(Tipmas) A Great Help -how to bind your quilt by machine.

Hi. If you’re anything like me, the beginning of December usually brings with it competing priorities and deadlines. I’ve put together a little mini-series within a series set of 3 posts, all designed to help you manufacture time. Yes - you’ll be able to get more done faster with some of these techniques - great ideas for any day of the year, but there’s no time like the present.

Today, I’ll be sharing with you my favorite (in the whole wide world) technique for binding. It’s easy, fast, and done…and it gives your quilt a huge WOW factor. Tomorrow, I have a shortcut method for making your quilt labels using your stash and your computer. There are many ways to make labels, and there isn’t a wrong way to do this. I just like to make technology work for me when I can. And on Sunday, I’ll be shaking Cheryl’s suggestion list up a bit by sharing my 5 Great Gifts for quilters this holiday season. (She has that on her list later this month; I just relax and enjoy the holidays more when the shopping is done).

So binding. The last step in the process. I was taught to stitch to the front, flip over and hand stitch closed on the back. To be very clear, this method wouldn’t be something that I would do on a competition quilt. For the other 98% of the quilts you make…this is perfect. And I love it with a baby or bed quilt because I feel it’s a superior method for standing up to wear and tear.

The quilt shown above is Recalculating, an easy to make table runner which is my gift to you when you sign up for my newsletter mailing list, Cornerstones. I used the gold band to frame the walking foot quilting I did on the runner. You can subscribe to my newsletter any time you like, and enjoy the pattern. It will be featured in a blog post later this month.

I used this same technique when I bound my Dream Big panel - paired with two shaded of Kona found in the panel, it’s perfect.