Binding Shortcuts! Tips & Tricks to Get Finished Quickly!

Do you have a quilt that needs a binding ASAP?? Do you hate making binding? I have all my little shortcuts here to make the whole process go just a little faster!

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[CatherineDoucette]

Ooohhh I want to try this. Especially the join!

[pepersch]

I enjoy your videos so much! Your content is wonderful. You have great delivery. And I learn so much! Just think your great! Thank you for all the time you put into teaching and encouraging us with a smile!

[susanheckman]

Wow! after 20 plus years of quilting . . . I learned some great shortcuts!

[dianehuntley]

Come back soon! I love your tutorials 😊

[lindalosier]

Tearing fabric was a thing back when I was learning to sew. I'm going to give this a try. Thanks for sharing.

[sehryn]

I really enjoy your videos. Mostly I already pretty much experienced with what you are usually teaching, but seeing you do it can help me get over my ADHD procrastination hump. My stack of unfinished quilts love you 😍 So thank you 🙏 ❤😊

[chrisclark]

I haven’t tried the ripping method but definitely will. Thank you!

[chrystalhenthorne]

Wow, this is going to save some time. Thank you.

[ksharpe]

My local quilt shop still tears the fabric. She will not cut with scissors. And, I can tell you it makes a difference. I’ve even started tearing at home.

[marylecce]

Love how you explain the process. You are very thorough making it easier to understand. Thank you!

[KnitzyKitzy]

In order to get perfectly on grain fabric I may have been known to pull a thread with a pin all the way across, gentle press any creases out and then cut along the line left by the thread with scissors. I can be persnickety 😂 I also wash my fabric as soon as I get it due to allergies and sensitivities to the chemicals used to finish fabrics. How lucky you were your stripes were printed on grain. Sadly I have found often printed patterns are off grain. Your quilt is so lovely for Halloween/Samhain!

[michelleswistak]

Good info, back when I started sewing they always ripped the fabric when you bought it. Now with cutting, it gets wonky and too much waste.

[tracyjudd]

You are so clever!!
I love the way you present shortcuts!!! Praying over you and your family sweet girl💗💗💗

[nerdmom_quilts]

Thanks for the ripping tip. I have never tried it. Any idea how ripping works out on starched yardage?

[barbarajohnson]

Love ripping fabric!!!! The best way to get a straight edge!! I have been doing this for years... with a serpentine stitch for the front stitch down.... if you are a scrap quilt gal and trying to use up all the collected fabrics... this is a winner!!

[deborahmeares]

I love your tips about the binding I haven't ripped a binding in years I had forgotten all about it but it makes sense to get it nice and straight. But I've tried doing it without ironing it in half and I guess I just don't have the patience for it LOL to try to remember to fold and go a little bit and stop and go a little bit and stop and go a little bit I love your videos thanks for the other tips

[AzureCeleste]

I have struggled with combining binding ends for years and I’ve never found a tutorial that helped me understand what I was doing wrong. But this seems easy enough to follow. I think I might finally be able to make a nice binding on my next project.

[abigailthompson]

My first quilt top (50 years ago) was a quilt in a day log cabin. And we ripped the strips for it! I still use that quilt.

[tracyrichmond-pshyk]

This was awesome. I do my binding like you, in that I sew to the back and do not iron, but I have not joined the ends like this in the past, I will be sure to use this method in the future. I love the simplicity of it! Thank you so much for sharing.

[privateinfo]

This is a great video! I recently made a quilt out of men's dress shirts. I torn the fabric to make sure I was cutting with the grain.