thank you for this tutorial, Gayle. I have this foot so I'll have to give it a try! Also thanks for the tip on "lying" to my machine about what foot I'm using when stitching the front side. My Dal Zuzu was napping while I was watching this, but she heard Camilla squeaking her toy. She loves squeaky toys, too!
I know this video is rather old, but after seeing this video I purchased the #71 foot. I’ve been machine binding for quite some time and never came close to the results that I experienced after watching this video. It turned out beautifully! Thank you!
I'm a new quilter and just purchased a Bernina B770. I went to a class today and purchased the #71 foot. Can't wait to use it which will be very soon!!
I have watched this, and similar videos, and have tried binding with the #71 foot twice. It was a dismal failure twice. Don't know what I'm doing wrong. Guess i need to take an in-person class.
I watched this video last year and binded a quilt for one of my great grandsons with this technique. I really like it and wanted to say how much I appreciated it. I am fixing to to use this method again for my younger great grandson’s quilt I just finished with my Bernina Q20 with frame
Sorry didn’t finish sometimes hit wrong button. This technique great for kids and our doggie kids too❤️ much stronger. It always seems like my hand stitching on binding comes apart😏. Love you Gail and your doggie too! Thanks for your videos always enjoy watching you. Well better get stitching! Using my Bernina 880 . Did I mention I love everything Bernina? I have most of the the feet!!
I too would have liked to see the back of the binding. I guess perhaps we would be checking the back of ours as we see. I had seen this demo by Bernina and have ordered the foot. Thanks for the demo.
Give us some slack. This was an early video of ours as we tried to navigate learning to instruct through video during the pandemic. We are not perfect and try to make adjustments from your feedback in future videos.
Hi Gayle, this Anna Christine from Keizer, OR. Amazing work! I am so grateful that you took the time to make this video with the #71 pressure foot. I just finished binding a queen size quilt for my grandson with your method. Amazing! I have purchased several binding systems for non Bernina sewing machines (one cost $300.00) and never mastered the technique. Thank you. AC
Hi Gayle, from South Australia. I just happened to come across this great tutorial, when I googled Bernina Binding Foot and saw the tutorial about using the No 71 Foot - I sat and watched amazed!! I have hand sewn ALL the quilts I have ever made so far!! Quilting friends have said that they sew them on, but I have not been confident enough it would look good. I will have a practice, but I am definitely going to buy a No 71 foot on Monday from my local Bernina Shop. Thankyou, you are entertaining to watch (my little Toy Poodle, Bailey sits and watches me patiently as I sew....until he gets bored and then he'll go to sleep near my feet ... very cute)
Loved this tutorial. I would like to see the reverse side to see where the stitching landed. Guess I’ll check it out at my Bernina store in New Hampshire!
Thank you so much for your super tutorials. I came across your channel just a couple of weeks ago and am so thankful for all the Info you have given me. Pity I can‘t come to your store as I live in south Germany (very near to Steckborn Switzerland Bernina headquarters).
Many comments on what the reverse side of the binding will look like. There is no mystery (though I understand the question). It is going to be a straight stitch that falls on the binding given my view of the needle position and how close the edge of the binding on the front is to the original seam line. What shows up on the back is directly related to where the needle inserts relative to the seam line on the front. I've seen this method (with the foot noted) demonstrated before, and I think that it is a method I would use if I had the foot. (So many feet, so little time). I like sewing the seam down on the front (e.g. attaching to the back first), and I use my walking foot and a reverse ladder stitch. Many ways to suit one's preferences, skills, and equipment.
HI , I love your tutorials! You have such a wonderful Happy Personality. I have a Bernina 570QE and have been making baby blankets and now am quilting a queen size blanket for my Sister. I have been hand stitching the back side to finish the smaller quilts. After this lesson, I am going to buy a #71 foot. FYI, my mini schnauzer Elsa is always helping me sew by making me take walk breaks every hour. I also wanted to let you know I have atopic contact dermatitis that effects my fingers. I wear bandaides all the time. I must say not Unicorn ones. LOL
Ok so I tried this while it was raining this evening...it worked pretty good...it worked better when I relaxed and let it do what it was supposed to do... I’m pleased with the results but I will practice a bit more to make sure I’m doing it correctly!!! I see this being my method of binding in the near future!! I so love ALL of your tutorials!!! Keep them coming!
After viewing this I went through my collection of Bernina feet and found I didn't have the #71. So off to my nearest Bernina Dealer to get it (I live in ND-a long way from Chicago). Thank you for showing this tip!!!!
I also would love to see the back, my reason is that I can never get the back to look as good as the front when sewing from the front so I don’t sew both sides on the machine.
I love watching your videos! Thank you for speaking in terms a newbie can understand. Well, mostly, I have to go find out what "cut on the bias" is now. Do you have a video explaining such things?
Hi Gayle … love your videos, too! I am new to Bernina so your videos really help me learn more of what it can do! Can you share how the back of your quilt looked? Also any decorative stitches you use for binding? Thanks again!
I can’t share that as RUclips videos can’t be edited once uploaded. But it looks like it’s been topstitched about 1/16” away from the edge. Weallsew.com has a nice tutorial on using you decorative stitches for quilt binding. weallsew.com/decorative-stitch-binding/
I like the way Sew Shelly Quilts are: She uses 2" strips and it is much easier to sew down and also the way she measures the adjoining fabrics at the end are much easier and fool proof!
This video shows more detail, I think. The majority of it is the same, and both have their uses. If you have a plain border, using this one is great, as the 2-1/2" binding strip works well. If you have a pieced border, or no border, with points that come to 1/4" of the edge, the 2" works better. Both offer great information.
I wish I had a great resource like you near me! I have not jelled with any of the sewing places and am still working on that...but, I love your videos! You teach the way I learn and I do not get the feeling you are being forced to make videos! I know it sounds silly, but it comes across when the person making the video is doing it because it is a job. I feel like you could be a friend so it is easy to watch. I would love it if you could show us a stitch that would help us make binding with the little crocheted edge. I can purchase it and it is available in a lot of colors...but I would prefer to make my own. I've seen you make 'lace" with a serger so I know this is possible. I just want one row of a scalloped lace along the folded side of my binding. Making my own means I can use it to join granny squares for a unique quilt that is part crochet and part cotton fabric. I've seen those kinds of quilts out there and would love to make some.
Hi, now a year later. I did buy the 71 foot and did the binding on a small wall hanging with it. It didn't turn out very well. Oh my! I want to try again. What direction did you adjust the needle to? Right or left? BTW, I've been hand sewing the binding back all year.
I had to go back and figure out that you'd pressed the binding in half lengthwise, because there was a jump there between trimming the binding bias joins and starting to clip it to the quilt. May I respectfully suggest that you include this step if you make another video like this? Newbies like me need everything explained clearly!
We have tons of binding videos. This was an early video we did and have since boosted our quality of production content. Thanks for the suggestion. Please reference some newer videos of ours.
There is not a lot of space for doing a zigzag stitch allowed with this foot. It is not a straight stitch opening but smaller than 5mm. So proceed with extreme caution.
It is so funny that I was using this foot just like this before I viewed this video. I tried it because I found that I could get the binding look so much smoother and the mitered corners were easier too. Just be careful when telling your machine that it has a different foot to shift the needle over. One lapse of attention and you will have a broken needle and hopefully nothing worse.
Hi Gail! I am a new B790SE owner. I love your video tutorials! Now I have a question. I was comparing foot 71 to 95. Your choice of the 71 looks great! Do you think quilters should only need the 71?
No. The #71 is a nice way to attach a binding by machine but we also like the #10D edge stitch foot. This offers a dual feed option which can assist with thicker binding. I’m addition there is also the removable walking foot #50 with the central guide. The #95 and #95C feet are for use with a binding attachment. The binding attachment #87 is for use with pre-folded bias and the #88 attachment takes you cut bias strips and folds it and sews to the item all at the same time.
That video is several Years old. Our Camilla, love of Gayle’s life, passed away at 3 years old from a heart attack. We miss her everyday. Squeeze Harriet for us we are sure she’s adorable!!!
Pretty ok tutorial, thanks, I wish you could have shown close up as to how the fabric is position in the foot; also, you mentioned adjustment to the needle position perhaps you could be a little bit more clearer on some of your instructions. I also wish you had shown the other side of quilt to see where the stitches landed. Thank you for your efforts.
Does this method stitch in the ditch on the backside or beside the binding? Can't think of another reason you could put the binding on backwards because the Bernina machine wouldn't know the front nor back of the quilt.
Hello - when you are turning the corners (either folding the material back on itself on the back on the back or completing the mitre on the the front) do you start sewing from a depth of the seam allowance or do you start back at the edge?
Sometimes on all. I aim for it looking good on the front. I recommend you try it yourself to see, and then you can adjust your a) seam allowance, b) binding cutting to get a result you like.
Thank you for this video. Is this as easy as it looks? I use clips to hold my binding in place. Your binding appears to be folding into the right place as you go. Also, could you use this foot as a ¼" foot?
@@joannekelly3510 please use a bernina 1/4” foot. I do not recommend the #71 foot for 1/4” seams. Choose a 1/4” foot for tour machine with the help of this video ruclips.net/video/IbqqeMGV-nc/видео.html
I noticed that you advise 2.5" binding strips for the 71 foot, while I've seen another tutorial where that person advised using 2" or 2 1/8" strips. Where does the bobbin stitching end up on the other side of your quilt, please?
I Use 2 1/2" binding strips and the stitching ends up being top stitching on the back as same as on the front. But you have to pay with it depending on batting thickness.
How did you know where to stop when you came up to the corners when initially attaching the binding? Did you stop a quarter inch before the corner? If so, how did you know it was a quarter inch? It’s hard to tell with the #71 foot.
Hi Sherry, I eye-ball it. But I stop a bit more before the 1/4”. My method differs from some other tutorials because I like to do a wider binding on my quilts. So I suppose I would recommend stopping at 3/8”
It depends on you fabric and where you line the fold edge of your binding. I usually line the folded edge to the right of the inside of the foot needle opening. There is only wiggle room for one click right or left. You literally have to try what works for you.
Thank you. Much simpler to bind this way. I still have trouble, though, joining by ends. Can you do a quick video with more closeups on joining the ends. Thanks much!
You would need to do this anyway if you havent done binding his way: Those who wanted to see the back of the quilt just sew a very small sandwich together with some nutty free motion, or straight lines...and then replicate what she did with the binding.
Unfortunately no. But I would recommend using the dual feed foot (DA) and sewing to the back, then bringing around to the front using the same foot with the needle position adjusted.
@@BERNINAofNaperville that’s exactly what I do now. Lol! I was just trying to explore new ways to make it a little easier with guiding the sewing. I have a tendency to move it out too far to the left. I know that it’s because I’m still learning. I just have a hard time holding the material in place for large pieces of quilting. I used to have a foot on another machine that had a guide that I could anchor on as I sewed. I have that foot for the b38 but that machine is way too small to feed a large quilted blanket.
Yes! The #71 works on all new BERNINA sewing machine models from the activa/virtuoso/artista/aurora era until now. There is even a version for the older 830, 930, 1000 series legacy machines.
Some like a binding that is a bit wider, so 2-1/2" strips work better. If you have points that come to 1/4" from the edge, you need to use the 2" strip or you will lose your point. I'd still recommend watching this video, then the other. I think this one offers a bit more information. The other will show you where to place your foot for a 2" strip (just inside the right portion of the toe, instead of all the way to the outside edge of the right portion of the toe.
I would like to have seen the back of the quilt to see the results of sewing it on with that foot.
We will keep this in mind for our future binding tutorials
YES!!! Why didn’t you show the finished sack side!!!!
The problem is getting the stitching to look nice on BOTH sides, so absolutely should have shown both sides of the binding.
This was extraordinarily helpful! As a new quilter, I was really dreading the binding. You have taken so much anxiety away for me. Thank you so much!
another fantastic and informative video. Thanks, Gayle for being so human and inspiring me to try new things
I just bought a bernina and I love watching your videos. You’re great. And I’ve been sewing for 54 year’s and I still learn new things from you.
thank you for this tutorial, Gayle. I have this foot so I'll have to give it a try! Also thanks for the tip on "lying" to my machine about what foot I'm using when stitching the front side. My Dal Zuzu was napping while I was watching this, but she heard Camilla squeaking her toy. She loves squeaky toys, too!
I love your teaching. Please dont stop. My shop is not the best at teaching. I have learned so much.
I know this video is rather old, but after seeing this video I purchased the #71 foot. I’ve been machine binding for quite some time and never came close to the results that I experienced after watching this video. It turned out beautifully! Thank you!
I'm a new quilter and just purchased a Bernina B770. I went to a class today and purchased the #71 foot. Can't wait to use it which will be very soon!!
I have watched this, and similar videos, and have tried binding with the #71 foot twice. It was a dismal failure twice. Don't know what I'm doing wrong. Guess i need to take an in-person class.
How did it work?
I watched this video last year and binded a quilt for one of my great grandsons with this technique. I really like it and wanted to say how much I appreciated it. I am fixing to to use this method again for my younger great grandson’s quilt I just finished with my Bernina Q20 with frame
Sorry didn’t finish sometimes hit wrong button. This technique great for kids and our doggie kids too❤️ much stronger. It always seems like my hand stitching on binding comes apart😏. Love you Gail and your doggie too! Thanks for your videos always enjoy watching you. Well better get stitching! Using my Bernina 880 . Did I mention I love everything Bernina? I have most of the the feet!!
Love your entertaining but informative tutorials. I don't understand how this binding looks so good without using the walking foot! :}
It’s because it has already been quilted and doesn’t really need dual feeding anymore.
@@BERNINAofNaperville Thank you!
I too would have liked to see the back of the binding. I guess perhaps we would be checking the back of ours as we see. I had seen this demo by Bernina and have ordered the foot. Thanks for the demo.
Give us some slack. This was an early video of ours as we tried to navigate learning to instruct through video during the pandemic. We are not perfect and try to make adjustments from your feedback in future videos.
Love this use of the #71 Foot and the hint about using it on the 880 and tricking the system!
I had to trick my 790Plus too.
I always enjoy your videos and have learned so much! It’s a glorious day in PA as well. Thank you!
Hi Gayle, this Anna Christine from Keizer, OR. Amazing work! I am so grateful that you took the time to make this video with the #71 pressure foot. I just finished binding a queen size quilt for my grandson with your method. Amazing! I have purchased several binding systems for non Bernina sewing machines (one cost $300.00) and never mastered the technique. Thank you. AC
Nice tutorial. ❤️ Ms Camilla. Met her while visiting.
Hi Barb, remind me what you smell like? When did you visit? ~Camilla Barker Bowles
Just bought the 81 foot and it is going to be a game changer for me with binding. Thanks for your awesome videos.
Hi Gayle, from South Australia. I just happened to come across this great tutorial, when I googled Bernina Binding Foot and saw the tutorial about using the No 71 Foot - I sat and watched amazed!! I have hand sewn ALL the quilts I have ever made so far!! Quilting friends have said that they sew them on, but I have not been confident enough it would look good. I will have a practice, but I am definitely going to buy a No 71 foot on Monday from my local Bernina Shop. Thankyou, you are entertaining to watch (my little Toy Poodle, Bailey sits and watches me patiently as I sew....until he gets bored and then he'll go to sleep near my feet ... very cute)
Loved this tutorial. I would like to see the reverse side to see where the stitching landed. Guess I’ll check it out at my Bernina store in New Hampshire!
It lands on the binding material, right on the edge like the front.
@@BERNINAofNaperville bernina of naperville
I had areas where it was almost in the middle of the back of the binding. I’m wondering if using a 2 1/4 binding would be better?
The neatest binding I’ve ever done! Thank you for this tip!
Thank you so much for your super tutorials. I came across your channel just a couple of weeks ago and am so thankful for all the Info you have given me. Pity I can‘t come to your store as I live in south Germany (very near to
Steckborn Switzerland Bernina headquarters).
I have visited that part of the world many times and love it! ~Gayle
Love Love Love this method with the #71 foot! Thank you Gayle!!!!
Loving your videos from Elizabethton, TN...Just starting to quilt. So much to learn.
Many comments on what the reverse side of the binding will look like. There is no mystery (though I understand the question). It is going to be a straight stitch that falls on the binding given my view of the needle position and how close the edge of the binding on the front is to the original seam line. What shows up on the back is directly related to where the needle inserts relative to the seam line on the front. I've seen this method (with the foot noted) demonstrated before, and I think that it is a method I would use if I had the foot. (So many feet, so little time). I like sewing the seam down on the front (e.g. attaching to the back first), and I use my walking foot and a reverse ladder stitch. Many ways to suit one's preferences, skills, and equipment.
I just got this foot, thanks for showing us how to use this foot, though i am watching it months later....
HI , I love your tutorials! You have such a wonderful Happy Personality. I have a Bernina 570QE and have been making baby blankets and now am quilting a queen size blanket for my Sister. I have been hand stitching the back side to finish the smaller quilts. After this lesson, I am going to buy a #71 foot. FYI, my mini schnauzer Elsa is always helping me sew by making me take walk breaks every hour. I also wanted to let you know I have atopic contact dermatitis that effects my fingers. I wear bandaides all the time. I must say not Unicorn ones. LOL
Thank you for this tutorial. It was super helpful. I love all of your tutorials. Thank You! 🥰
Very nicely done! Thank you for the demo, I will be giving it a try soon.
I bought this foot but haven’t used it yet. Thanks for the Tut!
Pressing the binding over and using some clips would also be a great idea. I have this foot but have never used it. Thank you for the tutorial.
Ok so I tried this while it was raining this evening...it worked pretty good...it worked better when I relaxed and let it do what it was supposed to do... I’m pleased with the results but I will practice a bit more to make sure I’m doing it correctly!!! I see this being my method of binding in the near future!! I so love ALL of your tutorials!!! Keep them coming!
Really super video! Thank you. Can’t wait to get my 71 foot!
Just wanted to let you know that I used this foot to put a binding on and loved the result. Thanks again. Straight stitch, not zigzag
Great binding!!!!!!!!!!
I would love to see a closeup of the back after it was done.
After viewing this I went through my collection of Bernina feet and found I didn't have the #71. So off to my nearest Bernina Dealer to get it (I live in ND-a long way from Chicago). Thank you for showing this tip!!!!
Well we can send it to you! www.berninaofnaperville.com/products/71-lap-seam-8mm?_pos=1&_sid=0c053d219&_ss=r
Third times the charm Gayle,
Excellent video!! Thank you!
I, too, can’t wait to use 71 ! If this works..🎉
Thank you for this video, I like it so much!!!
I also would love to see the back, my reason is that I can never get the back to look as good as the front when sewing from the front so I don’t sew both sides on the machine.
Thanks for the great video. It answered my questions.
Love your videos!
I always sew on my binding both sides. I can see that this specialty foot would be handy in getting an even stitching result.
I love watching your videos! Thank you for speaking in terms a newbie can understand. Well, mostly, I have to go find out what "cut on the bias" is now. Do you have a video explaining such things?
Hi Gayle … love your videos, too! I am new to Bernina so your videos really help me learn more of what it can do! Can you share how the back of your quilt looked? Also any decorative stitches you use for binding? Thanks again!
I can’t share that as RUclips videos can’t be edited once uploaded. But it looks like it’s been topstitched about 1/16” away from the edge. Weallsew.com has a nice tutorial on using you decorative stitches for quilt binding. weallsew.com/decorative-stitch-binding/
@@BERNINAofNaperville Ok thank you!!
I like the way Sew Shelly Quilts are: She uses 2" strips and it is much easier to sew down and also the way she measures the adjoining fabrics at the end are much easier and fool proof!
Thank you for your comment. That’s the great thing about sewing, there are so many different techniques.
This video shows more detail, I think. The majority of it is the same, and both have their uses. If you have a plain border, using this one is great, as the 2-1/2" binding strip works well. If you have a pieced border, or no border, with points that come to 1/4" of the edge, the 2" works better. Both offer great information.
I can’t wait to use my 71 foot.
Love this method. I have always hand sewn my bindings. I would like to save this video but don’t know how. I will RUclips that too.
Excellent instruction! Thank you!
Thank you, I’m going to try #71 for my armholes on a sleeveless dress before I do the side seams❤️😊
I wish I had a great resource like you near me! I have not jelled with any of the sewing places and am still working on that...but, I love your videos! You teach the way I learn and I do not get the feeling you are being forced to make videos! I know it sounds silly, but it comes across when the person making the video is doing it because it is a job. I feel like you could be a friend so it is easy to watch. I would love it if you could show us a stitch that would help us make binding with the little crocheted edge. I can purchase it and it is available in a lot of colors...but I would prefer to make my own. I've seen you make 'lace" with a serger so I know this is possible. I just want one row of a scalloped lace along the folded side of my binding. Making my own means I can use it to join granny squares for a unique quilt that is part crochet and part cotton fabric. I've seen those kinds of quilts out there and would love to make some.
love your videos
Such a great tutorial! Thank you soooo much!!!!!
Tremendous! Thank you :)
Thank you for sharing.
Hi, now a year later. I did buy the 71 foot and did the binding on a small wall hanging with it. It didn't turn out very well. Oh my! I want to try again. What direction did you adjust the needle to? Right or left? BTW, I've been hand sewing the binding back all year.
Thank you for showing how to do the corners. So many videos showing how to stitch on binding by machine just show the straight of way.
I had to go back and figure out that you'd pressed the binding in half lengthwise, because there was a jump there between trimming the binding bias joins and starting to clip it to the quilt. May I respectfully suggest that you include this step if you make another video like this? Newbies like me need everything explained clearly!
We have tons of binding videos. This was an early video we did and have since boosted our quality of production content. Thanks for the suggestion. Please reference some newer videos of ours.
Love it !!
Thank you. I need to get this machine foot for binding.
Great tutorial. Thanks for demoing this foot. Can a zigzag stitch be used?
There is not a lot of space for doing a zigzag stitch allowed with this foot. It is not a straight stitch opening but smaller than 5mm. So proceed with extreme caution.
Did you move the needle to the right or to the left?
It is so funny that I was using this foot just like this before I viewed this video. I tried it because I found that I could get the binding look so much smoother and the mitered corners were easier too. Just be careful when telling your machine that it has a different foot to shift the needle over. One lapse of attention and you will have a broken needle and hopefully nothing worse.
I stressed this in the video.
@@BERNINAofNaperville I know; I was just reaffirming this for others that may have overlooked when you mentioned it.
Hi Gail! I am a new B790SE owner. I love your video tutorials! Now I have a question. I was comparing foot 71 to 95. Your choice of the 71 looks great! Do you think quilters should only need the 71?
No. The #71 is a nice way to attach a binding by machine but we also like the #10D edge stitch foot. This offers a dual feed option which can assist with thicker binding. I’m addition there is also the removable walking foot #50 with the central guide. The #95 and #95C feet are for use with a binding attachment. The binding attachment #87 is for use with pre-folded bias and the #88 attachment takes you cut bias strips and folds it and sews to the item all at the same time.
Love the tutorial and Camilla. We have an EB named Harriet. She's a year old.
That video is several
Years old. Our Camilla, love of Gayle’s life, passed away at 3 years old from a heart attack. We miss her everyday. Squeeze Harriet for us we are sure she’s adorable!!!
😢 awe. I’m so sorry. I’m hugging my little sweet potato, Harriet for you all. 🥰🫂
Boy that's slick
Good tutorial. I usually miter cut the beginning of my binding so I don't have to do it after it's all sewn down.
Great. Video
Thanks
Pretty ok tutorial, thanks, I wish you could have shown close up as to how the fabric is position in the foot; also, you mentioned adjustment to the needle position perhaps you could be a little bit more clearer on some of your instructions. I also wish you had shown the other side of quilt to see where the stitches landed. Thank you for your efforts.
Thanks for your feedback. We will not be reshooting this video but there are many others on this technique.
Sew Shelly Quilts has a good tutorial too.
Thank you,
Does this method stitch in the ditch on the backside or beside the binding? Can't think of another reason you could put the binding on backwards because the Bernina machine wouldn't know the front nor back of the quilt.
It’s kanda off center depending on how you like it up
Hello - when you are turning the corners (either folding the material back on itself on the back on the back or completing the mitre on the the front) do you start sewing from a depth of the seam allowance or do you start back at the edge?
I start at the very edge
Does the top stitching (on the front) end up on the back a) in the ditch, or b) on the quilt backing, or c) on the back binding?
Sometimes on all. I aim for it looking good on the front. I recommend you try it yourself to see, and then you can adjust your a) seam allowance, b) binding cutting to get a result you like.
Terrific video! Would you recommend this foot for a 570 qe?
Yes, this foot works on all bernina machines from about 1995 on. Except for the 1008 (there is a special version for that and older models)
Thank you for this video.
Is this as easy as it looks? I use clips to hold my binding in place. Your binding appears to be folding into the right place as you go. Also, could you use this foot as a ¼" foot?
This foot is not a 1/4” to the side of the foot. So I would recommend one of the BERNINA feet for sewing a quarter inch seam.
Thank you for your reply. Would there be enough space to re-position the needle from the edge to make a ¼" seam?
@@joannekelly3510 please use a bernina 1/4” foot. I do not recommend the #71 foot for 1/4” seams. Choose a 1/4” foot for tour machine with the help of this video ruclips.net/video/IbqqeMGV-nc/видео.html
Would this work the same if you stitched the binding to the front and turned to the back?
@@debsamuel5228 it’s prettier on the front. Doesn’t always catch on the back exactly
I noticed that you advise 2.5" binding strips for the 71 foot, while I've seen another tutorial where that person advised using 2" or 2 1/8" strips. Where does the bobbin stitching end up on the other side of your quilt, please?
I Use 2 1/2" binding strips and the stitching ends up being top stitching on the back as same as on the front. But you have to pay with it depending on batting thickness.
My dog heard your dog’s squeaky toy and went to get her squeaky toy.😂
How did you know where to stop when you came up to the corners when initially attaching the binding? Did you stop a quarter inch before the corner? If so, how did you know it was a quarter inch? It’s hard to tell with the #71 foot.
Hi Sherry, I eye-ball it. But I stop a bit more before the 1/4”. My method differs from some other tutorials because I like to do a wider binding on my quilts. So I suppose I would recommend stopping at 3/8”
@@BERNINAofNaperville Thank you!
I bought a 570QE and it isn’t what I thought it would be. It hates to go over seams.
Please be sure to visit your BERNINA Dealer for classes and service. We do not have this issue and we have many customers with the B 570
Me too.
I was hoping you would show the reverse side after all the stitching to see how it lined up.
We have many other binding techniques when we show the other side. But FYI, it looks just like the front.
Side seam folder, used your machine, and get a two needle stitch.
So, how many ”clicks” over, and which direction, did you move the needle?
It depends on you fabric and where you line the fold edge of your binding. I usually line the folded edge to the right of the inside of the foot needle opening. There is only wiggle room for one click right or left. You literally have to try what works for you.
Does it have to be 2-1/2?…I usually do my bindings 2-1/4
It depends on where you decide to line up the seam allowance when you’re sewing it on. I do 3/8” rather than 1/4”
Thank you. Much simpler to bind this way. I still have trouble, though, joining by ends. Can you do a quick video with more closeups on joining the ends. Thanks much!
Try Cody’s RUclips video on joining the tails at the end of attaching the binding..much clearer. Hope it works better for you.
You would need to do this anyway if you havent done binding his way: Those who wanted to see the back of the quilt just sew a very small sandwich together with some nutty free motion, or straight lines...and then replicate what she did with the binding.
Will this foot work with a thicker quilt since it’s not a dual feed?
For thicker quilts I recommend the edgestitch foot for dual feed #10D
What's the number 5 foot for, can I use that for a binding?
Can you use the 71 presser foot on the 180?
Yes. The 180 takes the new style feet and the same instructions apply.
Will the #71 foot work on my 770QE?
Yes the #71 foot works on all new and somewhat new BERNINAs
Now I can use these feet with my 770.
You’ve always been able to use these feet with a 770.
@@BERNINAofNaperville I meant that since I now own the 770. I used to have the Bernette 77.
Am I correct, your B880 sells for $16+k new?
We have it specially priced lower than that number.
Do you think I could use the quarter inch foot to get the same results for the Bernette b 77?
Unfortunately no. But I would recommend using the dual feed foot (DA) and sewing to the back, then bringing around to the front using the same foot with the needle position adjusted.
@@BERNINAofNaperville that’s exactly what I do now. Lol! I was just trying to explore new ways to make it a little easier with guiding the sewing. I have a tendency to move it out too far to the left. I know that it’s because I’m still learning. I just have a hard time holding the material in place for large pieces of quilting. I used to have a foot on another machine that had a guide that I could anchor on as I sewed. I have that foot for the b38 but that machine is way too small to feed a large quilted blanket.
Gayle can the 475 qe use this foot?
Yes! The #71 works on all new BERNINA sewing machine models from the activa/virtuoso/artista/aurora era until now. There is even a version for the older 830, 930, 1000 series legacy machines.
@@BERNINAofNaperville I am going to be coming in to get one this week. thanks for your video
picked up one this week at your store and bound a table runner with it.. as you said it was easy peasy!
Will this foot work with the B79?
Bernette machines have a different foot system and currently there is not a flat cell foot for the b79. So the answer is no.
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Another popular RUclips tutorial cuts the binding at 2”, while you cut at 2.5”. Can you describe the pros/cons?
The 2” is too narrow for the #71 foot. We also are not doing a 1/4” binding in this video, we are making a slightly less than 1/2” binding.
Some like a binding that is a bit wider, so 2-1/2" strips work better. If you have points that come to 1/4" from the edge, you need to use the 2" strip or you will lose your point. I'd still recommend watching this video, then the other. I think this one offers a bit more information. The other will show you where to place your foot for a 2" strip (just inside the right portion of the toe, instead of all the way to the outside edge of the right portion of the toe.
Can that used on a Bernina 430?
This #71 foot is also for the Aurora 430 and 440 machines.