I'm glad I'm not alone. I am 67 so have no time to waste on the crap that has sweet FA to do with quilting on how their aunt's husband's first cousin once removed daughter's boyfriend's mother's distant cousin...my eyes glaze over and I switch off physically and metaphorically.
This was probably the BEST video tutorial regarding machine binding that I have seen - and I've been watching everything regarding quilting for years. I especially appreciated the application of the binding with about an 1/8th of an inch of the quilt backing fabric showing. A light-bulb went off! Why didn't I ever think of that? It's easy to see how this relatively simple step will improve accuracy and appearance. I am FMQ the last two bordered sides of a huge quilt and am actually looking forward to binding it! Always, always looking for an easier or better or more efficient way of doing things and you checked all three boxes. THANK YOU! I believe some folks are born with a knack for teaching that no amount of college can impart. Sharing your knowledge and 'how-to' with others in a way they can understand and put to use - and actually find joy doing so in the process - is a GIFT. Still learning all I can in my 80th year.
There’s an even easier method for finishing binding at a channel called : Pin, Cut, Sew. It’s called no- fuss binding. It’s great. I like this one too.
You are a great teacher. You encourage, warn about possible mistakes and explain why you are doing what you are doing. I am 80 and have been sewing since I was 12, and you make me want to begin another quilt, using your method of binding. :)
It’s great. I have tried many ways and this works for me. I always got it twisted or too big or small. I did have to watch a few times again, because it’s been a while since I made a quilt.
Everybody already said it, but, this is such a clear and positive binding tutorial! I needed a refresh since it has been years since I made my last quilt. This was beautiful. No nonsense, no endless explanations, just the craft and technique that you can tell has come from lots of experience! Also that dang last binding seam trick was amazing.
I have tried and tried, but 2.5 inches does NOT work for me. I cut MOST of my binding strips at 3". I know, the quilt police will have me Drawn & Quartered. But they look beautiful for me this way. I put my pressed binding strip inside a plastic grocery bag and tie it loosely shut. Then, I place it in my sewing garbage pan, so the strip will feed upward to the sewing machine and out of my way. 🎉
I'm 16 years old, not the best with sewing and currently making my first quilt and I just couldn't understand binding even after watching a ton of tutorials but this finally made it so easy 🥹 thank you so much! 🫶🏼
I love your thoughts and attitude about being repetitive and then once it's in your brain it's there! I am a 75 year old lover of piecing and I am using up my stash! You teach so well🎉 Thank you ❣️❣️
You are so right! I am 47 and was desperate as I couldn't figure out complicated binding and this is just perfect! So simple and perfect! No more fighting and adjusting! 🙂
So glad I found you. Just getting ready to bind a quilt and I always struggle with corners and you explained it so even a 72 year old learner could understand. now I off to bind the quilt. thanks so much.
Miss Mary Bell. My name is Marti. And I’m kind of a beginner quilt maker. And the way you have taught me to do binding is absolutely fabulous. I do it exactly how you do it step-by-step. And so far with about four or five quilts that I have made. It has worked every single time perfectly! I love you and I love your videos. Thanks again and God bless you.!!!💕💕🥰
GREAT tip on joining the binding ends!!! When I first saw one of your videos I remember you saying [after you prepped your fabric for the project] "sew sew sew"....then you'd make an adjustment of some kind and again "sew sew sew". Adorable! You have a great voice and wonderful tutorials. Thank you!!!!! 😀
Great tips! I haven't tried ironing the X at the end either but I will now. 🙂 I'm so happy to hear you encourage quilters to try this method several times before giving up! Once you get a little practice, you'll be surprised at how quickly you can bind by machine and send those quilty hugs out into the world! ♥
I like bigger bindings too. I use 2.5" also, but i am now going to try leaving a little of the quilt showing (instead of lining up the edges of the binding and the quilt) - this is actually grading the seam "as you go", which will result in less bulk at the edge - love it! 😊
This accomplishes the same thing as cutting strips 3" wide or more. Actually, staggering the seam allowances like that will make it ALL less bulky. (Easier to miter corners too.) Next time, I'm going to cut the binding even wider to 3.25" wide and stagger the allowances. Arthritic fingers that are puffy and frozen do not lend themselves well, to tiny maneuvers anymore.
Oh! I think I get this! I only watched it like 50 times trying to understand the little 1/8” your leaving of the quilt edge and how you have enough to wrap around to front. So, yes, I did math and it actually provides you an 1/8” more binding to wrap! And since you graded it, there is less bulk to wrap the binding over. You are sewing 1/4” (2/8’s) from binding edge & 1/8” of quilt which is 3/8” total SA. Until I did the math I wasn’t understanding. The binding is 1.25”=10/8’s. You lose 2/8’s of binding sewing it to back. To wrap to front you have to fold over the 3/8’s total SA, which leaves you 5/8 of binding to the front. However, bulk will take up a smidge maybe but you have at least 1/2” (4/8’s).
Thank you for this video, I stumbled across it by the catchy title, and to be honest this is the best binding tutorial out there in my opinion. I love your teaching style and you are so right it works EVERYTIME!! I recommend this video to everyone of my quilting friends. Thank you again!!
I so appreciate your videos. I have binge watched them all. You are so genuine and direct. So easy to listen to AND you are an excellent quilter. Thank you for taking the time to film these.
I have been quilting for years, but have never mastered machine binding, your “how to “ video answered many of my questions! Thank you for showing your tips and techniques and how to make perfect binding. I just subscribed so I won’t miss any of your of your future videos! ~~Joyce
I tried your method and was surprised at how easy it was!!! I’m planning to continue with it on all my future quilts, but will have to watch it a few more times until I have it memorized. Thanks for the easy-to-follow instructions.😊
I have been enjoying quilt making for 9 years and binding was hard for me. I watched a number of video’s and some in person demo’s but I like your ‘tricks’ and your delivery and voice tone is so very easy to listen to! Thank you. You have undoubtedly helped many of us. Going to check out more of your video’s!
Thank you! I sew, but I'm not really a quilter. Got "tricked" into sewing a quilted banner for a women's church event. I've been pouring over RUclips videos for tips. Yours was especially helpful. As others have stated...love you're commentary!
All these years of trying to figure how to bind. Ugh. I just happened to watch this and it looks simpler when somebody is there to show you how it's done. Thank You!! I couldn't help also but notice the pretty ring on your right hand. 🥰
I want to thank you for your tutorial on machine binding a quilt! I've just finished two quilts this way and I love the binding! You made this easy and I will continue to use this method.
I just finished my first quilt (age 60) & I watched all of your videos (Trip Around the World, Binding, etc.) & I LOVE my finished product! It is glorious & SO much fun to make!! I'm not a novice sewer, but for anyone looking to quilt like a pro, watch Merry Mabel videos - you are no-nonsense, get to it, practical & easy to follow for a great experience! I also have a scrappy Fence Post quilt in the works & am loving it. Wow, I'm becoming an addict and discovering a whole new world of textile art. Thank you for all of your help & inspiration - Lisa🥳
This worked well. I always struggle with the cut and join part. Thanks for showing how you lay them together. I did this today and it came out right the first time-no twisted binding- no seam ripping. My project looks fantastic.😊
Im a new quilter (at 70 years old), and after viewing several methods, yours looks the easiest. I have a quilt i need to re-do the binding on. Sooooo i will be watching this again to create a groove in my brain. 😊
Over the years I've ended up doing everything the same way you show here... except finishing the binding at the end! Until now I haven't been able to get consistent results (even after buying a binding template that is supposed to simplify the process). This is the best explanation I have ever seen and I cant wait to finish my next quilt to try it out!
I finally got my quilt top finished and this binding tutorial worked like a charm! The way the ends went together left the nicest looking binding I've ever had! Thanks again for sharing!
THE BEST video I've ever watched on how to do binding! Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom. Your tutorial is straight-forward and to the point and you have a very pleasant instructional voice.
Your channel just popped up on my feed and I wasted little time in subscribing and hitting the bell so I don't miss anything. I love hearing your thought process; it's so helpful. The string quilt tutorial was excellent and I hope all your viewers will make one for themselves. It's the most enjoyable and relaxing quilt I ever made. Pure therapy. Thank you for keeping the video shorter. I only have shorter bits of time so this is appreciated.
For those of us who are directionally challenged, joining ends can be frustrating. It was so easy to get things backward. You are so right about the muscle memory! Once developed for every aspect of quilting, things go much faster/smoothly. I, like many, relied on on Sharon Schambers video. Your video is very straight forward an helpful and will save many time and frustration! A pair of eagle beak tweezers is an MVP on helping to get a crisp corner, as sometimes corners can be finicky. The tweezers make it easier to grip and flip--particularly if one uses
Excellent, passionate narrative (and fine audio+audio quality, too!). Turn on the closed captioning "CC" as you watch, listen and learn for the second time - and drive the message home. These are great production techniques brought to the consumer. Her "muscle memory" references are right on.
Beautiful! I’m in the middle of 7 baby/toddler quilts and binding is the hardest part for me! Thank you for sharing and I’m sure I’ll be referring back several times! My local quilt lady and friend has shown me several times and I’m like, oh yeah! And when I get home I mess up 🤦♀️. Y’all do it just the same! Thank you!
Thank you, Dawn. I always have to look this up/ joining the ends& invariably have to redo at least 3x. Your video showed me how to do it right- - being dyslexic- I usually sewed from wrong corner or twisted it. Just watched & did it! Easy- thanks! AmyLouise
Thank you. Beginner quilter here. Just blew my mind. Finished my quilt this afternoon. Lots of errors but it looks good to me and the binding was added by machine...almost straight I might add. :)
Fabulous. Thanks. Nothing extraneous. Perfect timing for me as I have almost a dozen baby quilts to donate once they are bound (still have some machine quilting to do) and your tutorial will help give me the practice to make progress on my skills. Hooray for timing!!
I’m working on my first quilt and I was so nervous about the binding but your tutorial is fantastic! I’ve watched it twice and I feel really confident making my first border. Thank you for sharing this with us.
I'm starting my first quilt (a twin size for my daughter's 5th birthday), and this was very helpful!! I'm absolutely going to be using your method when I get to the binding portion. I love how you encouraged muscle memory and figuring out how to do things in a way that works for you and your brain. ❤
I usually tac the corners. I always drew a pencil line to help me get the diagonal line right. I love your simple pressing method and the tip of putting your binding on your shoulder. My sewing room is smaller than some people's closets. This is a great tip! Thanks so much!!
This is some thing I have always struggled with, and you make it look so easy! I nearly always get my ends twisted, so I’m looking forward to watching this while I bind my next quilt. So glad your strip quilt came up on my feed today ❤. Subscribed and hit the bell.
I watched so many binding videos and yours is by far number 1.. Thank you, thank you, Worked like a charm. That tiny 1/8th of an inch made it fit perfectly. I will probably have to watch it again on the next binding but not a problem.
Love love your video. Same here. I have been binding like this for many uears. I am a common sense kinda quilter. Your video is what youtube use to be. A instructional informative website and not a infomercial for selling products. Thank you
Thank you so much! You explained this so well! I really struggled with closing my binding. I'm on my 4th quilt, a gift for my son. I used this method and it is perfect. And also leaving a little room sewing the binding on would have great when I first started. You ladies on RUclips are such a blessing!
Your steps make the sewing and turning so simple. As you stated trying to follow other binding stitching instructions were so confusing for me too. Thank you!
This is the most detailed video I have seen on binding yet! Thank you so much! I am a beginner and I have searched and searched for information on quilt making and binding and the information I have found says it is for beginners but have left me baffled. This is video is actually for beginners and is easy to understand. Finally, thank you so much!! ❤
I am a seasoned quilter, so I didn't watch for instruction but I love your video as it is so informative for both the new quilters and even intermediate quilters who may not have used or thought of the way you do things. Very nicely done!
This is my go to video for binding my quilts. She does an awesome job of explaining and showing how to made the binding, sew it on, and make those mitered corners that scare the heck out of me. Well, they did until this video! This is a fabulous video with such great information!!
You make this look so easy! Thank you for a perfectly clear tutorial! I am not a quilter and I only know the basics of sewibg, but now I feel I can make any quilt I want 😊❤️
Thank you so much for making this video. Binding has always been a bit of a challenge on the corners and joining the two pieces on the back. I used your method on two quilts I bound today and they came out beautiful and no problems on my corners or joining the two pieces. I appreciate you sharing. 😊
I'm 61 and just started quilting. I love your teaching and encouragement. From pointing out the rookie mistakes to practice practice practice. This is the best tutorial that I have seen. You are concise and point out the reasons why something is done. I'm so excited. Honestly, I plane to practice on some 6x6 squares a few times before I finish my first quilt.❤
I always always machine bind, never by hand. I've used this same method for all my years of quilting. It really is that easy! I love the "cross method". Great for accuracy!
Absolutely the best tutorial I've seen. No unnecessary waffle, straight to the point! I tried it and it worked perfectly! That "iron in the X method" is genius!! Thank you so much for sharing!!
I agree with others that you are a great instructor! There are thousands of wonderful crafters, but not all of them are able to teach others to be the great crafters. Some of them (like my DH 😊) would say: "Don't you see? Its obvious!" And some just are not quite verbal and using bunch of "aaa" and "you no" or "you no what I mean" after every word, which doesn't help the learner... Many thanks to you! In 2 years my granddaughter is going to graduate high school, and I would like to make a quilt for her. So, I am getting prepared. I am not a stranger to machine sewing, but never have done quilting before, wish me luck, friends! Thank you very much for sharing!
Thank you SO much for this video. I just made, not my first, but my first PERFECT miter join of the binding on the quilt. Making that X and then straightening to the exact length - MAGIC! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Fantastic demonstration! I always have to stop and review a video on the final joining of the binding. Your method was so simple with the Xs. Thank you!
Oooooh,,, again and again I have watched your video on joining the binding from the starting point to the ending point. Your directions are spot on and the 1/8th space at the joining rule is so exact! Once again thank you 😊 !!!
Thank you so much. I love that your instructions are so thorough but the video goes quickly because it's sped up. I'm going to put together a bunch of placemats to practice mitering the corners and folding it over. I'm so grateful your instructions were so clear
Great tutorial with no wasting of time with idle chatter. I thought I was going to learn something new, but that exactly how I do my binding. Best way. 🌷
I have just now found this!! Ms. Merry Mabel…if I could hug you I would!! I have been “dabbling” with quilting for a long time. I have always wanted to learn binding because it’s intimidating to me. Your video is PERFECT for me!! Like happy tears!! Thank you thank you thank you for sharing this! I have always pinned and clipped and yada yada but this is just what I needed to see and hear. Your voice and the way you present it and your detail is exactly what I needed. God bless you!
Love, love, love how you JUST DO IT, without the extremely slow and babbling about unrelated things like so many do! To the point!
I'm glad I'm not alone. I am 67 so have no time to waste on the crap that has sweet FA to do with quilting on how their aunt's husband's first cousin once removed daughter's boyfriend's mother's distant cousin...my eyes glaze over and I switch off physically and metaphorically.
How do you add another binding on an existing binding for decoration ?
Me too!!! Drives me nuts when you see someone's hands while thier talking and nothing else.... ugh!
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This was probably the BEST video tutorial regarding machine binding that I have seen - and I've been watching everything regarding quilting for years. I especially appreciated the application of the binding with about an 1/8th of an inch of the quilt backing fabric showing. A light-bulb went off! Why didn't I ever think of that? It's easy to see how this relatively simple step will improve accuracy and appearance. I am FMQ the last two bordered sides of a huge quilt and am actually looking forward to binding it! Always, always looking for an easier or better or more efficient way of doing things and you checked all three boxes. THANK YOU! I believe some folks are born with a knack for teaching that no amount of college can impart. Sharing your knowledge and 'how-to' with others in a way they can understand and put to use - and actually find joy doing so in the process - is a GIFT. Still learning all I can in my 80th year.
Some people are given the "gift" of encouraging words. Thank you for sharing yours with me!
i agree linda !
I agree Linda, I've seen so many quilt-binding videos but none as thorough and easy to follow as this.
Yep! Thank you!
Me too Miss Linda!
As a beginner, this is probably the easiest video I’ve watched in a long time. Thank you.
The final join tip blew my mind. So simple and yet I had never considered it. Thank you so much!
You're so welcome! So glad you visited.
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There’s an even easier method for finishing binding at a channel called : Pin, Cut, Sew. It’s called no- fuss binding. It’s great. I like this one too.
This is hands down the most elegant thing I've ever seen in 60+ years of sewing.
Thank you.
This is the best tutorial I have seen. No faff, no addtional unrelated information. Straight to the point and informative. Thank you!!
Thank you!
You are a great teacher. You encourage, warn about possible mistakes and explain why you are doing what you are doing. I am 80 and have been sewing since I was 12, and you make me want to begin another quilt, using your method of binding. :)
Thank you so much!
It’s great. I have tried many ways and this works for me. I always got it twisted or too big or small. I did have to watch a few times again, because it’s been a while since I made a quilt.
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Where have you been all my quilting life? I wish I would have seen this years ago. Cannot wait to try this technique.
I'm glad you found us!
Everybody already said it, but, this is such a clear and positive binding tutorial! I needed a refresh since it has been years since I made my last quilt. This was beautiful. No nonsense, no endless explanations, just the craft and technique that you can tell has come from lots of experience! Also that dang last binding seam trick was amazing.
Thank you for watching and for your kind comment.
I had never seen the "iron in the X method" before. I will try this the next time I bind a quilt. Thanks for sharing.
Hope you like it!
Thank you for not nattering on about life, kids, pets, weather...and getting straight to why we're here...to learn!
I have tried and tried, but 2.5 inches does NOT work for me. I cut MOST of my binding strips at 3". I know, the quilt police will have me Drawn & Quartered. But they look beautiful for me this way. I put my pressed binding strip inside a plastic grocery bag and tie it loosely shut. Then, I place it in my sewing garbage pan, so the strip will feed upward to the sewing machine and out of my way. 🎉
I say that whatever works for you IS the right way!!
I use 3” myself…easy for me this way!
There is no fast rule for your binding size. You do what works for you. 😉
I shall be trying this method, thankyou for such clear instructions and filming.
Thanks a lot for this video. I was struggling with hand sewing evenly. I have done one, not the best, but will keep trying😅
I'm 16 years old, not the best with sewing and currently making my first quilt and I just couldn't understand binding even after watching a ton of tutorials but this finally made it so easy 🥹 thank you so much! 🫶🏼
I love that you are just beginning!! There is so much FUN to be had!
I love your thoughts and attitude about being repetitive and then once it's in your brain it's there! I am a 75 year old lover of piecing and I am using up my stash! You teach so well🎉 Thank you ❣️❣️
HALLELUJAH!!!
Binding a blanket
You are so right! I am 47 and was desperate as I couldn't figure out complicated binding and this is just perfect! So simple and perfect! No more fighting and adjusting! 🙂
So glad I found you. Just getting ready to bind a quilt and I always struggle with corners and you explained it so even a 72 year old learner could understand. now I off to bind the quilt. thanks so much.
Miss Mary Bell. My name is Marti. And I’m kind of a beginner quilt maker. And the way you have taught me to do binding is absolutely fabulous. I do it exactly how you do it step-by-step. And so far with about four or five quilts that I have made. It has worked every single time perfectly! I love you and I love your videos. Thanks again and God bless you.!!!💕💕🥰
GREAT tip on joining the binding ends!!! When I first saw one of your videos I remember you saying [after you prepped your fabric for the project] "sew sew sew"....then you'd make an adjustment of some kind and again "sew sew sew". Adorable! You have a great voice and wonderful tutorials. Thank you!!!!! 😀
Thank you for the kind and thoughtful comment!
You’ve explained that so well. I love it when someone generously shares their knowledge and experience !
I love your teaching style! Even a beginner like me "gets it" the way you teach! Thank you so much!
And even a long-timer like me learned from watching you! Thanks!
Great tips! I haven't tried ironing the X at the end either but I will now. 🙂 I'm so happy to hear you encourage quilters to try this method several times before giving up! Once you get a little practice, you'll be surprised at how quickly you can bind by machine and send those quilty hugs out into the world! ♥
I use this video every single time I bind a quilt. One would think I could remember it, but alas, I have to use you as my brain. ❤️❤️❤️
However you need to do it!! Glad it works.
I just saved it to a tutorial playlist, so I can refer back to it as well. Perfection.
I like bigger bindings too. I use 2.5" also, but i am now going to try leaving a little of the quilt showing (instead of lining up the edges of the binding and the quilt) - this is actually grading the seam "as you go", which will result in less bulk at the edge - love it! 😊
This accomplishes the same thing as cutting strips 3" wide or more. Actually, staggering the seam allowances like that will make it ALL less bulky. (Easier to miter corners too.) Next time, I'm going to cut the binding even wider to 3.25" wide and stagger the allowances. Arthritic fingers that are puffy and frozen do not lend themselves well, to tiny maneuvers anymore.
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Oh! I think I get this! I only watched it like 50 times trying to understand the little 1/8” your leaving of the quilt edge and how you have enough to wrap around to front. So, yes, I did math and it actually provides you an 1/8” more binding to wrap! And since you graded it, there is less bulk to wrap the binding over. You are sewing 1/4” (2/8’s) from binding edge & 1/8” of quilt which is 3/8” total SA. Until I did the math I wasn’t understanding. The binding is 1.25”=10/8’s. You lose 2/8’s of binding sewing it to back. To wrap to front you have to fold over the 3/8’s total SA, which leaves you 5/8 of binding to the front. However, bulk will take up a smidge maybe but you have at least 1/2” (4/8’s).
Thank you for this video, I stumbled across it by the catchy title, and to be honest this is the best binding tutorial out there in my opinion. I love your teaching style and you are so right it works EVERYTIME!! I recommend this video to everyone of my quilting friends. Thank you again!!
Thank you!!! Baby quilt binding turned out great, I'm so happy!
Wonderful! Cheering from here!!
This is the most perfect binding video. Every single time.
Beautiful finish!! And an easy way to make it neat!!! Thanks so much for sharing!!! Good job!!!
I so appreciate your videos. I have binge watched them all. You are so genuine and direct. So easy to listen to AND you are an excellent quilter. Thank you for taking the time to film these.
Wow, thank you!
I've been doing the final join like this for years. So simple - no expensive tools. It works every time! Thanks so much for sharing it
Great to hear!
I have been quilting for years, but have never mastered machine binding, your “how to “ video answered many of my questions! Thank you for showing your tips and techniques and how to make perfect binding. I just subscribed so I won’t miss any of your of your future videos! ~~Joyce
I'm so glad!
I tried your method and was surprised at how easy it was!!! I’m planning to continue with it on all my future quilts, but will have to watch it a few more times until I have it memorized. Thanks for the easy-to-follow instructions.😊
Great job! I'm so glad!
I have been enjoying quilt making for 9 years and binding was hard for me. I watched a number of video’s and some in person demo’s but I like your ‘tricks’ and your delivery and voice tone is so very easy to listen to! Thank you. You have undoubtedly helped many of us. Going to check out more of your video’s!
Wonderful!
Thank you! I sew, but I'm not really a quilter. Got "tricked" into sewing a quilted banner for a women's church event. I've been pouring over RUclips videos for tips. Yours was especially helpful. As others have stated...love you're commentary!
I'm SO glad it helped you!!
All these years of trying to figure how to bind. Ugh. I just happened to watch this and it looks simpler when somebody is there to show you how it's done. Thank You!! I couldn't help also but notice the pretty ring on your right hand. 🥰
I want to thank you for your tutorial on machine binding a quilt! I've just finished two quilts this way and I love the binding! You made this easy and I will continue to use this method.
Wonderful!
Thank you for sharing your method of binding by machine. We can never have too many options in our quilting arsenal.
I just finished my first quilt (age 60) & I watched all of your videos (Trip Around the World, Binding, etc.) & I LOVE my finished product! It is glorious & SO much fun to make!! I'm not a novice sewer, but for anyone looking to quilt like a pro, watch Merry Mabel videos - you are no-nonsense, get to it, practical & easy to follow for a great experience! I also have a scrappy Fence Post quilt in the works & am loving it. Wow, I'm becoming an addict and discovering a whole new world of textile art. Thank you for all of your help & inspiration - Lisa🥳
I am SO happy you shared this. Fabric and quilting feel so satisfying in the "creation" arena. Thanks for hanging out with us!
This worked well. I always struggle with the cut and join part. Thanks for showing how you lay them together. I did this today and it came out right the first time-no twisted binding- no seam ripping. My project looks fantastic.😊
I'm SO glad you "got" it!! Hooray!!
Im a new quilter (at 70 years old), and after viewing several methods, yours looks the easiest. I have a quilt i need to re-do the binding on. Sooooo i will be watching this again to create a groove in my brain. 😊
Enjoy!
Over the years I've ended up doing everything the same way you show here... except finishing the binding at the end! Until now I haven't been able to get consistent results (even after buying a binding template that is supposed to simplify the process). This is the best explanation I have ever seen and I cant wait to finish my next quilt to try it out!
I hope you love it!
wow been sewing for decades the tip to create the perfect joint at the end by ironing the X in is brilliant! thanks
Fantastic!
You are a wonderful teacher . Thank you for sharing! I hope you continue to drop videos.
Thank you. I like how you have simplified the steps and made it so much easier to understand.
I finally got my quilt top finished and this binding tutorial worked like a charm! The way the ends went together left the nicest looking binding I've ever had! Thanks again for sharing!
Hooray for success!!
THE BEST video I've ever watched on how to do binding! Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom. Your tutorial is straight-forward and to the point and you have a very pleasant instructional voice.
Wow, thank you!
Your channel just popped up on my feed and I wasted little time in subscribing and hitting the bell so I don't miss anything. I love hearing your thought process; it's so helpful. The string quilt tutorial was excellent and I hope all your viewers will make one for themselves. It's the most enjoyable and relaxing quilt I ever made. Pure therapy. Thank you for keeping the video shorter. I only have shorter bits of time so this is appreciated.
This is my go to video for binding. I have shared this with many of my beginner quilting buddies.
Thank you for sharing it with others. I love that RUclips can teach us so much great stuff!
For those of us who are directionally challenged, joining ends can be frustrating. It was so easy to get things backward. You are so right about the muscle memory! Once developed for every aspect of quilting, things go much faster/smoothly. I, like many, relied on on Sharon Schambers video. Your video is very straight forward an helpful and will save many time and frustration!
A pair of eagle beak tweezers is an MVP on helping to get a crisp corner, as sometimes corners can be finicky. The tweezers make it easier to grip and flip--particularly if one uses
This video just absolutely saved me! I no longer have a fear of binding quilts. Thank you so so much!
FIVE attempts but finally success😊 thank you so much. Your quilts are amazing and I know why they won at the Fair😊
Hooray for success!!
Excellent, passionate narrative (and fine audio+audio quality, too!). Turn on the closed captioning "CC" as you watch, listen and learn for the second time - and drive the message home. These are great production techniques brought to the consumer. Her "muscle memory" references are right on.
Thanks for that!
My favorite part was how you joined the ends of the binding. Genius!
Beautiful! I’m in the middle of 7 baby/toddler quilts and binding is the hardest part for me! Thank you for sharing and I’m sure I’ll be referring back several times! My local quilt lady and friend has shown me several times and I’m like, oh yeah! And when I get home I mess up 🤦♀️. Y’all do it just the same! Thank you!
You will get it. HURRAY that you have 7 to practice on!
Thank you, Dawn. I always have to look this up/ joining the ends& invariably have to redo at least 3x. Your video showed me how to do it right- - being dyslexic- I usually sewed from wrong corner or twisted it. Just watched & did it! Easy- thanks! AmyLouise
I totally agree!
Thank you. Beginner quilter here. Just blew my mind. Finished my quilt this afternoon. Lots of errors but it looks good to me and the binding was added by machine...almost straight I might add. :)
I'm SO proud of you!! Good job!! Let's do it again...
Fabulous. Thanks. Nothing extraneous. Perfect timing for me as I have almost a dozen baby quilts to donate once they are bound (still have some machine quilting to do) and your tutorial will help give me the practice to make progress on my skills. Hooray for timing!!
I’m working on my first quilt and I was so nervous about the binding but your tutorial is fantastic! I’ve watched it twice and I feel really confident making my first border. Thank you for sharing this with us.
You are so welcome!
I'm starting my first quilt (a twin size for my daughter's 5th birthday), and this was very helpful!! I'm absolutely going to be using your method when I get to the binding portion. I love how you encouraged muscle memory and figuring out how to do things in a way that works for you and your brain. ❤
I love that you are going to make your daughter a quilt!! She'll be wrapped in love!
I always make sure my bobbin thread matches the backing when machine quilting a binding. Great video!
Super!
Thanks for this awesome tutorial. I have just made my first quilt. I will be watching this again when I am ready to bind it. 😊
I usually tac the corners. I always drew a pencil line to help me get the diagonal line right. I love your simple pressing method and the tip of putting your binding on your shoulder. My sewing room is smaller than some people's closets. This is a great tip! Thanks so much!!
You are so welcome!
One machine to rule them all,
One machine to find them,
One machine to bring them all,
and in the darkness..... BIND them! 0.o
Can't wait to try this for fidget quilts! Very clear instructions!❤
Please do!
This is some thing I have always struggled with, and you make it look so easy! I nearly always get my ends twisted, so I’m looking forward to watching this while I bind my next quilt. So glad your strip quilt came up on my feed today ❤. Subscribed and hit the bell.
I love doing my binding this way. Thanks for the tip of throwing it over your shoulder to keep it out of the way.
I watched so many binding videos and yours is by far number 1.. Thank you, thank you, Worked like a charm. That tiny 1/8th of an inch made it fit perfectly. I will probably have to watch it again on the next binding but not a problem.
Wonderful!
Wow! This is the best video I have watched on binding. Thanks so much!!
What a good tutorial! I’ve watched so many and I still get confused but I feel like yours gives me the confidence to try again! Thank you!
Love love your video. Same here. I have been binding like this for many uears. I am a common sense kinda quilter. Your video is what youtube use to be. A instructional informative website and not a infomercial for selling products. Thank you
Wonderful of you to say!
Thank you so much! You explained this so well! I really struggled with closing my binding. I'm on my 4th quilt, a gift for my son. I used this method and it is perfect. And also leaving a little room sewing the binding on would have great when I first started. You ladies on RUclips are such a blessing!
This is the best binding tutorial I’ve seen. Thanks.
Wow, thank you!
Absolutely LOVE this idea! Will do my future quilts like this. So much easier and saves a ton of time. Thank you!!
Your steps make the sewing and turning so simple. As you stated trying to follow other binding stitching instructions were so confusing for me too. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
This is the most detailed video I have seen on binding yet! Thank you so much! I am a beginner and I have searched and searched for information on quilt making and binding and the information I have found says it is for beginners but have left me baffled. This is video is actually for beginners and is easy to understand. Finally, thank you so much!! ❤
Glad it was helpful!
I am a seasoned quilter, so I didn't watch for instruction but I love your video as it is so informative for both the new quilters and even intermediate quilters who may not have used or thought of the way you do things. Very nicely done!
Thank you for watching and encouraging!
This is my go to video for binding my quilts. She does an awesome job of explaining and showing how to made the binding, sew it on, and make those mitered corners that scare the heck out of me. Well, they did until this video! This is a fabulous video with such great information!!
Wonderful!
I am not a beginner, but this is the best binding procedure that I have ever watched! Thank you so very much 🎉
So glad!
You make this look so easy! Thank you for a perfectly clear tutorial! I am not a quilter and I only know the basics of sewibg, but now I feel I can make any quilt I want 😊❤️
You can do it!
Best binding video ever! Love your happy voice, you are so encouraging to all, crafters and artists.
Such a kind comment.
This is the best binding ending I have ever seen thank you I now finally understand the finale joining of the binding
I am SO glad it helped you.
Oh, my word...the precision with which you sew is phenomenal!! Wow!!!
YOU can do it too!!
I have been quilting for over 28 years and have invested in many binding tools. Your binding method is the best I’ve ever tried! Thank you❤ so much!
I am SO glad you found such success with it!
Oh my word! I am truly blessed! RUclips chose today to drop your binding video into my inbox. Great video and so well explained 👏👏👏
Wonderful!
I remember trying to learn this from a PBS show and book back in the 90s. You ROCKED the explanation and demonstration. I get it now
Cool, thanks!
I would watch a video of you doing anything after this. Wonderful!
Thank you so much for making this video. Binding has always been a bit of a challenge on the corners and joining the two pieces on the back. I used your method on two quilts I bound today and they came out beautiful and no problems on my corners or joining the two pieces. I appreciate you sharing. 😊
I love hearing about your success!
I'm 61 and just started quilting. I love your teaching and encouragement. From pointing out the rookie mistakes to practice practice practice. This is the best tutorial that I have seen. You are concise and point out the reasons why something is done.
I'm so excited. Honestly, I plane to practice on some 6x6 squares a few times before I finish my first quilt.❤
Wonderful! I'm so happy for your quilting journey. I love quilting!
I always always machine bind, never by hand. I've used this same method for all my years of quilting. It really is that easy!
I love the "cross method". Great for accuracy!
Wonderful!
Absolutely the best tutorial I've seen. No unnecessary waffle, straight to the point! I tried it and it worked perfectly! That "iron in the X method" is genius!! Thank you so much for sharing!!
I love hearing about success!!
I think your demonstration is to the point and simpler . Its easy to understand . Thanks so much from the bottom of my heart . Loved it
Glad it was helpful!
I agree with others that you are a great instructor!
There are thousands of wonderful crafters, but not all of them are able to teach others to be the great crafters. Some of them (like my DH 😊) would say: "Don't you see? Its obvious!" And some just are not quite verbal and using bunch of "aaa" and "you no" or "you no what I mean" after every word, which doesn't help the learner... Many thanks to you! In 2 years my granddaughter is going to graduate high school, and I would like to make a quilt for her. So, I am getting prepared.
I am not a stranger to machine sewing, but never have done quilting before, wish me luck, friends!
Thank you very much for sharing!
I predict that you will be great at quilting!! It's the most fun to make and create. Have fun creating for your grand-daughter!
Thank you SO much for this video. I just made, not my first, but my first PERFECT miter join of the binding on the quilt. Making that X and then straightening to the exact length - MAGIC! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Fantastic demonstration! I always have to stop and review a video on the final joining of the binding. Your method was so simple with the Xs. Thank you!
Finally, a beautiful way to sew binding ALL by Machine! Your tutorial made my LIFE!!
The best binding instruction I've seen. LOVE the join before reaching the end...thanks for sharing.
I appreciate your comment!
Oooooh,,, again and again I have watched your video on joining the binding from the starting point to the ending point. Your directions are spot on and the 1/8th space at the joining rule is so exact! Once again thank you 😊 !!!
You are so welcome! I'm happy it has been a good thing for you!
Very clear instructions, I think I will give machine binding another try (or 10). Thanks for sharing your technique.
Thank you so much. I love that your instructions are so thorough but the video goes quickly because it's sped up. I'm going to put together a bunch of placemats to practice mitering the corners and folding it over. I'm so grateful your instructions were so clear
Wonderful! Great Plan!
Great tutorial with no wasting of time with idle chatter. I thought I was going to learn something new, but that exactly how I do my binding. Best way. 🌷
Great to hear!
I have just now found this!! Ms. Merry Mabel…if I could hug you I would!! I have been “dabbling” with quilting for a long time. I have always wanted to learn binding because it’s intimidating to me. Your video is PERFECT for me!! Like happy tears!! Thank you thank you thank you for sharing this!
I have always pinned and clipped and yada yada but this is just what I needed to see and hear. Your voice and the way you present it and your detail is exactly what I needed. God bless you!
This is the best tutorial for binding a quilt that I've seen. Love your video.
Thank you so much!