Harmony

I'm working on a quilt for a small child, so I figure it will go in the wash often. I know that Downey wants all their quilts entirely machine done, including the binding. I've always machine sewm my binding on the front and then hand stitched it on the back.

So how do you do your bindings for Downey quilts? Is it OK to machine stitch it on the back and then just machine stitch it on the front, or as someone else suggested, use a blanket stitch on the front? And how hard is it to get the miters right if you're machine stitching? I'm a little nervous about this.

Prism99

Here's a great Youtube video on how to bind quilts entirely by machine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wprg5...os=quELMabf_Pk

It shows how to do the miters, etc.

If your machine does a feather stitch, I think that would look great!

aorlflood

When I made mine I just trimmed the backing about 1.5" wider than the top and then folded it in to the edge of the quilt and then folded it over again so it came over to the front of the quilt. I then stitched it down by machine from the front using a blanket stitch.

amma

I machine quilt them on the back and machine stitch to the front using a blanket stitch. I use Elmers glue on the mitres, just a tiny dab and heat set, it won't gum up your needle and sews through very easily.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-29275-1.htm

belmer

With these Downey quilts.... I machine stitch my binding on the front and flip over to the back press it down with the iron, flip it back over to the front and use a large Zig Zag stitch over the binding by setting my walking foot with the needle in the center of the ditch. This ensures that the binding will hold up wash after wash and the zig zag stitch catches both the front and back of the binding. I also make my own binding because I do not like flipping part of the backing fabric over to the front, this seams very strange for me.

Charlee

I pillowcased mine...

4dogs

I sew mine on from the back first, flip the binding over to the front and then zigzag it along the edge......I make my own binding too, the ready made gets expensive if you do a lot (I do for LINUS). I do miter corners, the way Elenor Burns shows you; that works just fine. I have also seen some quilters who make ROUND corners instead of square corners and they look fine too.Just use a saucer or whatever for a nice round corner on all 4 sides.