Binding Basics
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Binding Basics
Discover how to flawlessly bind your quilts using a mix of machine and hand sewing. This essential skill will give your quilts a professional, polished finish, and it’s easier than you think once you know the right techniques! Explore various techniques for sewing straight or bias binding using binding fabrics, fussy cutting, or even your backing fabric. Learn how to cut, join, and press your binding strips for a smooth, even result, and perfect the mitered corner for a professional looking finish!
We will share a wide variety of creative ways to upgrade your binding through embroidery stitching, beading, adding buttons, piping with gimp, and more!
Meet the instructor!
Sarah has been with the Sue Spargo team since July 2021 and has been a fabulous addition to our web team! Her ambition, creativity and bubbly personality radiate through Sue Spargo newsletters and social media posts, photography for our website, and is even stitched into some of the samples in our retail shop. When Sarah is not working, she enjoys spending time with her three daughters, stitching, sewing, crochet and photography.
- (x2) 12" quilt sandwiches (preferably pre-quilted)
- e.g. 2 fat quarters and a piece of batting cut to this size
- (x2) 1/4 yds of cotton fabric for binding
- In class, we will talk about fussy cutting as well as using binding fabrics, so you may want to wait and shop during the workshop!
- Sewing machine with 1/4" foot and matching cotton thread
- Chalk Pencil
- Small Utility Clips
- Clover Roll & Press
- #11 Short Darner
- Efina Cotton Thread to match binding fabric
Cancellation fees reflect the cost of registration, staff, instructor contracts, material acquisitions, and other services. This policy applies to all registrants, regardless of the reason for canceling. We encourage you to take our cancellation policies into consideration before registering for classes.
If you need to cancel your registration, you have the following options:
Transfer:
Registrants who cancel their enrollment in a workshop held in our Ohio studio may make a one-time transfer to any other workshop held in our studio.
- Transfers may be made either in the current workshop season, or any workshop in the following year. Transfers must be made more than 15 days prior to the workshop, and are subject to a 5% cancellation fee.
Refund:
If you prefer not to transfer your workshop registration, the following fees apply:
- More than 30 days prior to the workshop, refund of your deposit minus a 20% cancellation fee.
- Less than 30 days prior to the workshop, no refunds will be issued.
Redirect:
Registrants are able to send someone in their place into the workshop for no additional fee. In this case, no refunds will be issued, payment arrangements are the responsibility of the original registrant if needed.