Infrastructure Week 12 - Binding

As you put the finishing touches on your Infrastructure quilt,  or if your plugging along at your own comfortable pace, I hope you've enjoyed the quilt along and gleaned some new tips and tricks along the way.

Infrastructure Quilt

This week we will be talking about binding.  Christa has an amazing machine binding video tutorial over on her blog.  When we began the quilt along the plan was for Christa to hand bind and for me to machine bind the quilt but in the course of making out quilts it ended up the exact opposite.  So let me get into talking bindings!

60+ Quilts - 60+ Bindings


I like to use 2 1/2" strips when binding and typically sew on the binding with a 3/8''  seam allowance.  This mean, whenever possible, I leave a little, very little, extra batting around the edge of the my quilt when squaring it up, to keep all those points around the edges intact.  After the binding is attached to the front of the quilt I will iron the binding back over itself all around the quilt.  Then I flip the quilt over and iron the bind down on the back.  This does two things, it keeps the binding in place better when sewing and it gives me a chance to iron my corners so that the miter lines up.

More Quilts - More Bindings


After I press the binding I use wonder clips every 4 inches or so to hold the binding in place.  After all the prep work is down it's time to hand sew.  I really enjoying taking a moment to sit down and hand sew.  It's a great personal touch on your quilt.  There have been times when I had to bind 3 quilts right in a row and even though I'm carefully and have a thimble handy for any extra push the needle might need about the third quilt is when my fingers are telling me to machine bind, but hey isn't that what callouses are for?

Infrastructure binding


While I'm binding I also take the time to catch any threads that I missed and still need snipped.  It feels so good adding those final few stitches to your quilt and laying it out on the floor to see the whole quilt completely finished for the first time!

GIVEAWAY TIME! Aurifil Thread partnering with Christa and I again this week and donating an 2 cones of their Forty3 thread for our giveaway.  I love their Forty3, 40wt-3ply, thread and would recommend it to everyone.  They will be giving away two of my favorite colors, dove and light beige.


Aurifil Thread


Leaving a comment below is the only way to be eligible to win.  Comments made Monday through Friday will be entered into a random drawing so please be sure to leave your name and email address where you can be contact if you win. Comments without contact information will not be eligible for prize(s). The winner will be announced the following Monday in our weekly quilt along post.
 
 
 
 

**CONGRATULATIONS** to Christi for being our week 11 winner!! 
 
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Comments

  1. Thread is so important to the quilt and I love Aurifil. I have been incredibly lucky with your giveaways so I will try again.

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  2. I think turning the quilt over and ironing it down is a really good tip. So often, taking the extra time to press something one more time makes a huge difference--I sometimes resist, thinking I don't have time, but it pays off--sometimes in time saved, sometimes in reduced frustration, often in much better results.

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  3. Wow, lots of quilts and
    great bindings. Love
    the giveaway threads.
    Carla from Utah

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  4. I hand bind special quilts and machine bind others. I love Aurifil thread.

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  5. I love Aurifil and have never used the 40 wt. Would love to try it!

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  6. Thank your for the opportunity----I love Aurifil thread!!

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  7. Love Aurifil! Thanks for the quilt-along.

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  8. I have done binding both by hand and machine and like both methods. My favorite is the faux flange binding. Love using Aurifil thread too.

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  9. I think that ironing the binding back is a great idea. I will try that on my next quilt. Thanks fir sharing!

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  10. I love Aurifil but have never used this particular weight. Thank you for the chance to win

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  11. I will have to try ironing my binding before sewing, I have never thought about doing that before. Thank you.

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  12. I Love Aurifil thread. It works well in my machine and for hand work.
    Your quilts are beautiful.

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  13. Great tip on ironing the binding over the back of the quilt. I really don't like handwork and bind everything by machine, unless it is a show quilt. I've been known to trade machine quilting for hand stitching the binding!! I love working with Aurifil threads, but I have never tried quilting on my longarm with them. These cones look like they would be a perfect opportunity to give that a try!

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  14. I think I'd have a really hard time trying to sew with a 3/8" seam allowance. One-fourth is hard enough.

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  15. I also find pressing the binding on both sides before sewing it down is the most efficient way to have a pleasing result when finished. And it is easier on the hands when done tis way. Love the videos for both machine and hand binding and love, love, love Aurifil thread my go to for all my sewing projects. judieharronatyahoodotcom

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  16. Binding the quilt is my least favorite part but at the same time it feels so good to be that close to finishing. Maybe when I get better at it I'll like it more
    Sharon Aurora
    shades000 at gmail dot com

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  17. I prefer to sew the binding on by hand too. It does give the quilt a more personal touch. Thanks!

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  18. I'm a machine binder...or they'll never be finished. Great giveaway! sarcouponatgmail

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  19. I'm an aurifil girl, beige and light grey are my go to colors. I also use 2.5" for binding and currently helping out a friend binding baby quilts for hospitals. tbranstetter@carolina.rr.com

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  20. I always hand sew my binding. Have never used the 40 weight aurifil only 50 weight.
    ajmtmm@ktis.net

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  21. Such great quilting!!! The thread colors look perfect. Charyl Sieler sieler@comcast.net

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  22. Love Aurifil thread, I normally use Aurifil 50, but would love to try 40 as well.

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  23. I love Aurifil thread! It's the only thread I have ever used. I machine bind both back and front. I'm learning g how to FMQ! This thread would be so perfect! Happy Thanksgiving!
    Roseanne Carr Atkinson
    1quiltyme at gmail dot com
    @quilty_me_ on IG.

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