Finishing in Style-Binding Techniques

Instructor: Karen Kehl

After you have spent many, many hours on piecing and quilting your quilt, you want to finish it off in a style that best frames your hard work and the beauty in your quilt. And choosing the right finish – whether it is a traditional binding, flanged binding, wide binding or facing – is critical to the final look of your quilt. This class is all about how to finish off your quilt in grand style. We will start with a discussion and demonstration of preparing your quilt for binding. Three different binding methods (knife edge, flanged and facing) will be demonstrated and we will discuss special types of binding. You will prepare your pieces for binding, prepare the bindings, and practice flanged binding and facing. Each participant can bring in an unbound quilt and we will have a group consultation session for selecting a binding method. You will finish the day with two bound placemats and a plan for binding your quilt. These are skills you will use on every quilt you make!