For those of you who don’t know, blanket binding is the silky edging on a blanket.  It comes in a variety of colors.  So when you choose your binding, make it complimentary to your photo memory quilt.  It is usually about two inches wide, which makes it nice to work with.

After using the adhesive and letting it dry, unroll your binding.  If the binding does not have a square cut on one end, make one.  The binding is not folded evenly.  There is a reason for this.  When you look at the binding you will see one side is just slightly smaller than the other one.  This is the side you want to sew on.  The reason being, you won’t have to worry about not catching the other side, if you sew on the narrow side.

Starting in the upper right corner and coming down the right side, (if you are right handed, if left handed then start in the upper left corner) start pinning the binding making sure to go through all four layers.  The memory quilt top, batting, backing, and finally the blanket binding on the back.  As you come to a corner fold the binding around the corner, and then fold and pin the binding so that it lays flat and points to the corner you just rounded.  Remember to fold and pin the back side of the binding at the corner also.

After going all around the blanket with the binding when you get to the corner you started on, cut the binding even or a bit longer than the side of the quilt and fold the raw edges under neatly making this corner look like the other three.  You can also wait to do that last corner after you have sewn the binding on three and a half sides.  I’ve done it both ways, so which ever you find easiest.

When you get that all done, and are satisfied that no one on earth, could have ever made a more beautiful photo memory quilt, you will realize that you are just one step away from a finished quilt.

Next lets get tying!