
Self Binding Quilt? How to Bind Quilt with Backing Fabric with Leah Day.
What is a self binding quilt? It's where you bind the quilt edges with the backing fabric! Learn how to measure, cut, fold, and stitch the backing fabric as binding in this video. This method is faster than traditional binding because we don't have to cut and sew extra binding strips.

Instructor
Leah Day
Leah Day is an online quilting teacher and founded LeahDay.com in 2009. She teaches quilting online via free YouTube videos and is also a dealer for Grace longarm machines and frames. Her mission is to empower and encourage quilters of all skill levels learn to make beautiful quilts.
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Chapters
- 0:00Self Binding Quilt? See the look
- 0:15Measure and Mark Backing Fabric
- 1:11Cut on Line with Scissors - 2 Sides Only
- 2:32Folding Backing Fabric
- 3:18Tip - Glue the fabric down!
- 4:091st Line of Stitching Preview
- 4:36Suspend Your Quilt
- 5:04Fold and Stitch Binding to BACK
- 7:00Why I Cut with Scissors
- 7:502nd Line of Stitching Preview
- 8:39No Show Stitches? Here's How
- 9:50Stitch Backing Binding to FRONT
- 10:27Mark and Cut Remaining Sides
- 11:22Key Cut the Backing for Corners
- 12:05How to Fold the Corner
- 13:463rd Line of Stitching - Turning Corner
- 15:45What is your fav binding method?
- 16:30Leave LONG Thread Tails!
- 17:15Hand Stitch Corner with Thread Tails
- 19:51Don't Extend the Binding Beyond Edge
- 20:23Where to Begin Last Stitching Lines
- 21:35Final Look of Binding with Backing Fabric
- 22:06Bye Bye See Ya Later!
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What is a self binding quilt? It's where you bind the quilt edges with the backing fabric! Learn how to measure, cut, fold, and stitch the backing fabric as binding in this video. This method is faster than traditional binding because we don't have to cut and sew extra binding...
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