binding strip size I want.
This is a really good video. It is extremely easy to understand. I saved it so that I can use it again and again!!! Thank you for making it look so easy!!!
I've seen a lot of binding videos on TH-cam, but when I saw this one it was as though the sky opened up and angels sang. I recently completed a quilt and used this method. I honestly can't even remember on which side I did this technique because it all blends so well. I never cared for the straight up & down stitch, and I knew diagonal was good overall. On my first try, it came out perfect.
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!! I knew there was a better way to join my binding ends. A good way to check you’ve done it right is to put two small pins along the diagonal line you’ve marked with your pencil, then refold the binding in half to check if it lays right and isn’t twisted.
Thank you for this tutorial. It did take me some time to figure out that if you have a wider binding that is the amount you need to measure by before you cut it ... also I kept pinning the wrong sides together but did get there in the end.. so many thanks I found your tutorial the easiest one to follow
OMG, I have watched videos on this 100 times and could never get it. You did an amazing job of SLOWLY going through each step. I FINALLY GOT IT! I want to buy you an ice cream!! Thanks so much!
Yay!! A super tutorial with easy to follow instructions....thank you so much. I'll be referring to this from now on. I wish I found this last night before I struggled to finish off my binding! 🌻😀
Thank you so much for your video Easy, Easy and I was Successful joining my 9" binding strip. Why so wide you ask ... to cover up my mistakes around the edges of my quilt :)
I wish I could figure out how to to a paper copy for a refresher. But this is definitely worth watching the video. I wrote down how to find it again. 🤓
OMG thank you so much. I have done binding several times before and had to redo several times cause of twisting up and not sewing correctly. Your video was so awesome showing all the steps and laying of fabric I did it correct the first time.
Hi Heidi - I'm sorry it was confusing. Our binding is 2.5" wide so we overlapped the strips 2.5". If your binding is a different size, you would overlap by the width of your original binding strip before folding. I hope that helps!
Great tutorial but it should be pointed out that the measurement of the overlap is the total width of the binding strip when not folded in half. IMO she didn’t explicitly explain the. It would be easy to take her instruction as the amount of overlap is the width of the binding tape when folded in half. Just a tip for us newbies! 😀
I'm relatively new to sewing/quilting and have only done a few so far but I watch this video EVERY TIME I finish a quilt binding. Thank you
You’re not the only one😂
One of the BEST videos on how to sew binding onto a sewing project. Excellent instructions, outstanding teacher!
Thank you! 😊
Thank you for your slow directions. Much better than any binding tool videos. Thank you , thank you
This is BY FAR the best and simplest tutorial for closing the binding! You’re slow enough, hands are out of the way and very great and simple instructions! Bravo! Saved to my library! THANK YOU!!
I totally agree. Glad I found you. For bigger quilts I use the binding tool, but it doesn’t work on smaller quilts.
I used this method, and it came out great! Thanks.
I have been quilting for about 5 years now and NO ONE has ever explained this as well. Prior to this video it was always a hit and miss with my binding regardless of what technique or tool I used. Thank you very much.
You basically guided me All the way through this binding tutorial. I appreciate your patience and beautiful slow direction. Many thanks indeed!🎶🇸🇪
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much. I was doing this today and thought I better check yours after numerous attempts. I sewed it wrongly so many times today, the fabric looks like a rag by now, thank you, thank you, thank you! I so appreciate you in this minute.
Thank you, I reference this every time I attach a binding- one day it’ll stick but in the mean time I’ll keep tuning in!
This has changed my life! Seriously! It's taken the stress out of bias binding. Thank you so much!
I'm so glad!
Been a quiltmaker ten years. My latest quilt is the best binding finish ever! Thankyou so much!
Out of all the binding tutorials, this the perfect one. Explained so well and I can see every detail to understand the process. THANK YOU! Well done!
Yes👍
I second Valerie Roland! The problem with some instructors is that they skip important instructions like "don't twist your binding" a little thing however very important. I can't tell you how many times I've redone the step because no one mentions "Don't twist your binding". Also, placing your project so as the edge faces you. Thanks so very much Jody, you have saved me hours.😊
I watch a lot of quilting tutorials. But this has been the most helpful so far. I've never left a comment on any website but I feel compelled to express my appreciation.
It all makes so much sense when you explain!!! I am an advanced beginner, I feel okay about my skills thus far except for joining the ends of binding. My computer will have your video playing on my table as I complete the binding on my next several projects.
A thousand thank yous!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Jodi, thank you so much for this video tutorial. I've never understood how to do this. I re-watch this all the time when I do binding so I don't twist it up! Kudos! ❤❤❤❤❤
You are great that's the first simplistic tutorial I've seen that helps me bind the joints thsnk you great teacher
FINALLY!!! I found someone that made my life a whole lot easier! Thank you!!! Great video!
Best binding joining video I’ve seen! So helpful 😀
This is GENIUS!! Thank you, thank you for this tutorial. This is by FAR the best and easiest way to join the ends of binding. I'm SO excited. I could never quite master this technique......until now!
Wow ... thanks! Ive watched so many videos on how to join binding, this was so very clear to me. Very much appreciated!
Excellent tutorial Jody. Plain and simple. Many thanks for sharing. Kind regards, Mark....... (Wales,U.K.)
Also here in Wales, Mark. Couldn't agree more!!
I tried three other videos/books and got a twisted binding each time. Your video was the easiest to follow! I finally have a perfectly joined seam. Thank you for the great camera work!
Glad it helped!
Thank you for this video! I always struggle with this part of binding. This helps so much!
Totally brilliant video. Very well explained. Will share with all my sewing circle. Many thanks.
I concur with other commenters... I've seen a lot of these, and this is the best, most coherent video of this technique.
This was very straightforward and easy to understand. Made the job so much simpler! Thank you!
Thank you! I have been muddling around for 30 years trying to figure this out. The first person to really provide an easy way with a great explanation to use this method and calculate my own binding width. Thanks again.
This is the best I’ve seen and super easy to follow
At last a binding tutorial I can understand and follow. Thank you!
Jody, CONGRATULATIONS! You make it so easy. The last video I watched made me want to toss my 2 new quilts I just finished and are waiting for binding! Thank you!
This was a great explanation and the video helped make it crystal clear the steps that needed to be taken. Thank you
Thank you! So much easier than a binding tool for me. I used a 2” binding strip and initial 2” mark for overlap. Now I can adjust for whatever binding strip size I want.
Brilliant Jody, I will use this method from now on! Thank you!
This is a really good video. It is extremely easy to understand. I saved it so that I can use it again and again!!! Thank you for making it look so easy!!!
I've seen a lot of binding videos on TH-cam, but when I saw this one it was as though the sky opened up and angels sang. I recently completed a quilt and used this method. I honestly can't even remember on which side I did this technique because it all blends so well. I never cared for the straight up & down stitch, and I knew diagonal was good overall.
On my first try, it came out perfect.
I have watched and read many tutorials and this one was the best. I always twist at the end and have to rip out and this time I didn’t. Thank you!
So glad it helped you!
Thank you finally got someone who could show me a close up and explaining the end join so that I could see it and understand. Great Job!!
So glad it helped you, Deb!
Thank you so much Jody - the best and easiest joining I have seen. Helped me out a lot.
By far the easiest tutorial to follow.
Thanks so much it's the second time I've used your video to complete my binding and it's so helpful 😀
THANK YOU! IVE STRUGGLED WITH BINDING UNTIL YOUR VIDEO
Thank you so much! That was very clear and easy to understand.
Thank you so much for your great tutorial. I thought it worked out great!
I've been looking for this video for a while now! Very simple and the finish is very neat! Thanks a lot 💕
Perfect tutorial for something I’ve really messed up in the past! Thank you :)
Happy to help!
Thank you so much for this. I dread doing the joining.
You are my new best friend. Simple, clear, and successful ! Xo
Thank you, Thank you!!! Finally it is shown easy!
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!! I knew there was a better way to join my binding ends. A good way to check you’ve done it right is to put two small pins along the diagonal line you’ve marked with your pencil, then refold the binding in half to check if it lays right and isn’t twisted.
God bless you!! So grateful for this tutorial!!
Thank you for this tutorial. It did take me some time to figure out that if you have a wider binding that is the amount you need to measure by before you cut it ... also I kept pinning the wrong sides together but did get there in the end.. so many thanks I found your tutorial the easiest one to follow
This was a great tutorial. Thank you.😊
Thank you for making this so clear.
OMG, I have watched videos on this 100 times and could never get it. You did an amazing job of SLOWLY going through each step. I FINALLY GOT IT! I want to buy you an ice cream!! Thanks so much!
Excellent explanation!! Can you please show how do you finish that very same placemat?
This video worked for me. It's a keeper. Thank you.
Yay!! A super tutorial with easy to follow instructions....thank you so much. I'll be referring to this from now on. I wish I found this last night before I struggled to finish off my binding! 🌻😀
Thank You!!!! I needed a refresher on this!!!
Clear and easy and just did it!
Thank you so much, really glad I came across your video, great work xx
Absolute life saver! Thank you!
Thanks a lot Jodi u r good teaching me as new quilter in indonesia
Thank you so much for the best demo I’ve seen in a long time,just brilliant!
Thanks Jody, for this easy to join binding.
This was a great video tutorial, thank you.
Thank you so much for your video Easy, Easy and I was Successful joining my 9" binding strip. Why so wide you ask ... to cover up my mistakes around the edges of my quilt :)
Excellent tip. My binding is 2", so I suppose I lap over 2"?
Yes, that's correct! You would overlap the width of the binding.
I wish I could figure out how to to a paper copy for a refresher. But this is definitely worth watching the video. I wrote down how to find it again. 🤓
you have the best tutorial
Thank you that was easy. 🧵
So clear! Thank you!🤗
Thank you so much for sharing
I want that shirt!
omg this saved my life thx!!!!
Very nicely explained!
Thank you for the tutorial.
Thank you. Big help today
What is the amount not sewed down? Before overlap and cutting at 2 1/2"?
THANK! YOU! Than you thank you thank you. :)
thank you for this tutorial
THANK YOU !!!
OMG thank you so much. I have done binding several times before and had to redo several times cause of twisting up and not sewing correctly. Your video was so awesome showing all the steps and laying of fabric I did it correct the first time.
Great video
Where have you been all my quilting life?
Wait, you can’t show how you did the mitered corners? I’m a beginner and would have appreciated that bit.
We do have a video for that part too! Check that out here: www.allpeoplequilt.com/how-to-quilt/finishing/machine-minute-mitered-corner-binding
It would be so much easier if these tutorials used fabric with a clear backside .
Thank you so much!!!
A little confusing when solid fabric is being used. Should have used patterned fabric.
It’s hard to see what she’s doing because the colors are so similar. Also hard to tell the front from the back of the fabric.
We appreciate the feedback.
Thank you!
So confused on the 2.5 inches wide . I totally messed up my whole binding watching this video.
Hi Heidi - I'm sorry it was confusing. Our binding is 2.5" wide so we overlapped the strips 2.5". If your binding is a different size, you would overlap by the width of your original binding strip before folding. I hope that helps!
I watch this ea ch time I add binding
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Great tutorial but it should be pointed out that the measurement of the overlap is the total width of the binding strip when not folded in half. IMO she didn’t explicitly explain the. It would be easy to take her instruction as the amount of overlap is the width of the binding tape when folded in half. Just a tip for us newbies! 😀
Great point! Sorry that wasn't clear, but yes, the overlap is equal to the width of your binding strip (most commonly 2.5").
Thank you for your tip. I finally know what I've been doing wrong.
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Thank you sooo much!
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