I finished my quilts for a friend. I talked about the piecing of these quilts in THIS POST.
Now I'm going to discuss how I finished these quilts.
When I had completed the quilting, I started pondering how to bind the quilt. I decided that I did not want to use a regular quilting cotton for the binding on an all-fleece quilt. I ALSO did not want to have those bulky seams from fleece in the binding.
I decided to use the backing and do a self-binding.
I found a way to do this that worked out quite well. Here's how it was done:
Cut off all the excess backing except for 1" all around.



When you get to the corners, you want to cut 1" chunk out of each of the corners.




When you get to the corners, you want to cut 1" chunk out of each of the corners.


When I did this myself, I didn't pin it, but I'm pinning it now, to show you each step.
First, Fold in the corners like this:

Then fold the sides down a 1/2" (in half) making them level with the quilt's raw edge.

Then fold down the folded edge again over the quilt.

Then fold the sides down a 1/2" (in half) making them level with the quilt's raw edge.

Then fold down the folded edge again over the quilt.
Take a needle and thread and hand-stitch this corner together.
I did all the corners first and pinned those down, and then
Gee, Katie, this is a terrific tutorial! And your quilting meander show up beautifully in the photos. What a lovely quilt you made, thak you for sharing with us here!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this great tutorial. I love the way you did the corners. I never would have thought of it myself, but it makes so much sense after you see it done. I
ReplyDeleteYes, what a great idea. Thank you for sharing! I have 4 baby fleece blankets to make and I love this idea more than adding fleece binding.
ReplyDeleteThanks!