Binding Question

[Denis]

Patrice, this method, whether you sew on the back then flip to the front, or sew on the front and flip to the back, takes a lot of practice. Even after practice, I dont think it ever comes out perfect but in time, your bobbin thread will become straighter. You could try by making a practice quilt sandwich and use a larger strip for your binding ( if you use a 2 1/2" strip, try a 3" strip instead). Match your threads to whatever you use on top and bottom, say blue for your blue binding and beige for your backing. Try and fold/flip your binding as even all the way. You may need to use pins or clips to hold your binding down. Try measuring every few inches. With a larger binding strip, you won't catch your binding on the back but all the stitching will be on the backing. Make sense?

As I said, this does take practice and in time, you will be able to simply eyeball your width as you flip to the front.

There are gadgets out there to help you do this. They are a little expensive but they still take practice. One is the Martelli Zip Bind and/or Kwik bind systems. I bought it years ago but never tried it. It was something I thought I "just had to have".

And of course I have YouTube vids to share:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baqsTr-ECDM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDkr5oBTs9w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXemL_88vFY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PUZw-UNM5g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBfbSFbAr7Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcXEvxWXy7Q