New tutorial on binding from Jenny!

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Originally Posted by NanaB

This is such a great tut. Don't you just LOVE Jenny?! I would like to add one hint to her tutorial. When you get to the end and are putting the two strips together, cut off a 3" piece from the end of the longer strip and use the 2 1/2" side (or whatever width you use for binding) as your 'ruler' for cutting the binding. I know this sounds convoluted, but it works every time. I used to actually cut off a piece to measure with, but now I just fold it back perpendicular to itself as a measure.

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This is what I do too. It's a great tip. You don't have to go running for a ruler and it's accurate.

This is exactly the way I do mine. I think she shows this on one of her tutes but with the binding tool. Got one of those but can never get it to work properly so I just stick to this method. Never have had a problem doing it this way and it always looks so neat and tidy.

I tried Jenny's method of joining the binding ends of a small quilt yesterday....OK, it is a little quilt for one of my two Chihuahuas... and it WORKED! For the first time, you cannot tell where the binding begins or ends.... I'm thrilled.... Until now, I have always dreaded joining the binding ends, because I knew it would be ugly.... The binding tool confuses me....

I simply used a piece of cut off binding to measure the 2.5in..... I don't know how this works, but am so glad it does!

this is the way I was taught to join. The binding tool makes it so complicated.

I don't do "complicated" very well.... So, I was so happy to see this tutorial! Jenny really is awesome... She is a natural teacher, and that's pretty rare.

Well now, I am a really happy camper. I will use my binding tool and my mini binding tool for friendship braids and keep it simple with this neat trick. I too had to read and reread, and think about it somemore etc. before I could bring myself to make the cuts and still ended up doing it wrong more than once with those binding tools. Loved that tutorial from start to finish.

Wow, lots of binding tool bashing going on here. I LOVE my binding tool! And it worked perfectly the first time. Of course, I watched Jenny's tutorial about a hundred times :)

This is the method that I was taught at a LQS store. I did buy one product that I love for making these, though. I have the Fons & Porter square binding tool - it has the angle, and is marked every 1/4" to help with joining ends.