When I started Allison’s t-shirt quilt, I had no intention of doing a jersey knit binding. I assumed I would back it in Cuddle® minky and probably bind it in Luxe Cuddle® [here’s how that’s done]. But then I got it back from the long-arm quilter and you know about those best laid plans and all…
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I decided spontaneously to bind with the jersey knit instead, so then I had to figure out how to do it. I’d done enough binding with Cuddle®, which is a plush knit, that I new some of how it could work, but it was a whole different beast than both cotton binding and Cuddle® binding.
- Fuse a woven interfacing (I used Pellon SF101) to the back of the jersey knit.
- Cut into 1 1/4″ strips along width of fabric
- Sew strips together with a 45-degree angle to create a single strip the perimeter of your quilt (plus 10″ or so).
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4. Sew binding strip to back of quilt using a Jersey 90/14 needle and polyester thread.
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5. Change bobbin thread to Iron N Fuse (Wonderfil) and zig zag over seam allowance with front of quilt against the feed dogs.
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6. Turn and press into place with medium heat iron, lightly fusing the binding to zig zag (use a clapper if you have one). Use Wonder Clips to keep the binding in position.
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7. Change sole plate to Stitch-In-The-Ditch and use your stiletto to make an even topstitch along raw edge of jersey knit binding.
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8. Learn to live with the fact that it’s really hard to get the stitching perfect along the seam line and enjoy your soft binding.
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It wasn’t terribly hard and I think you could probably use glue basting or Wonder Tape instead of the Iron N Fuse thread. You don’t even have to do that, but I felt like I was able to do slightly better with it already head in place while I sewed. YMMV.
Happy sewing!
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