Quilt edging ideas

I like to think of finishing the raw edges of a quilt – to be a little like adding the ribbon to a package wrapped with pretty paper – or the frame on a painting. The project is still pretty – but finishing the raw edges make it complete. Finishing the edges of my quilt is an important part of the quilting process – and I have to confess – it may be my favorite part. There’s more than one way to finish the edges of our quilt. So … how do we choose? Read more ... #Quiltblox #QuiltBinding

Looking for tips or ideas on how to edge a quilt? This video shows a plethora of different edging methods you can use for your next project.

Read on to find out that prairie point binding is not as tricky as it looks, and it's especially easy with our 10 step method for attaching prairie points!

Continuous Prairie Points are Ingenious! Prairie points add a lovely frame to the edge of a quilt, and often are used right at the edge instead of a binding. They can also be turned in, appearing on top of the quilt border just inside of the binding. Or place them on an inner border or …

We’re sew excited to show you how to make prairie points edging! The folded triangles can then be nested or overlapped and spaced close together or widely spaced, whichever best fits a quilt’s dimensions.

Disclaimer: I am not a Real Quilter. I have never taken a quilting class before, nor do I have any other kind of training in the quilting department besides that...

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Excellent Tutorials for Using Decorative Machine Stitches to Secure Bindings! The beautiful machine embroidery stitch used to secure the binding of a lovely quilt got us to thinking about bindings. The standard approach is to stitch them down by hand or machine, making the stitching as invisible as possible. Some quilters will stitch down a …

Heather Thomas presents some fun quilt border ideas as well as teaches you how to create a quilt border that isn’t straight edged.

Add your name, date, or a special message stitched into the binding of a quilt.

Ever since sharing my Winsome quilt last week I've received a lot of questions about how I did the scalloped border. I admit that up until this month I was completely intimidated by the idea of scallops, and also a little afraid I'd mess up my quilt. So today I wanted to share a tutorial showing how I created the scalloped border. Are you ready to try it? First of all, here's what we're talking about. See the curved edges on the quilt below? That's a scalloped border. Around the web you can…

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Hi friends! I have a quick little tutorial I want to share with you for adding a lace trim edge to your quilting. It’s so simple, but I had trouble figuring out which way to fold mine to get …

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How to Bind Scalloped EdgesWell, here we go again! I've shown you how to make bias binding (you can find those instructions here. Now, it’s time to actually do the binding! Here are a few tips and tricks I thought would be helpful.Start your binding with a tail of at least 6-8” unsewn. I almost always start on the upside of the “valley” as it rounds over the hill (I put a pin to hold the binding where I plan to start). I usually do double machine binding, so I actually sew my binding to the…

I found a great tutorial about adding the binding to a scalloped edge quilt. http://whatahootquilts.blogspot.com/2013/01/wips-tips-for-scalloped-bindings-and.html

Let me show you how to add borders to your quilt the correct way! This will help prevent puckers and tucks in the quilting, and help your quilt to lay flat when it is done. Whether you choose to quilt

I'm curious about this knotted quilt binding! I found this photo on 10Marifet , but it didn't tell how-to. Guzellestirin means "beau...

Heather Thomas presents some fun quilt border ideas as well as teaches you how to create a quilt border that isn’t straight edged so that you don’t have to do all the calculations and you can create unique edges that you’ll be proud of. She shows a few different examples of her own work, and then demonstrates the quick and easy process for flip and sew bordering.