Quilting

Step 11 Bind the edges

Quilt binding is the fold of fabric that sandwiches the outer edge of the quilt to create a finished hem. You can either create your own binding strips or buy premade strips from fabric stores (that's what I do). Unroll the binding and fold it around the edge. First pin the binding in place, then add basting stitches and remove the pins (sound familiar?). Once the binding is attached with basting stitches very carefully machine sew the edge of the binding to the quilt, making sure that the stitches intersect the binding on both the top and bottom. At the corners fold the binding back on itself and carefully stitch down--the corners are the hardest part, but getting them to look right is really just a matter of care and patience.