Super helpful, I agree! I keep watching for a way to do this and this seems doable, except for my vision to do hand sewing. I still struggle with that.
Carrie Nelson, I enjoy listening to you. Your voice is nice, and you have a pleasant and natural speaking demeanor. Thanks to Kimberly and Carrie for a nice tutorial.
Love the chunky binding! Great tutorial and fantastic camera work. Some of the best close-up shots ever. I have a pieced top that is ready to be quilted and this binding technique will be the perfect finish for it.
Thank You for teaching us this method of single fold wide binding! There are times I have wanted a wider binding and didnt realize it was this easy. Fat Quarter Shop and Carrie Nelson are the best!
A really great teacher. Everything explained so well. Loved the close up camera shots. The washi tape hint, great. What I really missed though, was your thimble! I thought I saw a little pad of sorts. Thanks for sharing.
That was perfect...great to see her stitches up real close..that has helped me so much..thankyou...I always did single fold binding..but used my machine to stitch it ..from the front..n in the ditch...so much easier for me..but I sure like this tut..I shall try it..🙋🏼♀️🌻🐝
Very helpful tip have had a couple of mishaps when making binding from fabric and you automatically think that you have to fold your binding in half and start sewing and the washi tape hint is very helpful thankyou!
Glad to see some people do still hand bind and how to do it properly and without being seen! The stitching tip on the mitered corners is great ... seems common sense after you see it, but you don't always realize everything at the beginning. Thank-you for your time and sharing your knowledge with us.
Wonderful tutorial, I've learned a lot. From making bias tape, single extra wide binding, corners, and the method to join the ends is the best I've ever seen! I'll be able to do this even on small quilt blocks, although I'm not sure how it will work for double fold binding. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Top marks for the camera work too, super helpful.
I was a self taught quilter and had no idea what folded double binding was until I retired and started watching tons of quilting tutorials. I always did the single fold and would also fold and tack a layer of the batting over for baby quilts to make the edge softer. The other difference is I use a ladder stitch for the hand sewing as I don't like that only a few threads are holding it down. . I like this method so much better. If I am using bias binding I recomend a row of stiching just inside the final stitch line before the binding is added so the edge gets more sepport. I have restored several old quilts and the edges get tugged on alot and the stretching is hard on the piece work. Thank you for letting me know I wasn't doing anything wrong! Is this acceptable for quilt competitions?
Hello Bobbi! When entering a quilt in a competition , all judges have their own way of how they like binding. The best bet is to read the rules of the show you are entering. There is not right or wrong way to do anything in quilting. No Quilt Police!
Best binding video ever!! I've always loved the wide binding and now I know every single step to add it to my next quilt! Thank you so much Miss Nelson and FQS!! You ladies ROCK!! 💜
Wow, I loved this tutorial Carrie...so clear and closely focused for learning! I have never seen this done before and would love to try it. The tip for the seam allowance with tape is great, and how to put the needle down and roll up the mitre was amazing, as well as the end join. Definitely a tutorial for reference, thank you so much!
Thank you Carrie and Fat Quarter Shop for this video tutorial! Very nicely done and explained - especially for us 'visual learners' :)! Love the look it gives the quilt!
Excellent demonstration of your wide binding technique. Came out looking very poofy and elegant. I’ll have to try this method on one of my new quilts. Thank you!
This is such and awesome tutorial; thank you Carrie for doing such a wonderful job of detailing the exact process so that our mitered corners will come out perfectly with a beautiful wide binding!
Thank you ladies! Carrie, you're a natural teacher and seem so at ease in front of the camera! Nice to see you in another spot in addition to the Moda blog! :) Super detailed and wonderful tutorial...i just love the wide binding. May I ask why you don't pre-iron the second fold for when you attach the binding to the back of the quilt? Seems like it would be a little less cumbersome.
I've watched so many videos on binding, still not brave enough to do it, but soon! But honestly, this video is making me feel more courageous...... you are a very good teacher, and your voice is so calm and easy to listen to. Yours is the most beautiful binding I've seen so far. I suppose the difference is doing it by hand, rather than machine binding. Also, many tutorials are always RUSHING, going so fast, it gets sloppy. I'm sort of handicapped by perfectionism.... ugh... so I think when I finish my first real quilt I will HAVE to bind it by hand. Thank you for making it look so easy! Do you personally have more videos about quilting? I would watch them all! Thx again!
I was taught that bias binding was used on shaped type pieces, circles, ovals, scalloped edges, etc., and that it was fine to use lengthwise cut strips for square & rectangle shapes. Or, if some stretch was needed for some reason, cross wise strips were used. I will definately the method described in my next project. Thank you for a great videio!
This seems to make more sense to me than double fold. Some very good tips, esp how to do the join. I can see how I could machine stitch it all, as I don't hand bind my quilts
I learned something new today. I never understood binding (still new) and having mitered corners. now I can finish my latest project right and with confidence.
Have not even seen entire video but... Kimberly has on blue nail polish instead of her what I thought was her signature red! Threw me for a loop! But I like it 😀
I love the way you do your binding blind stitches and I will try to do it the reversed way compared to the one I always did with the quilt on my lap and the binding facing me. Thank you.
Thank you for the video. This is exactly the way I used to bind the edges of my patchwork projects in the distant past. Just back to making patchwork covers and hangings, after a long long time away from my sewing machine. Checked out a folding/double binding video, but that technique seems so clumsy and chunky. Double-binding also seems to give a home-made feel to the work; rather than the beautiful handcrafted look demonstrated in this excellent video.
So nice to know the quilt police won't come and get me for not using a bias seam on my bindings. Sometimes it's just quicker and easier to do the 1/4 inch seam. Great teaching style.
thank you so much for this great video. It really made it easy to follow. I especially like the idea of putting the binding on the wooden spool. could you please tell me where I can purchase those spools. I some times make my binding ahead of time and this idea is great for storing the binding until I need it Thank you so much
At 14:15, when she is marking the end of the binding she marked it at 1/2 inch seam allowance. But after she cut and was joining them to pin, she said 1/4 inch seam allowance. Am I misunderstanding what she means? Other than that, this was an amazing video!! Thank you Ladies!
Anonymous Amy: She marked the 1/2 inch line for her cutting line on the longest tail of the binding strip. One-half inch of extra fabric is needed because when joining the two cut ends together with a 1/4 inch seam allowance, the total fabric taken up in that seam allowance is 1/2 inch. Another way to put it is ... 1/4 inch on one raw edge, plus 1/4 inch on the other raw edge within the seam allowance equals a total of 1/2 inch of fabric used up by the seam allowance. Thus the reason for marking the cutting line 1/2 INCH BEYOND the raw edge of the shortest tail of the binding strip to allow for the 1/4 inch seam allowance being taken up on both raw edges of the biding tails. Think of it as the same principle as when cutting the pieces for a block pattern ... the pattern pieces are cut 1/2 inch larger than the desired finished size to allow for the 1/4 inch seam allowance being taken up on both sides of the pattern piece when joined to its neighbor.
Thanks for the tutorial. Any way to machine stitch the binding instead of hand sewing? The hand sewn method looks beautiful, but I can’t do much hand sewing any more. Thanks for the advice.
Wow I love the wider binding also! So when you say you use the seam for your border outline when you trim the rough edges, meaning you line up the binding on top of your work as you have here and cut off the extra selvage for a clean border? And assuming you run that great zigzag stitch along seam to keep your material (quilt batting) from bunching up, so maybe that is what you use for trimming excess border selvage? Sorry I have pieced a quilt by hand (from when my Grandmother taught me before she died) but I am anxious to complete a quilt from start to finish. Love your clear cut direction! (And I do have that same cutting board and rotary cutter, and love all that elbow room you have with that bright light : makes a big difference !!!) Thank You Kimberly and Carrie!!! Mary from TN 💗🌻💗
Lovely! I like the wide binding but is there any reason I couldn't do this with a straight grain cut binding? I admit I hate cutting bias binding strips..
It's also a case of it lays a bit flatter. But it also wears better. With the single layer of fabric, it will be less rounded on the edge, a harder fold. But for something that won't get washed a lot, and where someone wants to use a stripe for a specific effect, is absolutely do a straight cut.
Why would a bias cut wear better than straight of grain if both are being cut wide and single fold? I would also think double fold would wear better than single fold be it cut on bias or straight of grain. What is the rationale for single fold?
Great tutorial! Carrie is an excellent teacher and I really enjoyed her technique. Love the look of the wide binding on the quilt. Is the quilt hanging in the back from one of the Moda cake mix recipes?
Loved this wide binding tutorial with Carrie Nelson. Is there a pattern for the block she put the binding on, in this video? Just love that block. I would love to be able to make it. Your videos are so helpful.
Hi Jean, the block is made with Cake Mix Recipe #1 for Layer Cake squares, but there is no pattern. It looks like she used the paper with various prints, then mixed up the half-square triangles from different prints to create this block.
Hi Carol! The quilt in the background does not have a pattern but features a block made from Cake Mix Recipe #: www.fatquartershop.com/cake-mix-recipe-1
Good teaching never grows old! Just found this video, exactly what I need. So well done - thanks a million.
Awesome explanation and great camera shots! Thank you
This tip on placing tape down to know where to stop sewing when making a mitered corner is awesome. Thanks for a great lesson!
Thanks alot for this helping tutorial, it will solve my problems 🤯🤩👍🏻
Best regards Reni
One of the best, simplest tutorials on joining the two ends of binding
Super helpful, I agree! I keep watching for a way to do this and this seems doable, except for my vision to do hand sewing. I still struggle with that.
I really liked the fact you hand stitched the binding!
Carrie Nelson, I enjoy listening to you. Your voice is nice, and you have a pleasant and natural speaking demeanor. Thanks to Kimberly and Carrie for a nice tutorial.
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I love the wide binding thanks for sharing❣️✂️🪡🧵❤️💕
This helps a lot. Thanks for clear instructions!
Love the chunky binding! Great tutorial and fantastic camera work. Some of the best close-up shots ever. I have a pieced top that is ready to be quilted and this binding technique will be the perfect finish for it.
Love this method. Use it for all my binding and always refer back to this video for help, if need. ❤
If this lady was teaching me in an actual class, I think I would fall asleep. Her voice is so calming and relaxing 😴😴😴 best binding video I've seen!
I really like how you go slowly, explain every step, and how the camera work shows what you are doing beautifully. This is a great tutorial.
I like Carrie Nelson's easy to follow teaching. Keep them coming Carrie.
Great tips. Thanks for sharing. A couple of wow moments as you were showing your techniques.
Thank You for teaching us this method of single fold wide binding! There are times I have wanted a wider binding and didnt realize it was this easy. Fat Quarter Shop and Carrie Nelson are the best!
A really great teacher. Everything explained so well. Loved the close up camera shots. The washi tape hint, great. What I really missed though, was your thimble! I thought I saw a little pad of sorts. Thanks for sharing.
Carrie Nelson--wow what a great teacher! She's perfect. Thank you.
That was perfect...great to see her stitches up real close..that has helped me so much..thankyou...I always did single fold binding..but used my machine to stitch it ..from the front..n in the ditch...so much easier for me..but I sure like this tut..I shall try it..🙋🏼♀️🌻🐝
What a HELPFUL tutorial! The filming was top notch and made it easy to see each step. Thanks for your help!❤️😊
Thank you for a great video/......I love that you are a bit of a "rule" breaker!!! I'm right there with you!!!
Very helpful tip have had a couple of mishaps when making binding from fabric and you automatically think that you have to fold your binding in half and start sewing and the washi tape hint is very helpful thankyou!
Glad to see some people do still hand bind and how to do it properly and without being seen! The stitching tip on the mitered corners is great ... seems common sense after you see it, but you don't always realize everything at the beginning. Thank-you for your time and sharing your knowledge with us.
Wonderful tutorial, I've learned a lot. From making bias tape, single extra wide binding, corners, and the method to join the ends is the best I've ever seen! I'll be able to do this even on small quilt blocks, although I'm not sure how it will work for double fold binding. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Top marks for the camera work too, super helpful.
Thank you! Love the block and your shirt!
Love my Jolly jabber and love ALL BINDING!Thank you Carrie and Kimberly
I was a self taught quilter and had no idea what folded double binding was until I retired and started watching tons of quilting tutorials. I always did the single fold and would also fold and tack a layer of the batting over for baby quilts to make the edge softer. The other difference is I use a ladder stitch for the hand sewing as I don't like that only a few threads are holding it down. . I like this method so much better. If I am using bias binding I recomend a row of stiching just inside the final stitch line before the binding is added so the edge gets more sepport. I have restored several old quilts and the edges get tugged on alot and the stretching is hard on the piece work. Thank you for letting me know I wasn't doing anything wrong! Is this acceptable for quilt competitions?
Hello Bobbi! When entering a quilt in a competition , all judges have their own way of how they like binding. The best bet is to read the rules of the show you are entering. There is not right or wrong way to do anything in quilting. No Quilt Police!
Ok now this video is older but I just saw it for the first time and I can’t wait to try this method, it looks really nice 👍🏻
An excellent tutorial. Thank you.
Thank you for the clearest instructions I’ve seen on joining the binding ends.
This is Genius ! Thank you so much for sharing. I will now share it with all my friends.
Love your eyeglasses Kimberly!!!!
Nice to such beautiful hand work!
Excellent video!
Nice and neat. Thank You so much for sharing
Best binding video ever!! I've always loved the wide binding and now I know every single step to add it to my next quilt! Thank you so much Miss Nelson and FQS!! You ladies ROCK!! 💜
Wow, I loved this tutorial Carrie...so clear and closely focused for learning! I have never seen this done before and would love to try it. The tip for the seam allowance with tape is great, and how to put the needle down and roll up the mitre was amazing, as well as the end join. Definitely a tutorial for reference, thank you so much!
Neat technique! Frames the quilt beautifully! Thank you for such detailed instructions!
Thank you Carrie and Fat Quarter Shop for this video tutorial! Very nicely done and explained - especially for us 'visual learners' :)! Love the look it gives the quilt!
Great video tutorial! Thanks
Very good tutorial!
Great job you two. I enjoy all these tuts.but for some reason, this was particularly helpful.
Excellent demonstration of your wide binding technique. Came out looking very poofy and elegant. I’ll have to try this method on one of my new quilts. Thank you!
This is such and awesome tutorial; thank you Carrie for doing such a wonderful job of detailing the exact process so that our mitered corners will come out perfectly with a beautiful wide binding!
So helpful! I’ve always wanted to improve the appearance of my bindings and now I know how to do it! Thank you so much!
Awesome tutorial! Love the detailed explanation. Thanks! And I love the half square triangle quilt hanging behind y'all!
Thank you ladies! Carrie, you're a natural teacher and seem so at ease in front of the camera! Nice to see you in another spot in addition to the Moda blog! :) Super detailed and wonderful tutorial...i just love the wide binding. May I ask why you don't pre-iron the second fold for when you attach the binding to the back of the quilt? Seems like it would be a little less cumbersome.
i am curious about this as well. Though i did think that maybe it's about the finish?
I bought cute floral appliques for corners of my quilt. They really match the quilt fabric
Very nice job! Like the closeups!
Wonderful video! So interesting and educational and whoever was filming this was amazing. Thank you so much.
Excellent camerawork and editing!
I've watched so many videos on binding, still not brave enough to do it, but soon! But honestly, this video is making me feel more courageous...... you are a very good teacher, and your voice is so calm and easy to listen to. Yours is the most beautiful binding I've seen so far. I suppose the difference is doing it by hand, rather than machine binding. Also, many tutorials are always RUSHING, going so fast, it gets sloppy. I'm sort of handicapped by perfectionism.... ugh... so I think when I finish my first real quilt I will HAVE to bind it by hand. Thank you for making it look so easy! Do you personally have more videos about quilting? I would watch them all! Thx again!
I will try this method. Thanks for tutorial.
Very nice tutorial! Thanks!
Great video. I am looking forward to using a wide binding soon. Thanks.
Thank you so much for this video. I really learned so much and Carrie is a fantastic teacher! ~ Carol S.
Beautiful learned a lot.
I was taught that bias binding was used on shaped type pieces, circles, ovals, scalloped edges, etc., and that it was fine to use lengthwise cut strips for square & rectangle shapes. Or, if some stretch was needed for some reason, cross wise strips were used.
I will definately the method described in my next project.
Thank you for a great videio!
Thank you, love your tutorial
This seems to make more sense to me than double fold. Some very good tips, esp how to do the join. I can see how I could machine stitch it all, as I don't hand bind my quilts
Great tutorils and fantastic binding msm sooooooo superb👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
Nice and clear
Thank you so much for sharing this it was very interesting I also was curious about how to apply a bigger binding I love it!! 😍
awesome tutorial.Thank you!!!
GREAT tutorial. Thanks so much for sharing. Also love the quilt behind you. :-)
Awesome video! I've quilted for years it I picked up several great tips! New subscriber here!
I learned something new today. I never understood binding (still new) and having mitered corners. now I can finish my latest project right and with confidence.
Thank you, I am grateful for your help.
Have not even seen entire video but... Kimberly has on blue nail polish instead of her what I thought was her signature red! Threw me for a loop! But I like it 😀
Hehe! Thanks for your comment :)
Great instruction. Thank you.
I watched a lot of videos on binding and liked this one the most!! Question - why do you have to use BIAS binding for single fold binding?
Hello Kim! You do not need to use bias binding unless you are going around curves. If it is a straight binding, you do not need bias binding
What an awesome lesson! Thank you so much for sharing this!!! ❤
Beautiful ❤️
Thank you so much I love this more than narrow binding, though guess each one will fit if it is in the planning. Great class.
I love the way you do your binding blind stitches and I will try to do it the reversed way compared to the one I always did with the quilt on my lap and the binding facing me. Thank you.
Great information, I like the wider binding! Thank you.
not that it would matter in most of my quilts but I love the look and I am wondering what quilt judges would think?
Thank you so much! This helped me immensely with my project. Great tutorial.
So nice and perfect! Hope I can get it right.
Best ever tutorial for binding ever TfS well done 👍
This is an excellent tutorial. Trying this on my next quilt. Thanks so much.
Thank you for your posting ❤️
best tutorial, camera close on everything. love it. thanos
Thank you for the video. This is exactly the way I used to bind the edges of my patchwork projects in the distant past. Just back to making patchwork covers and hangings, after a long long time away from my sewing machine. Checked out a folding/double binding video, but that technique seems so clumsy and chunky. Double-binding also seems to give a home-made feel to the work; rather than the beautiful handcrafted look demonstrated in this excellent video.
Hi! I love the block you attached the block to. Is there a name for it? Thanks
Hello Victoria! The block is from the I Love Nine Patches Quilt Book: www.fatquartershop.com/i-love-nine-patches-quilt-book
So nice to know the quilt police won't come and get me for not using a bias seam on my bindings. Sometimes it's just quicker and easier to do the 1/4 inch seam. Great teaching style.
Love it! Awesome video and technique! Can’t wait to try this, it seams like the process is more relaxing than double fold binding. Thank you!
Thank You! I love it!
I love the videos with Carrie! What kind of batting did she use in the quilt on the table at the end? I love how it looks like a vintage quilt!
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thank you so much for this great video. It really made it easy to follow. I especially like the idea of putting the binding on the wooden spool. could you please tell me where I can purchase those spools. I some times make my binding ahead of time and this idea is great for storing the binding until I need it Thank you so much
They are vintage spools but if you go online to Etsy.com and search for vintage spool, you will find similar ones. Thanks for your question.
just use empty toilet paper rolls
Carrie,what kind of tape do you use on the bed of your sewing machine?
Hi Kathleen, Carrie uses washi tape which you can find here: www.fatquartershop.com/washi-tape
If you have like 3 yards of fabric can the strips be cut down the length or does it always have to be on the bias (diagonal)?
At 14:15, when she is marking the end of the binding she marked it at 1/2 inch seam allowance. But after she cut and was joining them to pin, she said 1/4 inch seam allowance. Am I misunderstanding what she means? Other than that, this was an amazing video!! Thank you Ladies!
Anonymous Amy: She marked the 1/2 inch line for her cutting line on the longest tail of the binding strip. One-half inch of extra fabric is needed because when joining the two cut ends together with a 1/4 inch seam allowance, the total fabric taken up in that seam allowance is 1/2 inch. Another way to put it is ... 1/4 inch on one raw edge, plus 1/4 inch on the other raw edge within the seam allowance equals a total of 1/2 inch of fabric used up by the seam allowance. Thus the reason for marking the cutting line 1/2 INCH BEYOND the raw edge of the shortest tail of the binding strip to allow for the 1/4 inch seam allowance being taken up on both raw edges of the biding tails. Think of it as the same principle as when cutting the pieces for a block pattern ... the pattern pieces are cut 1/2 inch larger than the desired finished size to allow for the 1/4 inch seam allowance being taken up on both sides of the pattern piece when joined to its neighbor.
Thanks for the tutorial. Any way to machine stitch the binding instead of hand sewing? The hand sewn method looks beautiful, but I can’t do much hand sewing any more. Thanks for the advice.
Hello Linda! Here's a link to our playlist about machine binding: th-cam.com/play/PLNTabBf7OG9JhVYlxw9CJTjfph5LPQ_GR.html
Wow I love the wider binding also! So when you say you use the seam for your border outline when you trim the rough edges, meaning you line up the binding on top of your work as you have here and cut off the extra selvage for a clean border? And assuming you run that great zigzag stitch along seam to keep your material (quilt batting) from bunching up, so maybe that is what you use for trimming excess border selvage? Sorry I have pieced a quilt by hand (from when my Grandmother taught me before she died) but I am anxious to complete a quilt from start to finish. Love your clear cut direction! (And I do have that same cutting board and rotary cutter, and love all that elbow room you have with that bright light : makes a big difference !!!) Thank You Kimberly and Carrie!!! Mary from TN 💗🌻💗
Lovely! I like the wide binding but is there any reason I couldn't do this with a straight grain cut binding? I admit I hate cutting bias binding strips..
It's also a case of it lays a bit flatter. But it also wears better.
With the single layer of fabric, it will be less rounded on the edge, a
harder fold. But for something that won't get washed a lot, and where
someone wants to use a stripe for a specific effect, is absolutely do a
straight cut.
Why would a bias cut wear better than straight of grain if both are being cut wide and single fold? I would also think double fold would wear better than single fold be it cut on bias or straight of grain. What is the rationale for single fold?
MGS I always use the straight cut and I’ve never had any issues. In my opinion the bus cut is a waste of time.
Is there a way of too stitch just the wide binding
Great tutorial! Carrie is an excellent teacher and I really enjoyed her technique. Love the look of the wide binding on the quilt. Is the quilt hanging in the back from one of the Moda cake mix recipes?
Yes that is correct, Cake Mix #1.
Loved this wide binding tutorial with Carrie Nelson. Is there a pattern for the block she put the binding on, in this video? Just love that block. I would love to be able to make it. Your videos are so helpful.
Hi Jean, the block is made with Cake Mix Recipe #1 for Layer Cake squares, but there is no pattern. It looks like she used the paper with various prints, then mixed up the half-square triangles from different prints to create this block.
Thank you for letting me know 😍 Love learning whatever you are teaching. We can always keep learning.❤️ I need to get the Cake Mix Recipe.
Very informative video! Thanks for sharing! Also, that quilt hanging in the background , do you all sell the pattern? Thanks again
Hi Carol! The quilt in the background does not have a pattern but features a block made from Cake Mix Recipe #: www.fatquartershop.com/cake-mix-recipe-1
@@FatQuarterShopTX thank you so much for the speedy response! I really appreciate it!