Quilt Binding Width

Since I wrote that post Ive had the chance to refine my quilt binding.

Quilt binding width. However there are other times when you want a binding that has more impact and a 12 finished width provides the perfect frame for the quilt. Quilt binding can make or break your quilt. Choose a Binding Width.

Using 2 12 strips might be recommended for early beginners especially if youre going to be attaching your binding entirely by machine so that attaching leaves room for 38 instead of strictly 14 seam allowance. Keep in mind youll be cutting the fabric into strips that will then be folded in half. Divide the total by 40 safest usable fabric width especially if pre-washed to determine how many cross-cut selvage-to-selvage strips are needed to make the quilt binding.

For me I have better luck when using a 12-inch binding. The 38 finished width is very popular. Carrie Nelson of Moda Fabrics will guide you step by step on how to put wide binding on your quilt.

If youd like the binding to act as a border you may want it to be wide. Remove the needle from the quilt and cut the threads. Since 12 is ⅓ a yard of fabric well need ⅓ a yard for our binding.

Quilt binding is a strip of fabric that finishes a quilt. Sewing with a wider seam will chop off important design elements. Measure the quilts perimeter add up the four sides to determine how much binding is needed.

Stop sewing 14 from the first corner. Binding a quilt is a skill that every. So 5 times 25 is 10.