Continue stitching until 1/4″ before the quilt edge and stop, leaving the needle down. How to bind a quilt– corners! I straight join my binding – it’s quick and easy! Fold the strip over to the right creating a fold with a 45″ angle. Step 6: fold the corners in place and stitch the binding. Make sure to check out my full tutorial on how to use the Fons & Porter Binding tool to join binding edges, and you’ll be amazed at how easy it can be! 3. Since my next project for the Christmas Once a Month series has inside corners that can be a bit puzzling at first, I thought I would show you how easy it can be!. Then use this tutorial to help you join the ends together neatly (I could explain it all again but she’s done such a great job!! Take a look—your corner should look something like this: Now it’s onto the rest of the sewing and then hand sewing the binding on…you’re almost there! I use a really simple Janome 4623LE Plus. But your binding might make all that hard work go unnoticed! This method is hard to do while the quilt is in the machine. 3. All quilt patterns are available in my shop, so order your copy today! But your binding might make all that hard work go unnoticed! Learn how to bind your quilts at the corners of your quilts…the tricky part. Stitch the binding from the upper right corner down toward the lower right corner. Now for the final step: binding your quilt. I have an easy method for binding an inside (inverted) corner to share with you today. Shiplap is a modern twist on a favorite nautical image, and a quick quilt pattern to boot! You now have a mitered corner that will create a neat diagonal crease when you flip the other half of the binding toward the back of the quilt. 4. Many thanks, Pamela Hunt, Thanks so much for your question! Carefully top-stitching and smoothing the binding along the blanket can produce crisp corners on both sides of the blanket. Then fold the strip back along the next side of the quilt leaving a little triangle of fabric folded in the corner. Please let me know – lots of people are asking for it. (Some people use binding cut on the bias.) Sometimes I join scraps to create a long strip. Next I lifted the presser foot and pulled the quilt out just far enough, leaving just the bias binding in the foot. COVID19 UPDATE: International shipments will be delayed until further notice. I refer to them as the Official way and the Simple way. Lift the presser foot and rotate the quilt so that you can stitch to the outer corner of the quilt, stitching a 45* line. Make sure that your edges match and that your diagonal fold didn’t move at all. Thanks. I turn the quilt corner by 90 degrees and fold the bias binding around the corner as … (You can even do a little back and forth stitch if you want to.). For the official way, I start with my fabric all laid out. Beautiful straight stitch!!! is one of my most popular patterns—and who could blame that little bear cub?! I cut binding into 2″ or 2.5″ strips across the width of the fabric. Colour block quilt | Wit Konijn September 16th, 2013 . What machine hare you using. Binding can make or break your quilt. Holding the diagonal fold in place, fold the binding back down along the quilt edge. Built using Genesis Framework & Foodie Pro Theme. So, let’s make sure that your quilt is as good as it can be: here is a full-picture tutorial on how to get the perfect binding corner on every quilt! Don’t forget to leave plenty of space for joining your binding when you’re finished. Here’s where the fun begins: sew until you’re about 1/4″ from the corner…. ). Thanks for the suggestion! Insert one edge of the blanket right-side-up against the inside of the folded binding. Start sewing from the edge so you will catch the corner of that folded triangle with the next couple of stitches. When you get back to the start of your binding leave a gap of about 6″ and a tail of about 10″. Repeat these steps until you finish all the corners. You could have done it all right from start to finish: getting straight cuts, squaring up each block, snipping every thread, and pressing every seam perfectly. As mentioned above I like to use the backing fabric for the binding, it’s a bit of a cheat and the finish isn’t as clean as using proper binding, but at this point I usually just want to get it done quickly (in this case the baby was already two weeks old, so the gift was long overdue!