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After you've quilted the quilt you'll have to cover its raw edges to protect them. You do that with binding, which can be sewn to the quilt using one of several different techniques.
How to Cut and Assemble Binding Strips
It's easy to cut and assemble the long binding strips that cover the edges of a quilt. Here's a tutorial that gives you some options and walks you through binding strip assembly.
How to Sew Mitered Binding to a Quilt
It's time to sew the binding on your quilt--you're almost finished! Use these simple techniques to apply mitered binding to the sides of your quilt.
Binding the Quilt
Heirloom Quilts shows you how to apply two types of binding to your quilt, a separate binding and a binding that's created by folding the quilt's outer border to the back.
Binding with Piping
Fons and Porter show you how to add a narrow piping to the binding of your quilt.
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