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Rainbow Machine Cover – Tutorial 6 – Binding

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I forgot last post, to include a mention of the ‘ENDs’ of your cover.  These are finished to your liking by joining more squares, using a single colour piece or a panel (as I did).  The ENDs need to be quilted as well.

I used these gorgeous panels and had to trim the sides and add to the top and bottom to make a piece  8″ x 12.5″.  I stitched around the edge and I then quilted by following the outlines on some of the items


So, when you have completed all of your quilting, it is time to add the binding!

Let’s sew Along!!

1. Mark the centre of the top of your END pieces and the centre of your MAIN piece along the long edge. Pin them together at that point wrong sides together.

 

 
2.  Continue pinning out from the centre , along the top edge of the ENDs and stitch, starting and stopping 1/4″ from the edge.

 

 

 
3.  On the corners of the cover ENDs, snip out the corner – don’t snip the stitching!

 

 
4.  Fold the END piece back across the MAIN piece (like when you stitched it) and then snip the MAIN piece to match.  On mine below, I am snipping my MAIN (black) at the point where I snipped out the corner.  This will help us turn the corner!!

 


5.  You can see now that it is easier to bend the MAIN piece around the corner of the END piece. Continue pinning down the sides.

 
6.  You can now use a large stitch (4 for me) just to stitch and hold them together while we add the binding.  This stitching will be easy to remove later. (if you need to)
 
 
 

7.  Take your bias binding and open it, placing the raw edge along the edge of your MAIN piece – you will stitch along the crease – don’t forget to change your stitch length back to regular stitching!

 

8.   The sides are easy going – this is me coming towards a corner:

 
 I am going to stop when I am level with that inner corner that we snipped out. ( I have taken it out below just to show you – you won’t take it out from the machine) I have put a pin to show you that I have stopped sewing level with the edge of the ‘snip out’ on the END piece which is on the bottom)
 
 
OK let’s get back to our side – I am now at that point in the corner – you can see how it all scrunches up – that’s fine!  Leave your needle down at that point!!  Lift your pressure foot and turn the cover, rearranging so that the next side is ready..  so from this
 

 to this

 

Lower your pressure foot and continue around.

9.  Roll the binding to the back (towards the END pieces) and pin – you might like to do a ‘tacking’ stitch by hand to hold it like my white stitches below because we are going to sew on the other side.  
 
 
I am stitching ‘in the ditch’ as closely as I can to the ditch where the binding meets the cover.

 

 

If you have used black like me you will appreciate how forgiving the black is – it won’t show if you don’t get it perfectly straight!!




10.   Repeat the process on the other END.

11.  Trim the edges at the bottom of the cover and apply the binding around the bottom in the same way.
I started near an END seam and folded the sides towards the ENDs.  I just folded the end of the bias binding over when I started to give a straight edge when finished.
 

 

 
Well done!!!  It’s time to pop your cover over your machine, sit back and give yourself a pat on the back!!
 
 

I love how it turned out – it certainly adds a ‘splash’ of colour to the room!  I also love how we were able to take the samples and make a practical, useful item while retaining our colour chart.

I hope you enjoyed sewing along – Please share some photos!

Until next time
Nanny xx

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