Better Binding Workshop

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, February 16

Get a continuous quilt binding crash course where we’ll cover joining your binding strips on 45-degree angle, prepping the strips to be sewn to your quilt top, using a walking foot to evenly feet all the layers through your sewing machine, sewing mitered corners, joining your ends in continuous binding, trimming your batting even with the quilt top and stitching your binding down to the back using a whip stitch that is practically invisible.

When you are done, you will have fabulous looking binding, square corners and it will be impossible to tell where you started or stopped your binding.

Supplies:

• A quilted test sandwich, placemat or mini quilt measuring no larger than 12-inches by 16 inches
• 2, 2 1/2-inch by WOF strips for binding
• Marking tool
• Pins
• Walking foot
• Hand sewing needle
• Thimble
• Thread matching your binding color
• Machiners Quilting Gloves (optional)

The classes are at Quilt Addicts Anonymous, 1232 30th St., Rock Island, IL. You must purchase the class in order to sign up. Since space is limited, cancellations made within 48 hours of the class will not be refunded.