AccuQuilt Live: All the Quilt Binding Tips!

Join AccuQuilt Cutting Expert Pam for a tutorial focused on helping you bind your quilts. This tutorial is filled with tips and tricks, and as always, a whole lot of inspiration!

[lindamusgravebever]

Definitely TA-DA! I have always struggled with the mitered corners. I consider myself a reasonably intelligent person, but mitered bindings are the bane of my existence! ....Not any more!! THANK YOU!

[jodieturner]

These are my favorite type of Accuquilt shows - using the dies/tools in actual quilts and showing techniques. Thank you!

[lavonnethompson]

Oh I use the 2 1/2 “ strip die! Of course!

[glendamorris]

Watching from Texas, Beautiful weather

[DianneaHickey-nl]

I watched this again last night. I need to rewatch the miter the corners. Very helpful thank you

[aprilmartin]

Watching in April 2022 Quilts are beautiful! Always like hearing about Binding,

[joans.]

OMG!! I love that tip for cutting the miter for the binding.

[gingerbarlow]

This is my favorite YouTube channel! You guys are the best!

[conqueringmountscrapmorewi]

After a fun filled day in my sewing room, I get to sit with my hand sewing and watch you. I hope you have a fabulous week ahead! Thank you for sharing this video!

[angelabenfield]

Oh my goodness! Mitered corners!!! Love!

[robinkinley]

I do a LOT of machine sewn bindings for customers. Here are my tips
1. Starch your binding throughly as you press the fold in the binding. It prevents stretch and ripples.
2. I use a slightly bigger seam than 1/4 “for the first stitching. Press as sewn, and press the binding away from the center of the quilt.
3. Press again so the binding wraps to the front. Glue the mitered corners with a dab of glue. Press with a dry iron to set the glue.
4. For perfect topstitching, use a left edge sewing foot. Viking, Pfaff and Brother offer them. Not Janome . It has a raised edge on the left that slots the binding edge in perfectly. I also use compensating feet on my heavy duty machine, 1/16th left compensating foot for high shank machines. Perfect topstitching.

[corinnebaker]

I love to see the tricks y'all come up with, that save so much time.

[sparkyal]

Great show! So much useful information, thank you.

[catherinemccurdy]

I hand bind in the evening while watching TV. I find hand sewing so relaxing. And in the end the time justifies the results.

[tsmith]

Bias binding explained at 18 minutes in. THANK YOU!!! I would never have figured out how to cut and fold that on my own 😅

[gingerbarlow]

Emily… I LOVE the hair! I don’t know if I just missed it before or it’s new but it’s great!

[virginiasmart]

Hello from tulsa, Oklahoma. Sun shine and beautiful today

[carold]

I sew my binding strip on to the back with my serger using a 4 thread overlock and just barely letting the blade trim off any threads. Very fast and easier than using the sewing machine! Gives a nice finished edge then I wrap it to the front and use my blind stitch walking foot to edge stitch it close to the edge.

[sandrahamilton]

I am watching from Harker Heights Texas

[ruthbanes]

Hi everyone, finally got a chance to watch the video tonight. Thank you for sharing your knowledge on binding, and your correct, binding scares me. Have done quite a few quilts. 9 done last year, and I never felt good about the binding and how it looked. And your right, if You have worked hard on your quilt you don’t wanna mess it up put the binding on. I now have more determination to make it right. When you sew the binding on, how far over do you sew? That’s where my biggest problem is sometimes I do not catch the front or the back to being on how I’m finishing the binding and then I have to go through and redo it. The video was fantastic so thank you again so much both of you for showing us that. Happy quilting hope your flight was awesome and you got your binding on thank you Ruth Banes