Your quilt deserves a perfect finish! Use this full step by step tutorial to learn how to bind the professional way! Its so easy and clean, you’ll be glad you did.
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Do you ever stalk the mail man or the UPS guy (lady)? I do. I love getting packages, especially when they are filled with pretty things. I had been doing really well about not adding much fabric to what I already have but… Liberty gets me! It does. And then I’m browsing the J&V site, and one...
Remember this quilt I made for Layla around this time last year? Well its one of my most favorite quilts. So simple, but so beautiful. Wallace is quickly getting too big for all the quilts I made for him before he was born, so I’ve started growing his collection with a quilt like Layla’s, only...
I know I told you I would have this post up yesterday, but the weather was super dreary on Wednesday, so getting any good pictures would have been next to impossible. I hope waiting an extra day is worth it! I haven’t been doing much garment sewing lately, and I think that’s because my sewing...
We’re ready for step two in our Opposites Attract quilt along. Do you have your materials? Have you gotten the pattern? If so, you are ready to start cutting. Once you have determined your layout (using one of the diagrams provided, or from filling out your own using the coloring page), you will know what...
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Welcome to Olivia Jane Handcrafted! I'm Meredith and this is my creative journal. Here you'll find loads of inspiration for a handmade wardrobe, home decor, bags, and quilts. I even have plenty of projects and tutorials to get you started or help you along the way.
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Thanks for this tutorial. I can always get my corners on the back looking fab, because you can manipulate as you hand sew them down, but the fronts always look awful. Maybe I should machine sew on the back side and hand sew on the front?
The corners will fold in opposite directions on the front and back. By stopping your stitching and folding prior to getting to the edge, you should have perfectly folded corners on the front and back of the quilt. You could try machine sewing from the back first. I’ve never used that method.
[…] for a small wall quilt. I bound it in Licorise, a black Free Spirit solid, using my go to, perfect finish binding technique, and it was finished! I’m happy to report my friend loved it! Its always a little […]
[…] baste your quilt, and quilt however you would like! If you need some guidance on binding, I have a great, picture filled tutorial to walk you through clean, professional […]