Quilt binding ideas

I'm so enjoying this quilting time and the learning of FMQ that is going with it. I am however going to cheat and share two of my favorite tutorials. My first is by Lori at the "In Box Jaunt" where I have learned so much about the different Free Motion Quilting finishes available . She is making this fun for me, when it used to be so stressful. It's like, no more fear of ruining my quilt and instead, what can I do next. It's all about the learning curve for me and the ones I have found here…

How to Make Wide Quilt Binding with Carrie of Lifting Limits Quilting. Learn how to not loose much around the edges and turn those corners!

This is a very quick and simple way to bind a quilt! Once you’re done…

Quilt bindings are the most magical, and sometime confusing part of quilt making, especially for a new quilter! I shared a tutorial a few years back, but have adapted and made a few changes as I’ve grown as a quilter, and thought it was enough to update the post. Any tips or suggestions you might […]

The first time I made a quilt I wasn't quite sure how to sew on the binding. I spent a lot of time making a quilt for my mom's 80th birthday, and I didn't want to mess it up by doing a poor job on the binding. Fortunately, I have a co-worker friend who is an avid quilter and gave me a super easy way to bind it.

This is not the first quilt binding tutorial that I’ve written, but this time I’m going to focus on how to make scrappy quilt binding. I get asked about this all the time! Darcy, how do you make your scrappy quilt bindings? This is how. This is how to make scrappy quilt binding. Before I go through the directions for how to make scrappy quilt binding, here are several previous quilts that have scrappy binding. This baby Carillon Quilt has several yellow fabrics in the binding. The Quiltville…

How to do Self Binding on a Quilt

From first stitch to joining the ends and the mitered corners in between, here's how to attach your binding to your quilt.

I like to think of finishing the raw edges of a quilt – to be a little like adding the ribbon to a package wrapped with pretty paper – or the frame on a painting. The project is still pretty – but finishing the raw edges make it complete. Finishing the edges of my quilt is an important part of the quilting process – and I have to confess – it may be my favorite part. There’s more than one way to finish the edges of our quilt. So … how do we choose? Read more ... #Quiltblox #QuiltBinding

by Donna Hussain An advantage of belonging to a quilt circle is that group members share their quilting skills. In the past year I have le...