How to Machine Bind Your Quilts - Fat Quarter Shop
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- Machine binding a quilt is a quicker technique that will add joy to your quilting process. This simple process is great for beginners who are looking for a way to attach binding to a quilt, as well as quilters looking for a way to bind their quilt in half the time. With a few pins and a little bit of patience, you will have a perfectly bound quilt.
BINDING FORMULA FOR MEASURING BINDING STRIPS (0:48)
Measure the perimeter of your quilt and add 15”, then divide by 40” and round up.
For this quilt: Perimeter is 80” + 15” = 95” ÷ 40” = 2.375 3 Binding Strips
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This is a good tutorial. I only wish they had showed what the finished binding looked like on the back side!
I know this is 6 years old but for any other new quilters who see this...for me this tutorial was a game changer! Not having to mess about with doing a diagonal seam on my binding took away all the frustration and just left the enjoyment of binding. I actually really like this part of quilting but the whole fitting together and sewing a diagonal seam was stressful. Maybe it's not a purist's way of doing binding but it's good enough for my purposes and I'm back to loving the binding part. I always hand sew the back because I like to stitch but using the machine on the front with this new (old) method makes it quite quick and easy. Thank you FQS!
It’s not a big deal having a straight seam. Why people make such a fuss is ridiculous.
After sewing on the binding from the front, I turn it over to the back and use Elmer's washable school glue to hold it. Dab a bit of glue to the quilt back, fold the binding over it, press into place which dries the glue. No pins required! Sew binding on from the front because if you glued it correctly into place, you will catch the binding in the back. Glue washes out in the first wash! easy peasy! Looks so nice!
It’s July 3,2023…I just finished my July 4th quilt that I started a year ago. Just in time. It’s in the wash! 🎆 I spent an hour looking for an easy binding tutorial. I’m glad I found this one! Thank you, Kimberly😊 Happy 4th of July from Las Vegas🎉 🇺🇸
Best binding video yet. Thank you you Kimberly and Fat quarter shop!💃💃
I have been machine binding for years, but I've never liked the way the binding looked on the back side. Sometimes the stitches ended up on the binding, but most of the time they didn't and it always looked sloppy. But after discovering this tutorial, I have to say this is the best method I have ever tried. And the back looks absolutely perfect. I wish I had discovered it sooner! Thank you!!
I just did this binding and it was so well explained. I’m a beginner also. Thank you so much
One of my favorite tutorials ever 😊
This method is FABULOUS! I will be doing this from now on. it looks so neat and even. I love it.
I checked a few tutorials before I found yours and yours was the one that made sense to me. Your tutorial helped me finish a beautiful project for my future daughter in law. The mitred corners rock! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
SO glad to hear that! Binding was a bear to conquer for us too, so we wanted to put out great, clear videos on all the different ways you can do it!
Machine binding scares the heck out of me... I'm going to try this method, but I'm still terrified!! Thank you for another wonderful tutorial! (I, too, wish you'd shown the finished stitching!) 💜
This is a great method! As a new quilter this makes me feel more confident that I can do this now rather than turning my quilt inside out and hand tying :) Thank you so much!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I did my binding this way and wow I was amazed at how beautiful it came out. It was the best binding id ever done. And my mitred corners just perfect. Can't thank you enough for showing us this video. Love your tutorials
I totally agree Tracy. This was an awesome tutelage and I was blown away by the results and how quickly it moved along.
I tried this method today and I was very pleased with the results. I may have to switch to doing all my quilts this way.
This is, by far, the clearest and easiest quilt binding tutorial. Very well done
Nice tutorial - thanks! I used Clover Wonder Clips (the red ones) rather than pins. They worked really well - flat side towards the back, clipped right at the folded edge of the binding.
Great tutorial - very clearly laid out and the results are nice. My only gripe is the number of pins on the back are deadly and hard to remove when at the machine. Not sure if there’s a fix for that but my lap hurts! 😅
I love your tutorials on video. Hmmm, how come you didn't flip the quilt and show us a close up of the finished machine stitched binding?
We apologize about that. We will do our best to get better details for you in the future. Thanks for watching!
Cathy Clark .
Please do it over
KJ, I can’t tell you how much thus tutorial has helped me. I’m a fairly new quilt maker and I have this saved ready to watch when I do a binding. Thank yo so much for your instructions!!!
Hi Valerie.
Hi Kimberly,
Your work is always so neat and precise, plus you always explain it so well.
Thank you,
Karen
I just did this technique and it cam out good only thing I did different is once I flipped the binding over and started stitching next to it I used a stitch in the ditch foot and just guided it right a long next to the binding and it came out good.
Thank you for showing clearly how to bind a quilt. Your instruction are excellent. Many thanks. Barbara Lamanuzzi
Hi Barbara.
Thank You! I struggle with machine binding and miter corners all the time but I think I finally learned how to do it.
Thank you for the tutorial! I am wondering about taking off the pins since they're underneath. I'm a beginner in quilting and sewing. Could I suggest that you show us how you do it in the future? I'm a visual person and it helps me when I see itThanks again for the tutorial! 😎
Once you finish each side, you can flip over the quilt to easily slide out your pins. We recommend you do this as you go, otherwise you will have a lot of sharp pins poking you. Thanks for your question.
Great tutorial, thanks Kimberley. Perhaps those little Clover clips might be better than pins, so you don't have to sew over any pins and perhaps break a sewing machine needle? Just a suggestion. Love the Fat Quarter Shop!
I LOVE this method!!! Saves me tons of time and is so neat looking.
Lovely tutorial - professional - well prepared and got straight to the point and no waiting around. Aside from that I am keen to try this method - it looks tricky but very neat if it is mastered properly.
Dayle Matthews I will have
Excellent tutorial. My binding came out perfect.
Thank you very much Kimberly! I did today and I could do it, I am very happy and I can't stop to smile.
Hugs and greetings from Ecuador :)
omg this just simplified my least favorite part of quilting by 1000 Thank you so much for this video!! :)
Thanks for the quick response and have a great day! 😎
You as well! Happy quilting.
Love the cute ornament quilting!!!
Great binding tutorial!
Hello Kimberley, thank you for this helpful and clear tutorial for machine binding. 😊
I have been searching around, this is very clear.
Thank you for this tutorial !
YES FINALLY I KNEW THERE WAS AN EASIER WAY!
Great tutorial! Very clear directions, thanks.
thank you for telling on which stitch length to use.
I would have liked to see what the thread or sew line looked like on the back. could you show that?
Hi Barb.
Thanks for the video. It explains so well how to do the binding.
I Love your tutorial but I wish you would have showed the finished quilt on the back side. Awesome tutorials though, thank you :)
Yes, that's what I was thinking
i guess it's pretty off topic but does anyone know of a good website to watch new movies online?
@Crew Axl i use FlixZone. You can find it on google :)
Do you remove your pins as you sew, or, do you remove them when you are all done sewing? If you don't remove them until the end, do you sew over them, or do you ease over them manually?
Thanks so much for sharing another great tutorial and for your help.
Linda
Hi Linda, Yes I remove pins about one to two stitches before I sew over them. I personally never sew over pins. If you do sew over the pins on this your stitches where your pin was will be longer and not look as good as your other stitches.
Kimberly Jolly Thanks so much for letting me know! I don't sew over pins either. Love your tutorials :-)
Do you sew and keep,the needle in? See how a beginner I am! Thanks a lot for your pieces of advice! 😎
Yes with this binding technique we actually keep the pins in place and sew right over them. Some people however don't like to do that for fear their machine needle will break but with this method, it's the only way.
Can you attach the binding to the back side and then fold over to the front of the quilt? That way it's just top stitching to the front?
spongebobtanu Yea you can do it however you like I just did a mini quilt and did it that way by accident but I liked it in the end
That’s how I do it.
This was really great! How do you trim your quilt so that there is 3/8 inch of batting left out? Thanks for sharing!
Hi Jennifer - simply line up your ruler with the edge of your quilt top, measure 3/8" and trim. This will leave you with the perfect amount of batting to fully stuff your binding. Thanks for the question, glad you enjoyed this tutorial!
Fat Quarter Shop would you please do a tutorial on the technique to leave 3/8 batting exposed beyond the quilt top? Thank you!
I love the hot air ballon spatters on your quilt. Can you tell how this was done. Thank you
Great tutorial.
Maybe I missed something....pin on the back from from inside towards outside of quilt?? Seems it will be cumbersome, when stitching on the front, to reach under your work to pull pins out as you progress around!?!!
thank you for sharing the machine binding technique!
Thank you this might be an old video but glad i got it very good video
I have used this binding technique on a small wall quilt and it is so easy and neat in appearance. What is the name of the quilt on the wall behind you in the video?
+Kathleen Clark That quilt is called Blossom and its from our Fat Quarter Style Book found here: www.fatquartershop.com/fat-quarter-style-book
I like this technique, and it was helpful to watch. But it appears she is sewing over pins (on the back side too boot). It would be nice to see how she might do it today with a refresher video.
At the end when you tucked in your tails, did it need to be stitched right were it was tucked in? Thank you. I will try this.
+Judith Blinkenberg Its really up to you. We didn't hand stitch it on this quilt.
Thankyou for this video
thanks for the complete quilt binding gude
Hi, how are you doing??
Your tutorial on how to bind a quilt was the best I've seen! I'm new to quilting but you made it easy even for me thank you so much, I will definitely be following you!
Need to see the back side before trying to see if it looks good....
Was that difficult to sew it from the front while the pins were pinned in the back? Do you just sew over the pins? TFS
If only Simplicity still made the bias tape maker! 😢 I don't understand why some other company hasn't taken up the challenge and made something similar. The prices the 'old' Simplicity machine is bringing secondhand on eBay are crazy but, then again, it signifies just how much people like the machine.
I want to see the other side. How would a decorative stitch look?
What does it look like on the back? Can you show how you are removing the pins? Have you tried using wonder pins instead of straight pins?
Hi June.
Lindíssimos seus trabalhos! !!
what type of markers do you use for marking or tracing your fabric Kimberly? great videos too btw, ty for sharing them!
We use Frixion pens for marking our fabrics. Thanks for your question!
do you have them in other colors besides black? I only see black on your web page
I’m wondering do you do this on a bigger quilt?
Love this tutorial. One question - what width is the batting you had beyond the fabric?
Hello Peggy! It's trimmed 3/8" outside the quilt top.
FYI, the quilt labels link is broken. Great video! Thanks.
Kimberly do you have a tutorial for the quilt behind you in this video? I love it and would like to see a tutorial for it. Thank you.
+angelheart1430 Thanks for your comment. We actually do not have any plans to film that particular block but will certainly keep it in mind for the future. That particular quilt is found in our Fat Quarter Style book and its called Blossom. www.fatquartershop.com/fat-quarter-style-book
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Thank you so much for this tutorial. Your instructions are so clear! A quick question- what weight thread did you use for the quilting on this quilt. It looks really nice, almost like it's saddle stitched!
Thanks!
Thank you very much!
Can you explain the dimensions for cutting the notches at the corners of the batting before applying the batting? I’ve never seen that done before.
Did you sew through the pins? Let's see the back too!
Is this necessary to make the strip’s length same for the quilt?
Hello Hajjar! We recommend cutting the strips at the same length to make sure there's enough fabric.
Can you show the other side how it looks.
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I've watched several videos teaching this method. Yours was very good. But the one thing they all have in common, is not showing the other side. The problem I have is that the stitching on the other side, is sometimes where it should be and sometimes an 1/8 - 1/4 inch away from the binding . Which doesnt look so hot on the front of the quilt. How do I correct this Problem?
I tend to put the binding on the back and bring over to the top so the stitching is good on the front, but then still have this issue on the back. Either way, I don't know what I'm doing wrong
Hi Pam - You aren't necessarily doing anything wrong, that is a very typical issue for this style of binding. I find that the more i pin and the slower I go, the better results I get. There will still be times when you don't catch the binding on the back. Just make sure you have trimmed your quilt sandwich right up to the edge, nice and straight so when your binding is pulled over, it stays nice and even. To get the best results possible, I prefer to bind by hand.
Превосходно! Большое спасибо, все очень понятно
Thank you so much for this video!
Thank you
I don't understand the first part where you said you trimmed 3/8th inch from the quilt top.
How did you do that if all three layers were already quilted together?
Abigail Bullard if you only want to trim the quilt top or bottom you will just fold the bottom underneath as far as you can out of the way and then trim what you want without cutting the rest.
When using a walking foot, co you leave the feed dogs up, like when you use a regular foot?
Yes, leave your feed dogs up 😊
It looked like you sew over the pins. Is that right?
Hello Jenny! We do not recommend sewing over your pins.
The concusses is unambitious. Could you do this video over and how us the back. What we are looking for is a neat invisible stitched binding that dosen't show on the front from stitching on the back.
which model of baby lock sewing machine do u use?
Thank you, What does the back side the binding look like?
Hey sd! Unfortunately we didn't get the back side of the binding, but we promise we'll get it next time!
I don't understand how. You trim your quilt before machine binding. Your video says three inches. From what starting point. How did you arrive at three inches?
Thanks
ENickel
Hi Marcia, We trimmed 3/8" away from our quilt top before we started. That leaves 3/8" free.
So my quilt is 63" x 88.5". I used your calculation to find I need 8 strips. How long are the strips?
40" or 42" long. Thanks!
Width of fabric
I don't understand how the green binding is stitched to the front if you are sewing onto the red fabric hence the use of red thread. Please explain? I'm baffled at this point.
Do you remove the pins as you go? Looks like you do but it’s not in the video.
Yes, we always recommend moving the pins before it reaches the needle.
i WANTED TO SEE THE BACK OF THE QUILT. WAS IT CROOKED?
where do you buy the 'quilter's cut and press" mats? i've never seen them in stores
I’m kind of surprised that using a 2.5” binding strip (folded to 1.25”) will cover the sewing the binding on with a 1/4” seam allowance plus an additional 3/8” batting extending away from the edge...I’ll have to try it. Maybe you use very thin batting???
I missed how you sewed the miter corners? I see that you go to the edge of the red fabric but did you stitch the miter corners?
Hello Lara! Here is a tutorial that may be more helpful to you ua-cam.com/video/yfIhzC9f6Oc/v-deo.html
Can you press polyester batting?
+Susan Ainsworth Smith Yes as long as it is not “fusible”
I tried the formula; however, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. My fat quarter was 22" and so I needed to double the number of strips.
Why do you use a walking foot compared to a regular foot?
When sewing through all the layers with fabric and batting it helps the machine move it along easier.
Do you have the pattren for the quilt on the back? what kind of fabric did you use?
The quilt hanging in the background is called, Blossom and you can find it in this book: www.fatquartershop.com/fat-quarter-style-book The fabric has sold out since the filming of this video but it was called, Features the Storybook Playtime collection by Whistler Studios for Windham Fabrics. You can probably find a 30's collection as a substitute. Thanks for watching!
thanks for your insights :)
Maybe I missed something but when you join the 2 binding pieces won’t it open being you didn’t sew the 2 together?
Hello! They are not pieced together, but one end is tucked into the other, and it is sewn tightly down on both sides. It will not come apart if sewn tightly.
Thankyou
How does the back look when it's finished???
Hi Michelle! Unfortunately we didn't get the back side of the binding, but we promise we'll get it next time!
Interesting!
Did she stitch in the ditch? She never said .. Also, at the beginning, I couldn't understand how much batting + backing was left. Did she say 3/8 of an inch?