How to bind & hang a mini quilt tutorial by Crafty Gemini

Click to learn how to make this Turnstile block mini quilt: • How to Make a Turnstil...
Click for tutorial on hand sewing binding: • How to hand sew bindin...
The fabric used in this mini quilt is from my debut fabric collection:
Dominicana by Vanessa Vargas Wilson for Timeless Treasures Fabrics.
You can find my fabric collection at your local independent quilt shops or at a variety of online retailers. For a complete list of shops that sell it click here: ttfabrics.com/ads/dominicana-b...
The sewing machine used in this video is the Juki TL-2010Q I purchased here: www.sewminithings.com/?wpam_id=3
In this video I finish off the Turnstile Mini Quilt project by showing you how to square up the quilt, how to make & attach the quilt binding and I also share my foolproof way for hanging mini quilts on the wall.
Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy the tutorial!
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[@eageag7747]

SO MUCH BETTER than a sleeve to hang a small quilt at home! YAY!!

[@sandraschuette2942]

I really, really appreciate your teaching. You are gifted for teaching. I have watched this video a number of times

[@gabepfaucht3403]

I am a 71year old grandma who just started to learn to sew. You are such a great teacher. Your videos are clear, exact and to the point. You do your mother proud.

[@robingrunzweig3940]

I'm 69... isn't this fun and scary at the same time?? lol... Crafty Gemini is so good at explaining!! Good Luck with your sewing and have fun!!

[@maryfromthemountains]

This worked perfectly. Thank you so much for your clear, precise instructions.

[@saundragiles622]

This is the best tutorial and demonstration on binding. I finally understand, now I can make my own to match my quilts. Thank you!!

[@TheCraftyGemini]

Glad to help!

[@judithnelson5631]

Thank you for this tutorial, you are a very good instructor and am happy I found your videos.

[@joybarber6974]

That’s so much easier than making a sleeve for a small wall hanging! So happy I found this! Thank you !

[@Con1948]

Your tutorial is a breath of fresh air, Vanessa. Your method of hanging a wall quilt is pure genius - I will be using your method of hanging them from now on. Thanks so much for sharing this.

[@maryjo9049]

Wow Vanessa. I have made several quilts and have always struggled when joining my binding ends. You explained the technique so clearly! Your videos are always so helpful, so detailed, so well filmed, and just a joy to watch. You are truly a gift to us quilters out here! I just want you to know how grateful I am. You are going to be in my gratitude journal tonight!

[@barbaracorry3619]

Best video for binding. Thank you!

[@sandracomeau3082]

I've been quilting about a year and a half. Your video COMPLETELY UNCOMPLICATED that joining of the binding. Oh thank you! Love your videos

[@petmomful2260]

I was hoping there would be a way to use the Command Strips to hang my wall hanging, and you just showed me. Brilliant.

[@LQ327]

Hi Vanessa!, I just found you a few months ago and I love your videos. You are such a great teacher and I am learning a lot from you. I’m in Ft Lauderdale and I love seeing your land and your garden. Keep up the great work!,🍄

[@sfoster4671]

Vanessa- Have watched & loved your tutorials since I first saw you with Jenny Doan. You have a gift not only of sewing/quilting/crafting but also teaching and sharing your valuable knowledge. I have saved this video & try to remember to watch it before I get started on my binding. Before watching you, I always twisted the ends wrong but your method is logical: Keep the last end vertical & place the beginning end perpendicular. Voila! Why do we make it so hard? Thank you. Love the hanging idea too. Unfortunately, I’ve had those strips remove paint when removing my hanging that has been on the wall for years. Guess the strip had an extra strong grip. 🙂 Love you!

[@cookingwithelise]

What a great tutorial, Vanessa! Thank you for simplifying the binding process and for the awesome hanging idea! Off to make my mini quilts!

[@mariaziccarelli2946]

i am so happy to learn this way. I always get it confused when I use the binding too and have to spend so much time and anxiety to get it done. This is so much simpler , I love it. I love Vanessa and her detailed descriptions

[@kathyvan9112]

I've been quilting (and thus BINDING) for about 3 years. Joining the binding ends is my nemesis. Not any longer! Thanks.

[@elizabethmarchak1647]

Very well done. Many thanks! The wall hanging I'm working on isn't worth the time to put on a binding, so I will back it and hang it. However, I will use both your binding technique and your hanging technique in the future. The hanging technique is particularity useful for those of us living in homes with the interiors swathed in shiplap because we don't put holes in the walls.

[@QLT812]

This video is a refresher for me since I haven’t binned a quilt in a long time and it’s good to know it will always be here. Thank you so much Vanessa for simplifying the process.😊😍

[@tedipatterson6968]

You had the best demonstration of how to connect the binding strips at the end!

[@epe746]

nice alternative to sewing pockets. thank you.

[@Whitney_Sews]

Brilliant hanging idea!

[@julieagar4483]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge in this tutorial. I have been able to finish 2 appliqué mini quilts that have been in the to finish pile for about 18 years. I have moved house with them several times. Very grateful julie. ❤️

[@carolchamberlin6246]

You are a Great teacher and Thank you very much for sharing your wealth of talent, information and experiences!!

[@donnacamp5663]

thanks I always have trouble with ending my binding now I got it you make it so easy to learn and you are fast and not boring like other videos thanks

[@trisharodhyde523]

Thank you! Best binding video I have seen!

[@huladiva25]

Great tutorial Vanessa! I've been sewing my whole life but now that I'm in my 30's quilting has been calling my name. I am starting out with small projects, so this is perfect for displaying my minis. I LOVE your new fabric line btw, it's gorgeous, congratulations!

[@aminafatah2001]

Thank you Vanessa very much fir this clear tutorials.

[@tiajewels2820]

I haven’t quilted forever, and am having trouble with my binding... thank you for this vid.

[@tonyamerrill2513]

This was amazing! You have been bookmarked so I can give this a try! Thank you so much!

[@wandamg8921]

The cardboard tabs eliminate anxiety - good idea!

[@catch33223322]

You make everything so easy looking.. Thanks for all your videos.. And also, your upbeat, smiling self just makes me in such a good mood! :)

[@lindaproszkowski4821]

Thank you, this was really helpful, especially how to hang your mini quilts without making a sleeve.

[@weecassjr]

Great tutorial!! Very clear! Will be watching more of yours! Thank you!!

[@devikakeral2594]

This is awesome and so DOABLE!! Thank you!

[@tinyseams]

I just finished a mini quilt and will use your method to hang it! Thanks so much for the info!

[@kriscarbone1088]

I love you so much and love watching your videos!! Thanks for being so informative!!! Keep up the great work!!

[@freedamarino1283]

I loved this video !!! You covered all areas of putting together a mini quilt along with the binding the ends together. I like your process much better than all the video's I have seen. I also like the hanging of the mini quilt. I will keep this video for my go to when I forget on how to finish off my projects. Great job Vanessa !!

[@cleverblonde4406]

Thank you Vanessa. I love Command strips I never use anything else. The rest fall off. I live in a small studios apartment probably the size of your studio and I have so many things on the walls I don't know how many strips I've used but I do know they are not going to fall off. I haven't watch a video of yours in over a year. It was nice and still as good as always. You are glowing. Loved when you said, you've 'been doing this so long you can eyeball it'. I've been following you almost as long.

[@loraineh59]

Hey thank you i love your tutorials so well explained and clearly shown .......great job from a new be from England uk xxxx

[@lindabelden7821]

Love this way of hanging! thanks!

[@jowilliams8807]

Very informative I can't wait to try the binding tech and the wall hanging 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@leerowe4444]

Thank you for this excellent video on the binding especially the corners.

[@traciperdue]

Thanks for sharing. Have a good afternoon!!!

[@tiajewels2820]

Wow you make it look so easy! THANKS!

[@vivianbunch1963]

Great tutorial! Thank you.

[@belannatorres4777]

wow great tutorial! thanks! definitely going to make this and try your awesome hanging technique. 😊

[@priscillamartinez5368]

Your binding tutorial was so helpful. Thank you.

[@TheCraftyGemini]

You're welcome! Happy quilting!

[@vikkilauer8088]

very good instructions, makes me one to make a mini quilt very soon and follow your video. Thanks so much

[@sandraschuette2507]

Fantastic video. I was so happy to see your version of the closure of the binding ends as I have trouble getting those ends twisted in the past. AND I loved learning I could use those poster hangers for my mini quilt that is for the Christmas season! Fantastic!!! You are a great teacher and I hope to follow you.

[@leggingsarepants3175]

My great grandmother made a king size quilt for me and sent along 3 squares of the quilt pattern. until now i didn't know what to do with them because i didn't want to ruin them, nor did i want them to get heavily used (pillowcase or something ). I'll be making them into mini quilts for the wall! perfect decor pieces ♡

[@TheCraftyGemini]

What a fab idea! Glad to help! :)

[@leggingsarepants3175]

TheCraftyGemini i can't wait to show her! :-)

[@lizmartinez15]

Love it! Thanks Vanessa!

[@allergiesrusdb]

Love it girl!!

[@tonifafa]

This was fantastic to watch. Usually, I give about 1/2 of my attention to the YT videos I watch; however, yours get my FULL attention. They're so interesting, informative and well edited, I really enjoy them, no matter the length. Well done Vanessa! ...and while I'm not a quilter, watching your videos has inspired me to give quilting a try. Thanks, as always, for sharing your wonderful talent.

[@eleonoreloundermon2372]

Thanks ,this was fun much enjoyable

[@TheCraftyGemini]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it!

[@malandramurphy2722]

I like it it looks really pretty

[@lakergram]

malandra murphy j

[@wuriwulandari8093]

thanks for the tutorials. i've learned a lot from your video. btw, you have many of sewing machines. 😁

[@chrissyoldfield8566]

Sweet!

[@Skimidavis]

Great work!!!

[@soniaguzman762]

You're great! Thank you!

[@judyandersen3842]

Awesome👍 Thanks for sharing!

[@violetaotono9042]

Lindo !!!!

[@heathern9051]

Wow. I was wondering if you were going to use Command Hooks, but I didn't expect it to be that easy. I need to get some wall hangings hung up.

[@Amys_Crafts-N-Things]

Great tutorial. Binding fabric is cut on the bias though... cute project though.

[@patchna552]

merci for your help

[@user-qw8cy2hs5e]

انتي رائعه👍

[@enerostar83]

I need to try this. I saw in another video that they used the cut piece as the measurement of the overlap.

[@eleonoreloundermon2372]

Fantastic you are great 😇

[@TheCraftyGemini]

Thanks!

[@rosannaargiolu7806]

grazie

[@dymondwillow2]

Very clear video, thank you. Is the binding sewn only to the backing?

[@tressiecarter8809]

💕

[@bethb9096]

When you hang a bigger quilt with the velcro command strips, do you use the cardboard tabs also? Thanks

[@TheCraftyGemini]

Yes. You need something stiff to stick the command strip too. It doesn’t work to try to stick it directly to the fabric.

[@bethb9096]

thanks

[@poocky100]

Just be careful with the command strips. If you leave em for over 6 months they do RIP your paint. My sister had them up in the kids' closet for years and when we went to take em off they wouldn't come down. When we finally got them off the wall looked like a wreck

[@susanmei9980]

This happened to me, and I just thought I was doing it wrong somehow!

[@CostuRusia]

I love your tutorials Vanesa. The only thing I see negative is that you talk fast.

[@monicalarsendavis8562]

what is the brand of the gray matt your cutting on? I like how large the # are! I LOVE YOUR NEW FABRIC!

[@mariagoumas6135]

Need closed caption for deaf

[@maryannecross2379]

Please Vanessa 👍

[@siegeldude1]

technically these are not mini quilts. Mini quilts use miniature size pieces

[@Hohjocello]

Please include captions with your videos. We deaf and hard of hearing folks need them!