Wide binding on quilt

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!

229K views · 12K likes | Bethanne Nemesh | Freemotion Machine Quilting Teacher on Instagram: "Sometimes a wide quilt binding with a pop of color is just perfect! Try it… but first save this for later! This creates a quilt binding that appears 3/4” wide or so on the front. Be sure your freemotion quilting motifs or quilt border piecing is not going to be ruined with so much covered up, or, trim your quilt with excess batting around the edges. The faux piping color strips are 1 3/4” and the…

Do you have a go-to size to cut your binding? Have you ever tried a different size to see what effect you would get? I thought I would do a little experiment to show you different sizes and what they look like all sewn up!Here, I have four different sized strips: 2”, 2¼”, 2½” and 3”. I quilted up some sample swatches with a layer of 100% cotton batting in the middle. If you like to use thicker batting or thicker fabric like flannel or Minky, you may want to adjust the cut size to accommodate…

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

Do you have a go-to size to cut your binding? Have you ever tried a different size to see what effect you would get? I thought I would do a little experiment to show you different sizes and what they look like all sewn up!Here, I have four different sized strips: 2”, 2¼”, 2½” and 3”. I quilted up some sample swatches with a layer of 100% cotton batting in the middle. If you like to use thicker batting or thicker fabric like flannel or Minky, you may want to adjust the cut size to accommodate…

Do you have a go-to size to cut your binding? Have you ever tried a different size to see what effect you would get? I thought I would do a little experiment to show you different sizes and what they look like all sewn up!Here, I have four different sized strips: 2”, 2¼”, 2½” and 3”. I quilted up some sample swatches with a layer of 100% cotton batting in the middle. If you like to use thicker batting or thicker fabric like flannel or Minky, you may want to adjust the cut size to accommodate…

Beginner quilt tutorial on how to bind your quilt with single fold binding. Get your quilt done with these easy steps.

There are some things that you need to actually see in person to figure out - or have someone explain how it's done. Wide bindings - 1/2" or more that lay very flat. While I've seen many photographs of antique quilts with wide bindings, I'd only ever seen one in person, an Amish quilt from the Esprit collection in San Francisco. It was before I started making quilts and attaching bindings so unfortunately, I didn't pay it much attention. Books didn't help as it wasn't a popular technique and…

Ready to take your quilting skills to the next level? Then it’s time to learn about machine binding! Follow this comprehensive tutorial with step-by-step instructions and helpful tips on machine binding. You’ll be a pro at machine binding in no time.

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.