paulina

For the last couple of quilts I have finished, I have tried two things I learned on this board:
1. Basting with Elmer's glue
2. Not ironing the binding

Both of these things are WONDERFUL and I will do it this way forever! Everything comes out easier and nicer and without eating up so much time.

I was skeptical on the glue at first and started adding pins, but then I made myself be patient and let it dry all the way and sure enough it ended up working like a charm.

Lisa_wanna_b_quilter

If you have a hard time being patient, you can iron it dry. That's what I do because being patient is not my strong suit.

I've also stopped ironing bindings for the most part.

You got to love the knowledge on this board!

Donna 66

I'm going to try and glue as soon as I get out to buy some. It's been below zero today and I decided to wait Donna

quilttiger

1) Basting with glue is a great help! Wish I had heard of this sooner, smile.

2) The only time I iron the the binding is when I fold the strip wrong sides together and iron it flat before attaching to the quilt.

There are no hard and fast rules there...whatever works, works.

bearisgray

The reason some don't iron a crease in the binding is because the outer layer has to go further than the inner layer - and because of that, the center fold is off by a few threads. I do pin the edges together so that they stay together while I sew the binding on.

EllieGirl

I have learned soooo much on these boards! The depth of knowledge is unbelievable!

amandasgramma

Whatever works is right!!! I tried the glue --- too darn messy for me (yeah, I'm a messy gluer - always have been, always will be I guess). I tried not ironing the binding on my last piece and did NOT like it --- will go back to ironing!!!

Prism99

I stopped ironing the binding in half before sewing it on; works great! However, following another tip from this board, I now iron the binding away from the quilt body before folding it over. This also is a great tip, at least for machine binding (I no longer hand sew bindings). Both tips together mean my bindings fold over the edge more easily *and* more evenly!

minstrel

I'm with you! Am just now quilting a quilt that I basted with Elmer's glue as suggested here. Can I just say that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it? No wrinkles or tucks anywhere, and that puppy is STUCK. I glue basted and left it for about 3 weeks before I got to it again, and nothing shifted or anything. Extra bonus: don't have to watch out for pins or threads while quilting. I can't see ever going back to thread basting. Now to try the no-iron binding technique. :-)

Dragonomine

I use glue stick and iron to turn my fabric edges over interfacing. Works perfectly.