Supplies:
Fabric for the binding, thread for sewing the binding.
Before the meeting:
*If you have not been joining the blocks as we went, you need to do that now. The following video that will show you how to do this.
Joining Blocks after quilting
*Note - this video is part of an advertisment/instructions for a Hawaiian Quilting block pattern, just ignore the first part about the Hawaiian quilting blocks and pay attention to the second half where they show you how to join the blocks together.
Alternatively, you can go to the library and check out Lap Quilting by Georgia Bonesteel. This book has excellent drawings and pictures on how to join blocks as you go. Her other books may also have these instructions but I don't know if they do or not.
1. Cut the binding fabric into 2.5 inch strips, sew the strips together until you have a strip that will reach all the way around the edges of all four sides of the quilt with a little extra to fold into the corners. .
Watch this video on Preparing the binding before you cut the strips.
And this video on Joining ends of Binding
2. Bring the binding and the quilt to the meeting along with straight pins and thread to sew on the binding with.
At the meeting:
3.Pin on the binding to the front and mitering the binding at the corners and machine sew the binding to the front of the quilt. Fold the binding over to the back of the quilt and pin, then hand sew the binding to the back of the quilt.
If hand sewing the binding on both sides, pin the binding entirely on both sides and begin sewing with the hem or invisible stitch.
Watch the You Tube video on Attaching the Binding Before you begin.
And the quilt is completed!
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