Quick Easy Quilt Binding

Measure your quilt along its top and along one side. This week i ll show you an easy way to finish off any blanket or quilt with a binding tutorial.

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You can use a four thread overlock stitch with each of the four tension dials set to 4 medium tension.

Quick easy quilt binding. Using your serger and the previously stitched line as a guide finish the raw edge of your quilt binding. Quilt binding can be sewn to the quilt in several ways and one method uses continuous double fold strips of fabric which are long fabric strips folded in half. So easy in fact you can finish it in an afternoon if you want to.

This holds together the edges of the quilt top batting and quilt backing keeping them from fraying or coming apart in other ways. Add the two lengths together and multiply that figure by two. Last week i shared an easy beginners quilt topper with you.

We started off with the super easy and adorable cheater quilt made quilt binding and took a trip to the quilt market. You did a wonderful job of creating an easy to follow example. Today we have a quilt project brought to you by rae from made by rae for easy quilt binding.

This fall has been filled with quilt making projects and outings for us. Apply binding to a quilt in 6 easy steps. This will trim your quilt binding evenly and securely stitch all the fabric layers together in one easy step.

Make continuous crosswise grain quilt binding strips. Heirloom creations 3800 s western ave sioux. I would say that the process of making a quilt can be broken down to 4 stages.

Your beautifully bound quilt is lovely. With all the work you ve done so far i can pretty much guarantee that this will be cake. I thoroughly enjoy designing and piecing quilts.

When i was planning my quilts i searched and searched for a doable finish that i felt i could easily master. We re finally back in business with the last part in our 5 part quilting series how to make a quilt for beginners and we re going to finish off the series and your quilt with binding. Binding your quilt quilting for beginners part 5.

If you love sewing and quilting but don t love the cutting our pre cut quilt and table runner kits are made for you. After the quilt sandwich is complete narrow fabric sewn around the outer edges makes up its binding. This is how i create my bindings except for the ending which i will try and your instructions not to press the binding material prior to attaching it.

I love the way a print is transformed when you cut it down to size and continued. Add 20 or so to the total to determine how much binding you ll need to surround the quilt if you plan to use continuous strips and miter the corners. Rae is always sewing up new projects like the cutest baby tights the dapper dillingers and the prettiest.

It s comparable to putting together a giant colorful puzzle. Design piecing quilting and finally binding. Start and end the binding using a pocket method that requires no math.

Calculate quilt binding length.