Big Stitch Binding Looks Great and Wears Well
Plus, It’s Just as Simple to Do as the Usual Way!
Have you ever hand-sewn a binding in place only to have the thread snap when someone tugged on the quilt’s edge? It’s heartbreaking to have to repair something you’ve worked so hard to complete, but bindings can be a bit fragile (especially if kids are involved!).
Erica from Kitchen Table Quilting has developed a solution that looks great and wears remarkably well. Instead of hand sewing the binding around the back, she “quilts” it in place with sturdy perle cotton.
The stitches just go through the binding and backing (and maybe a bit of the batting). Since they don’t go through all the layers, the stitches don’t show on the front. Although you could reverse the process, so they do. Machine stitch the binding to the back of the quilt and “quilt” it down on the front.
If you’ve hand quilted, you’ll find this process is very similar. And, it goes just as quickly as stitching down a binding the usual way.
An additional article has four videos to help you get great results. It also recommends tools. You’ll find it here.
