Is there a faster way to sew the binding on the back of a quilt?
Question by bagosav: Is there a faster way to sew the binding on the back of a quilt?
I making this quilt for a friend of mine, and this is my first quilt I will have ever made. My aunt was helping me make the quilt as she made hers, and then she had to leave so I am on my own now. I am down to the very last thing sewing the binding on. I have sewed the binding on the front side already, and now I am folding it over to sew it on the back. I was just wondering if there is an easier way to the sew the binding to the back instead of hand stitching it all the way around. I saw this lady on tv making quilts and she says she never hand stitches the back she using her sewing machine. Is there someone that can explain this method to me, and is there any others methods out there besides this one. I can always just sew it by hand I just thought I would see if there were any other methids out there that would make it go by a little faster. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Answer by mywaypink
For it to look neat ,keep on doing what you are doing . Sorry no easy way out 
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In the past I have folded the hanger part in half lengthways, and laid the two raw long edges against the top edge of the quilt, and it gets attached when the binding is put on. Then I’ve slip-stitched the bottom edge of the hanger to the backing in several places. But that is the quickest way I can think of.
I have never hand stitched a binding on a quilt yet!! Way too much time and I want to get onto the next one. If it was a competition quilt ….I would consider it.
If you have stitched the binding onto the front use narrow strips( 1/4 inch) of heat and bond or wonder under , the light type. Iron it onto the seam allowance on the backside all the way around the quilt. Remove the paper. Bring the binding folded the same way if you where to hand sew, but bring it just past the stitching line of the first stitching row from when you sewed the binding to the top. Press this “temporary ” binding basting all the way around the quilt. Now you can stitch from the top either on the edge of the binding just a few fabric threads from the edge of the binding to secure or … depending on far you were able to bring the binding onto the back side you can “stitch in the ditch” around the quilt. Stitching in the ditch is having the stitch line right in the seam you created on the top between the binding and the quilt.
I use a bit longer stitch lenght 3.0 or 10 per inch. Use thread that matches the top where you are going to stitch and the bobbin should be the binding color.
The heat and bond light is the best trick to making this work …no pinning( except at corners) . I would not put a binding on with out it!
There is a faster way to attach the binding, but because you’ve already sewed the binding to the front side, you should just finish it that way. In the future, you can attach the binding completely by machine but you start by sewing it to the BACK of the quilt. You fold it to the front, then stitch 1/8″ from the edge of the binding to hold it in place. It doesn’t look quite as nice as the hand stitched finish because you’ll see the stitching line on the back, below the edge of the binding. This is why you start by sewing it to the back instead of the front – otherwise you’d have a stitching line visible on the front of the quilt.
I machine stitch bindings on, but I plan and prepare my binding for this in advance. It probably is faster for you to hand stitch the back than to try to come up with a workable method after the front already is stitched.
My method is to make a bind strip 2-1/2″ wide and several inches longer than the total quilt circumference. I fold this in half to be 1-1/4″ wide and press. Then I sew the raw edges of the binding to the quilt edge on the back by machine, using a 1/4″ seam allowance. Finally I fold the edge over to the front and sew along the folded edge roughly 1/2″ from the edge of the quilt. The seam I sewed from the back is concealed by the seam allowance.
Hand stitching probably looks better, but it takes longer and hurts my hands.
DEPENDING O THE MODEL OF YOUR MACHINE, YOU CAN PURCHASE A FOLDER TO FIT BINDING THRU.IT WILL SEW ON BOTH SIDES W/FOLDER. SAVES TIME AND LOOKS GREAT. A FLATLOCK MACHINE IS GREAT FOR BINDING.IF YOU DO ALOT OF QUILTS IT WOULD BE GOOD TIME SAVER. ALSO YOU CAN USE FABRIC GLUE, VERY EASY AND AFFORDABLE