Holy crap, Batman! What a lot of work she goes to in that video! I guess the proof is in the pudding, because her binding is beautiful, but I would never go to that much work on my everyday quilts. I might use some of her pressing and gluing methods, though.

I think Leah Day's Utube video at the below website is the best tutorial I've seen on how to apply quilt binding. I recommend it to all my quilting friends and everyone loves it. You should be able to copy & paste it into your browser.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wprg5vzkuGw

Ask your LQS to order "The Ultimate Binding Guide!" from Pieced Tree Patterns, 1-877-985-2438, 109 North Clark, Forest City, IA 50436. Or the distributor they use. It is the best I have seen and it has pictures and good instructions. It's a laminated 1 page, front and back, easy to use. Jan in KS

Why take the quilt off and cut the thread? Too much work for the corners.
You dont need to do that.

The video was great! I'm going to buy some Elmer's because I love that it can heat set the binding and eliminate the need for binding clips. I love to do binding and have worked at it until I finally feel like I've perfected it. I love to see how others do their binding because I always learn from it. Thanks!

I'vebeen doing the self binding method for years on fast quilts. My grandmother taught me how to do it and she learned as a young girl. I found a blog that has a tutorial how to do it. It's much easier to link to that then try to explain it. :D

http://piecenquilt.blogspot.com/2009...-tutorial.html

I just started using the flat metal clips (look like hair clips). They hold the binding real tight and are easy to remove.

If it had teeth, it would have bit me on the nose. Why didn't I think of that?

This is my favorite video on how to do binding by machine....

Binding tips from Elisa Wilson at QuiltersTV.com

http://www.quilterstv.com/?bcpid=133...s_&_techniques

altho this past weekend I saw 'Sewing with Nancy' and she did it just about the same except cut the ends of her binding and it turned out great but without being able to watch it again, I'm afraid to try it from 'memory', LOL

If you have never been to quilterstv.com, they have fabulous videos to watch for free....lots of them, and many with known quilt artists.

warm quilt hugs, sue

Do what works best for you Jamie, and don't give a second thought about the way other quilters do theirs. I often use Butterfly's method of just making the back larger and making this into a binding. It's perfectly good for family type quilts, baby quilts, tv quilts. If you plan on doing show quality then of course the binding will have to be done in a more traditional manner. But, quilting should make you happy, not stressed, so do what works best for you. :)