Category: Quilting

How to Make Facing Finishing Binding

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press and stich downAs promised, I’m posting about how to make facing binding for your quilts. I used the “triangle corners” method. This method reduces the bulk in the corners but is more complicated than using mitered corners.

CUT TWO (2) 6 1/2 INCH SQUARES

CUT SQUARES ONCE ON THE DIAGONAL cut square on diagonal

PRESS UNDER 1/4 INCH ALONG LONG SIDE OF TRIANGLEpress triangle one quarter inch

CUT 2-INCH STRIPS

You will need enough strips to fit around the edges of the quilt.

SEW THE STRIPS TOGETHER

sew strips together on diagonalYou will make diagonal seams as you would to make double-folded binding.

PRESS UNDER 1/4 INCH ALONG LONG SIDE OF STRIP press under one quarter inchCUT STRIP INTO FOUR (4) STRIPS

You will have one for each side.

PLACE TRIANGLES ON EACH CORNER

You will pin in place.

PLACE A STRIP TO THE LEFT SIDE AND THEN THE RIGHT SIDE OF EACH TRIANGLE

The strips need to be at least 1/4 inch inside the edge of the triangle. You are going to sew the triangle to the two strips. Pin in place.

DRAW A LINE WHERE THE TRIANGLE OVERLAPS THE STRIP mark the strips

REMOVE EACH STRIP AND CUT 1/4 INCH TO THE RIGHT OF THE DRAWN LINE trim the strips to one quarter inch beyond line

STITCH THE TRIANGLE TO EACH STRIP ALONG THE DIAGONAL stitch triangle to strip

REPEAT FOR EACH TRIANGLE

PIN FACING TO QUILT, RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER

STITCH AROUND THE EDGES — 1/4 INCH FROM THE EDGE stitch to quilt right sides together

TRIM THE EDGES TO REDUCE BULK trim quilt corners

TURN RIGHT SIDE OUT AND PRESSpretty smart corners

HAND STITCH THE FACING TO THE QUILT

The finished backside looks like this: Liberated Quilt backTo hang, you will need to add a sleeve.

Facing is beautiful,

Wanda

How to Stabilize your Quilts with Grosgrain Ribbon

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Grosgrain ribbon is the best way I have found to stabilize my quilts, particularly a wall quilt. It will hang like a painting. You can use twill tape, but you might find more uses for the ribbon. It is one-eighth inch wide.

SEVEN EASY STEPS:

(1) MEASURE EACH SIDE OF THE QUILT

(2) CUT THE RIBBON TO THOSE EXACT SIZES

You should have (4) pieces of ribbon at this point.

quilt binding facing measure

(3) FOLD THE RIBBON IN HALF AND INSERT PIN INTO RIBBON

(4) FOLD THE RIBBON IN QUARTERS AND INSERT PIN INTO RIBBON

You should have (3) pins now on each piece of ribbon.

(5) REPEAT ON THE QUILT AND PIN AT THE HALF MARK AND THE QUARTER MARKS

quilt binding facing pins

(6) LINE UP THE PINS ON THE RIBBON WITH THE PINS ON THE QUILT AND ATTACH

I created a “little quilt” to show how to do this:

Liberated Quilt binding facing pin on pin

(7) USING A TOP STITCH FOOT, STITCH AROUND THE QUILT

(you could also use a walking foot)

quilt binding facing stitch

quilt binding facing corner overlap

This method works for double-folded binding and for facing binding. The ribbon won’t show. I used facing binding for the quilt in the featured photo above. I’ll share a tutorial on facing in another post.

Feeling stable,

Wanda

I’m linking up with Late Night Quilter’s Tips and Tutorials Tuesday.

By the way, I learned this method from the book, Intuitive Color & Design, by Jean Wells.