A quilt usually consists of 3 layers – The quilt top, wadding/batting and backing fabric.
There are 2 main options for quilting your quilt, it can be done by a professional on a long arm quilting machine or you can do it yourself with your own sewing machine.
To prepare your quilt for a long arm quilter you should check with your quilter for their preferred method but usually you need to make sure your backing fabric and wadding is at least 4” bigger than the quilt top on all sides.
To prepare your quilt to do it yourself follow these steps –
Binding is a strip of fabric that you put around the edge of a quilt to enclose the edges of the fabrics. It stops fraying and strengthens the edges of your quilt.
There are many ways to do bindings. You can do it completely with your sewing machine, which is good for items that will get a lot of use, or the most common method for quilts is to sew first with your machine and then finish by hand. This is the method I will take you through.
Prepare your binding
Attaching the binding
Joining the binding ends
The final step is to hand sew the binding to the back of your quilt.
Don’t forget to label your quilt!