I have given you a basic and very, very simple way of joining up the ends of your bindings...
Now I have a different way for you. It may seem very fiddly at first, but the results are wonderful... it is worth persevering because no-one will be able to find your join with this method!!! There should be a 'printer friendly version here
1. You will need to leave good long tails at both the start and the end of your binding strips, the longer the tails the easier the join will be....
2. I recommend 5"... 8" will be perfect... this means that you will start sewing your binding on 5" - 8" down from the start... and finish sewing 5" - 8" before the join end..... thus leaving the tails as in this picture.
3 Pin the start of the binding in place and mark the end with a pin, then lay the other end on top of that and cut it 2 1/2" from the pin... exactly 2 1/2", not even a mouse's whisker more or less!!!
IMPORTANT TO NOTE......
these measurements are for 2 1/2" wide binding only...
IF your binding is only 2 1/4" wide you will trim a 2 1/4" distance... if your binding is 3" you will trim 3"... OK??
4. You can just about see here that there is a 2 1/2" overlap with the start and the end of the binding strip
5... you don't see it there? how about this?
6. Now lay the end of the binding open and flat on the table, my ruler is only there to hold the fabric down for my photo....
7. fold up the quilt to allow you to place the beginning end ON TOP diagonally, just like making a mitre... in fact it is another mytre!!
8.. holding with pins, draw a line from corner to corner....
9. sew it along the marked line... this is a fiddle, just fold your quilt a little bit to allow you to do this. take out the pins....
10. try to see whether it has worked perfectly before you cut anything!!!, if you need to adjust it , unpick the seam and do it again perfectly!.. then trim away the excess triangle... just as when you were joining the binding strips
11.. lay it all flat against the quilt edge and sew with walking foot!!!
That's all there is to it!
Now I have a different way for you. It may seem very fiddly at first, but the results are wonderful... it is worth persevering because no-one will be able to find your join with this method!!! There should be a 'printer friendly version here
1. You will need to leave good long tails at both the start and the end of your binding strips, the longer the tails the easier the join will be....
2. I recommend 5"... 8" will be perfect... this means that you will start sewing your binding on 5" - 8" down from the start... and finish sewing 5" - 8" before the join end..... thus leaving the tails as in this picture.
3 Pin the start of the binding in place and mark the end with a pin, then lay the other end on top of that and cut it 2 1/2" from the pin... exactly 2 1/2", not even a mouse's whisker more or less!!!these measurements are for 2 1/2" wide binding only...
IF your binding is only 2 1/4" wide you will trim a 2 1/4" distance... if your binding is 3" you will trim 3"... OK??
4. You can just about see here that there is a 2 1/2" overlap with the start and the end of the binding strip
5... you don't see it there? how about this?
6. Now lay the end of the binding open and flat on the table, my ruler is only there to hold the fabric down for my photo....
7. fold up the quilt to allow you to place the beginning end ON TOP diagonally, just like making a mitre... in fact it is another mytre!!
8.. holding with pins, draw a line from corner to corner....
9. sew it along the marked line... this is a fiddle, just fold your quilt a little bit to allow you to do this. take out the pins....
10. try to see whether it has worked perfectly before you cut anything!!!, if you need to adjust it , unpick the seam and do it again perfectly!.. then trim away the excess triangle... just as when you were joining the binding strips
11.. lay it all flat against the quilt edge and sew with walking foot!!!
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