Let there be much rejoicing!!!! After 3 prior attempts to film a sewing tutorial, edit, render, and upload it with EPIC FAIL results….. My dear, sweet, hubby, stepped in and rescued me!
He filmed me demonstrating this mitered binding method that does not require any hand sewing and I am sooooo HAPPY! Yes, I am doing the dance of JOY!
Watch the 3 part video tutorial to see how you can get from this....
To This!
Part 1 of 3
Part 2 of 3
Part 3 of 3
Well, thanks for watching!
That’s all for now!
Let’s get sewing!
Jenny Gabriel – alter ego: StitchinJenny
Jenny Gabriel of StitchinJenny.com is a home school mother of 2 who is also an independent sewing, serging, and machine embroidery instructor. Students of all ages and skill levels love her patient and affirming teaching style.
Passionate for sewing since 1997, she began teaching in 2006 and offers local classes, in-home private lessons, and a combination of online videos, tutorials and projects. Jenny is dedicated to providing the beginner to the advanced sewer with quality sewing instruction and inspiration.
Jenny has recently launched a non-profit sewing program at Freedom Place, a safe haven for victims of domestic child sex trafficking. As a volunteer at Freedom Place, Jenny gets to combine her love of sewing with her heart for kids.
Please visit her blog to see how you can help provide sewing machines and fabrics for these precious girls.
I love the step by step instructions. You didn’t assume that we knew even the “simple” things! I know absolutely nothing about this so that was very helpful! I’ll bet I could actually do this right along with you. You MAY have inspired me to try this.
Thanks! I’m glad to hear that it was easy to follow. You will enjoy making these and the skills will also work for small lap quilts, wall hangings, even larger quilts……
I watched all 3 of your binding videos, very interesting. I started sewing mine on the back and turningt it to the front and machine sew. It is always off. I loved your tablet cover you did today on Nancy Zieman’s site.
Thanka
Did I miss how wide you cut the strips in the 1st place? It looks pretty wide. I think it’s totally great and could save a lot of time once you get the hang of it- Thanks so much!
Hi Reena,
Thanks so much for taking the time to watch! The info. you requested is given in part 2, but I’m writing it here so you don’t have to go looking for it.
I wanted my finished binding on the place mats to be 3/4″ wide. Because this is the “double-fold” method, I cut my binding strips 4 & 5/8″ wide. (I cut on the straight of the grain from selvage to selvage.) I recommend cutting 7 to 8 strips to make a set of 4 place mats.
I hope this helps!
Also, for the Tablet Keeper’s binding, the instructions say to cut binding strips that are 2 & 1/2″ wide. I stuck with the Tablet Keeper’s instructions and was very happy with the narrower binding as well.
Thanks again for reading and watching!
Blessings,
Jenny Gabriel
I love this tutorial! It seems I’ll go to extremes to avoid having to hand-sew anything LOL. This tutorial on mitered corners is exactly what I needed! Thanks for sharing
I love the step by step instructions. You didn’t assume that we knew even the “simple” things! I know absolutely nothing about this so that was very helpful! I’ll bet I could actually do this right along with you. You MAY have inspired me to try this.
Thanks! I’m glad to hear that it was easy to follow. You will enjoy making these and the skills will also work for small lap quilts, wall hangings, even larger quilts……
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Love the tutorial on custom mitered binding. Thanks!
Thank you so much! Excellent instruction. I’ve bookmarked your page and I will be back!
Thanks!
I watched all 3 of your binding videos, very interesting. I started sewing mine on the back and turningt it to the front and machine sew. It is always off. I loved your tablet cover you did today on Nancy Zieman’s site.
Thanka
Did I miss how wide you cut the strips in the 1st place? It looks pretty wide. I think it’s totally great and could save a lot of time once you get the hang of it- Thanks so much!
Hi Reena,
Thanks so much for taking the time to watch! The info. you requested is given in part 2, but I’m writing it here so you don’t have to go looking for it.
I wanted my finished binding on the place mats to be 3/4″ wide. Because this is the “double-fold” method, I cut my binding strips 4 & 5/8″ wide. (I cut on the straight of the grain from selvage to selvage.) I recommend cutting 7 to 8 strips to make a set of 4 place mats.
I hope this helps!
Also, for the Tablet Keeper’s binding, the instructions say to cut binding strips that are 2 & 1/2″ wide. I stuck with the Tablet Keeper’s instructions and was very happy with the narrower binding as well.
Thanks again for reading and watching!
Blessings,
Jenny Gabriel
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I love this tutorial! It seems I’ll go to extremes to avoid having to hand-sew anything LOL. This tutorial on mitered corners is exactly what I needed! Thanks for sharing