I have done small projects this way, such as placemats, coasters, etc. I am sorry that I have been remiss in thanking many of you. Thanks for the reminder Rita! ~Samantha DeMato, Founder of March of the Blanketeers. Or do it differently. Trying to make sure I understand it. Montse and Chris, very happy that the tutorial has been helpful to you both. I'll have to try this. Give it a shot! How wonderfully clever! Thanks a million! Before sewing on, I drew a line 1/2" up and then folded / pressed the 1/4" fold. Thanks for this tute, I'm a confused lefthander with mitring issues and you have just given me the best way to bind runners without all the bulk of traditional binding.thanks from Australia xxxx. Basically just cuts out one step. Dec 15, 2011 - Drum roll, please. Thanks for sharing this tutorial! The method that I use doesn't give you mitered corners, but who cares as they wouldn't show on the front anyway. For someone like me, who dutifully binds quilts and is comfortable with the process, it is even a little outside of my comfort zone. Sorry that you got a bit lost towards the end... probably where I start referring you back to previous steps and photos, which was easier to do on my end then adding even more photos! Would be nice to see how you do your corner hanging pieces on the back of a small mini quilt. That way I can sew all four sides of the binding on with out stopping. I love it!Great tutorial and quilt! This is a method I use frequently for flannel blankets or small baby quilts. I remembered seeing this on pinterest and wanated to do it to the quilt I'm making now, but I already quilted all three layers. Used on Seed Mix , which provided all of the demo shots for this technique, the no-show binding makes it appear that the quilting lines don't stop just because the quilt does. Awesome! Also, make sure everything is squared up before and after quilting, and definitely before adding the binding or the facing. I have just started quilting....and felt as though I was not doing it the "right" way....because I do not use binding on any of mine.....:). Thank you for sharing this wonderful technique! Quilt binding is simply a folded strip of fabric that is used to conceal and bind the edges of your quilt to keep it from fraying.. And we are almost finished! But then all your quilts look very precise and neat! With a bias edge you dont have as much rubbing on one thread on the edge. These quilts look wonderful Rita, great colours and I love the no binding finish. So the backing is not at all quilted? I will have to try this out. Love the idea of a facing as I am preparing several small wall hangings for our local show. Now I have to try it.Thank you for sharing! I also got a bit lost with the mitering part of facing a quilt and this avoids that altogether. Benta, Rachel, and FoulkeArt, you are each so very welcome! Is it possible to make the facing more narrow?? Instead I recommend hand stitching a hanging sleeve on, (or corners if you prefer) after the facing is finished, positioning them about 1/4" to a 1/2" down from the top edge. Line up the raw edge of the binding to the raw edge of the quilt. Hello Victoria, I have to thank you for this wonderful tutorial. It worked great! Is there a fairly straightforward way to incorporate some kind of hanging mechanism, e.g., Fast Finish Triangles? The quilts are fabulous, as always. It does look sleep and modern for sure. Find my article for making cute embroidered houses in the Summer 2014 issue of Sew Somerset. Another great question!Suzss, for a hanging sleeve, I simply make one as I would for a traditional quilt and I leave about a 1" section of "slack" along the top edge which I would place about 1" down from the top of my quilt while sewing the upper portion of the sleeve just under the stitched edge of the facing. I still have the first one which was given to me after my 35 year old son was born. Once the quilt was quilted she would cut (on all four sides) the backing and binding about an inch larger than the quilt. I wanted to say exactly what "Excited Grandma" recently shared. Tutorial: Super-Duper Easy Way to Face a Quilt (Or... Indigo Blue Cross Quilts with a Facing Finish. Now you are ready to apply them to the quilt. She would then fold it over to meet the edge of the quilt and then fold it over again to cover the raw edge of the quilt. Thanks for walking us through your method. When I was planning my quilts, I searched and searched for a doable “finish” that I felt I could easily master. Also when you stich everything down on the back you have to go really slow and feel your way through the quilt sandwich the needle has to go deep enough to catch binding, sleeve and back fabric and batting but not the front. I used this for my latest quilt and love it. I'm a bit afraid of becoming addicted. Get these two PDF quilt patterns at a special price! Actually quilted it after the back was stitched and turned. Why did you zig zag stitch around the top before you sewed the back right side up? I think the method you describ trying is more of the "pillow case" method, which I have also done for small quilts, but I think this method gives better results. Thanks very much for sharing!Huggs, Nancy. This week, I’ll show you an easy way to finish off any blanket or quilt with a binding tutorial. Thank you for doing this great tutorial! 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