Have You Ever Wondered How Some Quilters Get Perfect Corners on the Binding of Their Quilts?
Using This Resource, the Corners on Your
Quilt or Wall Hanging
Will Be Sharp -
Whether they are Outside Corners or Inside Corners.
And Your Quilt Will Look Like the Binding was Made by a Professional Quilter
Date:
From: Penny Halgren
Greetings Quilter,
Do you have quilts with hexagon-type corners that are waiting to be finished because you aren't quite sure how to bind them?
Maybe you have made a Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt, or a Tumbling Blocks quilt, and you just aren't sure how to finish the edges and bind the quilt.
Or maybe you are afraid to start one of those quilts because you aren't sure how to bind it and don't want yet one more unfinished quilt on your closet shelf.
Are you confused about how wide to make the binding, and whether to start attaching the binding on the front and fold it over to the back, or start on the back and fold it over to the front?
Do you wonder whether you should use bias binding or straight grain binding?
Do you always end up with way too much binding or, worse, run out, and then have no more fabric to make more binding, and are just "stuck?"
Maybe you've heard about making continuous binding but haven't tried it and aren't confident that you can sew the seams together so they are flat and don't detract from the binding and the quilt.
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| An octagon quilt that sat for years waiting for binding. |
Believe me, I've been there.
Years ago, I made a quilt that was one giant octagon. It was one of the first original design quilts I made, and I was pretty happy with the top when it was finished.
I had spent hours sewing the blocks, making the templates and cutting each one of the unusual shapes between the blocks, and fitting all of the shapes together so the quilt would be a perfect octagon when it was finished.
Once the top was done, it sat on a shelf in my closet for months - waiting to be finished. Sound familiar?
By the time I made that quilt, I had made a bunch of other quilts. One problem - all of the other quilts were either squares or rectangles - nothing that had something other than a 90 degree corner.
I was lost.
Finally I decided that the quilt wasn't going to finish itself, and I wasn't going to add four big triangles in the corners so I could make it into a square. It was time to just figure out how to make binding that would go around the outside of the quilt - as an octagon.
The binding on that quilt ended up being "just fine," but not much more.
Because I didn't know about bias binding then, I made straight grain binding. The only thing that saved the project was that the binding was 1 inch wide, giving me plenty of space to miter the corners and hide the excess binding. Plus the corners were still "outside" corners - like the corners around a square quilt. And there were none of those scary "inside" corners.
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| This Tumbling Blocks quilt is waiting to be finished. |
But then one day, I was presented with a challenge to make a Tumbling Blocks quilt.
Oh, I know, this is a charm quilt - one piece of "every" fabric I have used in my other quilts.
It's been easy for me to say that the reason I won't finish it is because I won't stop buying fabric, so there will always be another diamond to sew into the quilt top.
And quilting daughter, Stephanie, actually believes that! (Aren't daughters wonderful?)
But, the real reason I didn't want to finish that quilt is that I look at all of those inside and outside corners, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to bind the quilt so that it looked even reasonable - let alone good.
The diamonds have 3 inch sides, which is fairly reasonable - at least they aren't the 1 inch sides that a Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt might have.
The outside corners don't scare me. After all, there is not that much difference between a square corner, an octogon corner and those diamond corners.
What scares me is all of those inside corners!
While I'm familiar with stretching bias binding around inside curves to smooth it out, I just didn't know how to make all of those inside corners sharp and not rounded like they would be for a curve.
Binding a Hexagon Quilt or Wall Hanging Beautifully
Months ago in one of our How-to-Quilt surveys, I asked about your challenges with binding. And one of the challenges was with binding this kind of quilt.
I could have easily said "I don't know, either." But, I figured that wasn't all that helpful for those quilters who really wanted to make some different shaped quilts and finish them beautifully - as if they had been finished by a professional quilter.
And with our exploration of different ways to bind a quilt, I decided that it was time to figure it all out.
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Learn how to add binding to a quilt with hexagonal sides. |
In my box of sewn-together blocks, I discovered some floating boxes - hexagons actually. There were 5 of them, and it seemed like just the perfect number and shape for a demonstration.
Sewing the blocks together was the easy part. Once together, I decided to do some light hand quilting. After all, it is a very small wall hanging, and the point was to make the binding, not create a masterpiece in the middle.
In short order the wall hanging was finished, with its batting and backing sticking out. I'll admit that I was still tempted to add some pieces to make it a square.
But, because I was committed to teaching you how to bind a quilt or wall hanging that had inside and outside corners, I kept on going.
It took some time and experimentation, but I figured it out, and my little wall hanging has binding that I can be proud of.
During the process, I discovered some techniques that can make a difference as you bind your quilt, too.
You Had No Choice . . . In the Past
It's like so many other things about quilting. You look at the pictures in the book; talk to a quilter or twenty in an online Discussion Group; fold, re-fold, stitch, rip and re-stitch; talk to a friend; and generally gather as much information as you possibly can to answer all of the questions about binding your multi-sided quilt.
But in the end, those other quilters didn't share all of the tips and techniques you need to make beautiful binding on your quilt.
It's not your fault, and maybe it's not really their fault either. Maybe they thought they told you everything. Or maybe they told you everything they knew. But it wasn't enough. Their information didn't include all of the nitty-gritty details you need to be successful in making beautiful binding.
But things can be different for you now.
Because I thought you would be interested in seeing exactly how this type of binding is sewn on, I recorded every step of the process, and now it's ready for you.
In the How-to-Quilt.com tradition, this is a complete from start-to-finish video demonstration of how to bind a quilt with inside and outside corners. For simplicity, I've shortened the title to How to Bind a Quilt with Hexagons.
But, you get the idea that it doesn't really matter whether the pieces in the quilt are hexagons, octagons, diamonds, triangles, or any other shape. The point is that there are corners to bind and you want them sharp - not curved!
In this 35 minute, step-by-step video demonstration, you will see how to:
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You will see it all - nothing is left out of this instruction!
Using this resource, you will be able to take any quilt or wall hanging that has almost any shape sides and finish it with perfection.
Not only that, but your cutting and sewing this type of binding will be free from frustration and aggravation because you will see exactly what to do and how to do it.
And because it is on DVD, you will be able to watch it in the comfort of your home or sewing room as many times as you want - even if you watch it now and again 6 years from now!
What could be better than that?
What’s the cost to put Me on Your Quilting Team?
By now you may be wondering about the cost of this valuable resource.
Well, put it this way.
If you hired me to consult with you to cover all of the points of how to bind a quilt or wall hanging with hexagons, it would run in the neighborhood of 5-7 hours, including special time showing you how to cut the binding and sew the strips together. Currently folks are paying me $198 per hour for consulting, that would set you back about $990 – and that doesn’t count travel or telephone expenses. Plus at the end of that time, your head would be spinning, your notes would be flying, and you would just have pieces of paper to refer to.
When you invest in this valuable DVD, you can look at it whenever you want, and as many times as you want.
Or you could spend $60-$70 for some quilting books, plus $20-$30 each for some books with tips about how to bind a quilt and then try to figure it all out yourself. But, then, we've already tried that, haven't we? Plus, I haven't seen instructions that are anywhere near as complete written up in any book.
Remember, it’s taken me 27 years of making all different kinds of quilts, plus an investment of thousands, of dollars to sort through all of the clutter of information and give you only the best. And I know you want to get to the heart of binding your quilt or wall hanging and bypass all of that torture and unnecessary expense.
Maybe you have already made a bunch of quilts, made some fantastic binding, and think you have seen everything already and can figure it out yourself. Maybe, but if you are anything like I am, every time I pick up a quilting book or magazine, I learn something new from just one little article or picture. Just imagine what you could learn from 35 minutes of video quilting instruction.
Every quilter has unique shortcuts and techniques that she has developed over time. The big difference is that I am happy to share mine! Not all quilters are. And because I am sewing exactly the way I sew when the camera is off, you get every inside tip and technique I have.
Isn’t your time worth something?
This DVD covers practically the same thing you would get in a personal consultation for a mere fraction of the investment.
And, you can look back at each and every step of how to make this binding whenever you want to and how ever many times you need to – without feeling stupid or embarrassed for reviewing it eleven times. (You can even watch in your jammies or sweats or while the kids or grandkids [or hubbie] are taking a nap!)
Just think of how many hours you would spend pawing through books looking at instructions about how to bind a quilt with hexagonal sides, reading them and then trying to figure out exactly what they are telling you, so you can try it yourself.
If you are anything like I am, once you have read everything and think you know what you are supposed to do, there are still some surprises along the way. But, when you watch someone actually do something, each step becomes clear and the surprise is only at the end when it all works out the way it is supposed to.
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