Binding Instructions

These instructions are for binding a quilt with corners that are not 90 degrees.
  1. Make your binding.  Cut strips about 2 inches wide (depending on your desired border size).  Two inches will give you about 1/4 inch borders.
  2. Piece the strips using a diagonal seam (put the two pieces at 90 degrees right side together.  Stitch from corner to corner.)
  3. Fold the binding in half, wrong sides together and press.
  4. At the starting end of the binding, press a quarter inch under.
  5. Begin at the center of one side with the wrong side of the piece facing up and having the raw edge of the end(from step 4) facing up, and pin the binding from the start to the first corner.  
  6. pin binding
  7. Sew to within 1/4 inch of the corner.
  8. Fold the binding up so that it is even with the next edge.  The ruler is in place for illustrative purposes.
  9. fold corner
  10. Fold the binding down, holding the top corner, so that a fold is made and the binding is even with the next edge.
  11. pin corner
  12. Pin rest of the binding until the next corner and repeat for all sides.
  13. pin next edge
  14. As you approach the starting point, cut the end of the binding so that when you pin it, it will overlap the starting piece by a scant 1/4 inch.
  15. Sew the rest of the binding in place.
  16. Turn the project over and fold the binding from the wrong side to the right side.  You should just overlap the original stitching by 1/4 inch.
  17. Pin in place progressing to the first corner.
  18. At the corner, take a fold in the binding so that it forms a nice miter.  (See picture).  You may have to play with the depth of the fold to get the corner to come out even.
  19. cornerRightSide
  20. Sew binding all around.  Press carefully to make the corners as sharp as possible.
  21. You're DONE!