"We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy, then sorrow, now sin, then a generous or brave action" - Ralph Waldo Emerson. If you have any questions, ask them in the comment section and I'll do my best to answer them! I like to leave an approximate 7 inch tail of quilt binding at the beginning, and then sew with a 1/4 inch seam allowance all around. And this photo above, shows what the back will look like. This method is new to me and I hope to try it soon ... :-) Pat, This is a great tutorial. And a way to save fabric too I'd think! Thanks for giving it a shot Rita, and for all the gorgeous pics, your quilts are amazing!! Dec 15, 2011 - Drum roll, please. I am delighted that it has been helpful to you all! Is it possible to make the facing more narrow?? I then pin basted the quilt top together with a layer of batting, but no backing fabric. Previous efforts on this technique have been a bit 'iffy' to say the least! wow, thank you so much, what a fantastic tutorial. As promised in my last post, here is a tutorial on how I like to face a quilt. Dig deep inside of yourself, find out what inspires you and ask "why?". Will the quilt hang as well with a narrower facing? I think the method you have used will definitely allow for more durability, but I still think a double fold binding will allow for more durability. The link to your tutorial is very timely. I will have to try this out. It was easy to understand and the pictures were very helpful. I've only made one quilt, but what fun!! I'd like to know what fabric line the large flower print is a part of? Preparing a Quilt for Binding by Machine. Then the quilting is done. (Despite the waves, your quilt looks lovely!). It does give a nice clean look doesn't it? You are a great teacher. this is a clever idea...and it turned out so great! I strongly believe in facing mini quilts so it doesn't detract from the design in a small quilt. Lay your quilt with binding open. I kept seeing these quilts finished this way, and couldn't for the life of me figure out how it was done. Thank you everyone for your kind comments! I have a large postage stamp quilt that was made by my great grandmother almost 70 years ago and it is not bound. Thank you so much!! If you quilt from opposite the hole, it works great. Flip the strips up and over to the side, as shown above. And thanks for the tips on hanging sleeves, too. This method of making a quilt without binding worked well for these relatively small quilts. Tutorials by Jenny Doan Sort by Make a "Christmas Cuddle Blanket" with Jenny Doan of Missouri Star ... 6,932 views - 10 minutes. Awesome! Thank you for this excellent tutorial. It turned out great! Thanks so much for sharing!! It has turned out marvelously - it's just phantastic and the tutorial is so well written, I didn't stumble once! I think this deserves a quick post of it's own. I am always trying to think of ways to not do binding. Also, make sure everything is squared up before and after quilting, and definitely before adding the binding or the facing. Then turned it through a small opening left. Warms my heart and lifts my spirits to know that I've been a small help in some way! Thanks again. :). [If using 2.5 inch binding, this will be 1.25 inches, for example]. Nicely done! With a bias edge you dont have as much rubbing on one thread on the edge. This is perfect for art quilts! Instead I recommend hand stitching a hanging sleeve on, (or corners if you prefer) after the facing is finished, positioning them about 1/4" to a 1/2" down from the top edge. Thank you for sharing this, it is especially helpful to see how you handled the corners. I seem to have some slippage, so I must not be putting in enough pins! Oops, lengthy post! Thank you so very much, you have made my day, my week and my Christmas acutally because the placemats are to become a Christmas present! I want my quilt to look that way too. They made it easy to hang on to the fabric while rolling and ironing. An excellent tutorial! Your quilts are beautiful. Congratulations!! I like the no-binding look very much, and the quilt in your post is beautiful. Create the Binding and Stitch it to the Quilt. This tutorial is excellent! Greetings from Germany. Above, is what the quilt looks like from the back. These quilts look wonderful Rita, great colours and I love the no binding finish. It's the only method I've ever used on quilts big and small. Trying to make sure I understand it. Steam press again to get everything nice and flat. This is the method that I use to make placemats. I will definitely give it a try! Bavarian....I also need to make a sleeve. Mitered Binding on 90° Corners and Quilts with Straight Edges: Mitered binding refers to the way the binding turns the corner on a quilt; the mitered fold mimics the mitered corner on a picture frame. Great job, as always. It's exactly what I want to do and I'll be doing it tomorrow! I never think of doing this, but it is great on your example and I'm sure it would be on many quilts. thanks! I thought it wise to start with a small project to trial this method of quilt making. Intriguing! (And Chris... being a visual person, I must, must, must have clear pictures to understand something... glad you found them useful as well!). maybe you could also try turning under the raw edge more then 1/4"... maybe try turning it in 1/2". With my tea mug in my hand I visited the internet and came (as so often before) to your blog and what did my eyes see? They look great! Thanks for sharing your tutorial, I will definitely be giving this a try in the future! Thank you for a wonderfully clear tutorial! I enjoy sharing my inspiration and creative process, however please do not copy my work. :). And you are very welcome! I can't wait to try this. Excellent tutorial! I've now made two quilts with your binding method, and both turned out great! May 2, 2010 at 3:13 PM Love the backing fabric! You could use blocks made in any quilting technique (a patchwork or applique block). Under no circumstances is my Work, including my artwork and other creations, my 'how-to' tutorials, and other shared information and images pertaining to my Work, to be copied, distributed or shared in any manner what-so-ever for any commercial use. Your method probably works for large quilts as well. What weight and type thread is used on your quilting? I hadn't done a facing in a while and was looking for something clear and succinct. Quilt binding is simply a folded strip of fabric that is used to conceal and bind the edges of your quilt to keep it from fraying.. I have had a small zigzag quilt finished for awhile now but didn't really want to add a binding and cover all those small pebbles up. I doubt I will ever go back to bias binding and mitered corners.Thanks a bunch.blessings, jill. A lot of quilters prefer to use methods that create mitered corners, and you can find loads of tutorials on how to do that with a goggle search. I am making five quilts for Christmas and one of them screams for this method, thanks for helping me over the hump. I"m going to make some baby quilts and give it a shot here soon. Great binding tutorial with lovely close up photos. Pinning this for the future. It worked great! This is how Mom used to do a binding. Find my "Stitching from the Soul" article, to learn more about my "Work Quilts" series. I am so thankful because I am so happy with the outcome. I'm a bit afraid of becoming addicted. I finished a twin sized quilt without binding by following a similar method, except that I hand quilted it to finish. Visit our site to check out the largest selection of precut quilting fabrics in the world! The facing strips along the top and the bottom of your quilt top are still visible on the front, and the side facing strips are turned and pressed neatly to the back. I just don't know how to finish the turning hole without having the thread be all obvious. I am so happy to hear that this tutorial has been, and continues to be, helpful! Thanks for the great tutorial. Thank You so much for this tutorial on the binding-less method of quilting! Brilliant. fun!! It wouldn't change anything to sandwich either rickrack or piping in there would it? One question I have is how did you keep your squiggly rows of quilting spaced so nicely and evenly? I have done small projects this way, such as placemats, coasters, etc. Montse and Chris, very happy that the tutorial has been helpful to you both. I used this for my latest quilt and love it. Your method is fabulous and simpler than any others that I have read. I've pinned it and plan to share it wi th my quilt guild friends! That will make the facing roll to the back side of the quilt better and does not show on the front. Do I cut the quilt ½" larger than the size I want it to be.This is a great tutorial! WOW! Today I asked my frienddship group what color I should bind my Dance of the Dragonflys with. I love to hand bind quilts as I find it relaxing but now I'm thinking it's time to try something new. Every once in a while I go back to this method because I really do like the way they look! Cut your binding strips. I have pinned it to share with my friends and for reference on the very next piece I do. I'm going to try this next, thank you! :o). It is a quick finish to simple projects! I love this technique. I plan to use this for most of my wall quilts. I will share what I know, though. This is brilliant - similar to how I do it, but I've never done the corners that way and I can see that they lay much nicer than mine! It turned out beautifully and I'm planning on using it in the future instead of the "pillow case" method which I had used previously. As you can see making your own binding is very easy and doesn’t take long! Great job, as always. Yesterday i was sewing a placemat when half way through I realized that it would not look good with my usual way of binding. I just tried it on my practice piece and it works perfectly! I hate making and sewing bindings on! Love all your beautiful quilts!!! I really like the way it looks. Fantastic tutorial! Thanks! I have already begun quilting and its too late for that. The majority of quilts are square or rectangular so the corners … I'm not certain I know anything new on the subject. Share what you have learned with others, and add your own unique stepping stone to this creative path that we share. What a great tutorial. Get these two PDF quilt patterns at a special price! I just followed your tutorial exactly and put a facing on a small wall hanging. I do something similar but my facing or reverse binding is only a half inch wide when sewn down. You may also share my free tutorials that I have posted on this blog, including the right to print out and distribute, provided that full credit is given to me and a link back to my blog is provided. I like the clean look the facing gives and highlights the quilting. I haven't read all of the numerous comments to see if anyone else has the same question. I suppose that because quilting seams are perpendicular to this side. a very good tutorial and i do like the nice finished look of it when finished.also LOVE the quilt in this post~!!!~:-)libbyQ. And best of all it is simple, straight forward and super-duper easy, I promise! Thank you for your help. Please note that when you leave a comment, your name may be visible to myself and others who visit this site and may be linked back to you, thus providing myself and others who visit this blog an ability to connect with you through profiles that you have set up and information that you have made public. I read all though it, realized it was exactly what I was looking for and dashed back to my sewing room to finish off the placemat with your way of binding. That way I can sew all four sides of the binding on with out stopping. I love this! Very happy to hear that this tutorial is still helping, thanks everyone for the comments! Your method does give it a very modern touch. Extend the stitched on facing out flat and sew a line of stitching close to the seam edge (on the facing). I will definitely try that next time, thanks for sharing! Just to give you some info the reason you use a bias tape to bind the quilt is because the edge of the quilt takes the most beating. To my brain, yes, you would want to cut your finished, (pre-faced) quilt 1/2" bigger then you want your finished size to be, as you will be folding your faced edges 1/4" to the backside. So I did something kinda like this last night on my quilt that I had already quilted. But sometimes when the quilt is big some of the sides are "wavy" and the whole quilt is not so flat after hanging. But this is so easy and does look lovely. From start to finish Mom shows you how to bind a quilt with no frills or tools. Thanks for all the pics. Your great-grand children will thank you in another 70 years! Just finished a quilt this way for my daughter. Once I had finished the foundation "in the ditch" quilting lines, I removed the basting pins, trimmed off any excess batting and then zig zagged around the edge of the quilt. Love this idea and the results. I love the look of quilting going right to the edge, and you've found a perfect way to finish it. I'm curious about the hold of the stitches and will have to give it a go! What a great tutorial! The above photo shows what the front of your quilt should now look like. Yours turned out beautifully! And Margaret, great idea! I received a third-place in a regional show on one, and the other was chosen to travel with the Hoffman challenge quilts this year. I am trying it today on an art quilt...I thank you for the clarity. If it were more narrow, (as on the backside of a traditionally bound quilt) then it can be a little more difficult to get a good clean turned edge, (that extra fabric helps you to fold things in more precisely). Love it! I love the look! I'm nearing the end of the epic hand-quilting of a 2m x 2m quilt that I've had in progress for, umm... years... and I still haven't found the right shade of dark blue organic cotton fabric to bind it. I'm a newbie to this type of binding, but the clear photos and hand holding you did helped me get the job done without incident. Do you have any suggestions about adding a hanging sleeve? So when I came home I looked at several untube videos about facing but knew I hit pay dirt when I came upon your wonderfully detailed directions. The thread used on the quilt in this tutorial, was a 12wt cotton thread, from Sulky. Look at my last one.http://3patchcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/07/quilted-wall-hanging.htmlI have the same problem with the bottom side. i am facing a mini quilt for a swap and this is perfect. Thanks for the tutorial. Jul 29, 2020 - Explore Patricia Rugg's board "Quilt binding", followed by 740 people on Pinterest. )Hi Pat, Thanks! Thank you so much for this tutorial!