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Originally Posted by Holice

One national teacher uses the fusiable thread in the first stitching. Then fold to the back and fuise the edge of the binding just outside the stitching line that has been done with the fusiable thread. Then sid from the front.
Her quilts are prize winners.

I can see how that could work very well if you are very precise when fusing the binding edge. I could never get it exactly right, I'm sure.

thanks for this link

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Originally Posted by Prism99

I think this is the best machine quilt binding technique I have seen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wprg5...os=1nZBY_XIxcw

If you have a feather stitch on your machine, I think it would look fantastic on both sides.

I do all of mine with a method that I found called "Magic strip binding". I ran across this in a magazine called Quilters Newsletter. It is the December/ January 2010 issue on page 50. It is by Terry Chilko.
Quick and easy... Twice around the quilt and it's done.

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Originally Posted by seamstome

I just had to do two today. Both lap size. The first was a mess. Luckily it is going to my dad and he wont care! The second went better. I just was super duper careful and luckily my bobbin thread was a dead on color match. Neither are show quality for sure.

I will share my miter corner trick from the class. You pin the binding, then you mark a 45 degree angle on the binding from the corner out about a half inch. I stick a pin along that line. Then you sew to where you hit the line (and the pin). You pivot and sew along the line to the corner. You fold the binding up along the stitch line--making the angle. Lightly press the angle. Fold binding back down. Square and press. When you undo the corner after all the sewing, grab the corner of the binding with your teeth (I swear this is what we did in class!) and grab the sides with your fingers and give a little snap. If you need to clip the excess batting etc at the corner.

I think I will just have to be very careful and practice. I glue or pin ALOT.

As a hygienist, I had told my children when they were growing up that teeth are not tools!! I hope that they don't see this thread!!! LOL :)

I have a question: I haven't tried it yet because I'm confused, but I want to try stitching to the back and doing decorative machine stitching to tack the binding to the front. BUT - if I've left 1/4" batting around the edges (to keep the binding "full"), do I mark 1/2" down on the back and sew my binding on that line?

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Originally Posted by CompulsiveQuilter

With some scrap fabric & batting, you should do a sample or some samples, to see what results you like. For instance, you might like your decorative stitching to show up on the quilt back, next to but not on the binding. I know that my machine decorative stitches don't like bulk, so they would prefer to be NOT on the binding both front and back. At the same time, your sample(s) will let you see exactly where you need your sewing line to be.

I do mine with the ladder stitch too. Easier than all the work to get it right by machine. It is also the stitch I use for applique so if practice makes perfect....

I relate to what you are saying

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Originally Posted by sewjoyce

NO, you're not an idiot!! (Well, if you are, then I am too :lol: :lol: :lol: ) because I can't do it by machine either. I sew my binding to the front by machine and then wrap around to the back and hand sew. If I do it any other way, it looks, well, funky :lol: :lol:

Is that the same as a buttonhole stitch?

First of all, I think you're cutting your binding too wide. Are you sewing it on with a 1/4" seam? If so then the binding is definitely too wide. Try cutting your binding about 2 1/8" or 2". If that's too small for your first try, try cutting 2 1/4" wide.