width to cut binding for quilt
When I do a mini ( inches ) I use a single fold binding that I cut at 1 1/4 inches. But most quilts are larger quilts that I cut the binding at 21/4 inches. That is pretty universally used with all the quilters I know. I fold it in half and iron it, then you are working with 11/8 inches wide. Sew a quarter inch seam on the front to attach the binding stopping at each corner 1/4 inch from the end. Fold your corner and sew the next side. Once it's completely sewn on, fold it over to the back of the quilt and hand sew it in place. The binding will be about a 1/4 inch on each side of the quilt.
1 Place the loose tail of the binding flat against quilt, which means you are laying it over the head of the binding. 2  Where the tail meets the head, fold the tail back on itself.  From this fold, measure back the same distance as the original cut width of your binding. In our example, that distance is 2Â½.