thank you for this tutorial, Gayle. I have this foot so I'll have to give it a try! Also thanks for the tip on "lying" to my machine about what foot I'm using when stitching the front side. My Dal Zuzu was napping while I was watching this, but she heard Camilla squeaking her toy. She loves squeaky toys, too!
I know this video is rather old, but after seeing this video I purchased the #71 foot. I’ve been machine binding for quite some time and never came close to the results that I experienced after watching this video. It turned out beautifully! Thank you!
Thank you so much for your super tutorials. I came across your channel just a couple of weeks ago and am so thankful for all the Info you have given me. Pity I can‘t come to your store as I live in south Germany (very near to Steckborn Switzerland Bernina headquarters).
I too would have liked to see the back of the binding. I guess perhaps we would be checking the back of ours as we see. I had seen this demo by Bernina and have ordered the foot. Thanks for the demo.
Give us some slack. This was an early video of ours as we tried to navigate learning to instruct through video during the pandemic. We are not perfect and try to make adjustments from your feedback in future videos.
Many comments on what the reverse side of the binding will look like. There is no mystery (though I understand the question). It is going to be a straight stitch that falls on the binding given my view of the needle position and how close the edge of the binding on the front is to the original seam line. What shows up on the back is directly related to where the needle inserts relative to the seam line on the front. I've seen this method (with the foot noted) demonstrated before, and I think that it is a method I would use if I had the foot. (So many feet, so little time). I like sewing the seam down on the front (e.g. attaching to the back first), and I use my walking foot and a reverse ladder stitch. Many ways to suit one's preferences, skills, and equipment.
I watched this video last year and binded a quilt for one of my great grandsons with this technique. I really like it and wanted to say how much I appreciated it. I am fixing to to use this method again for my younger great grandson’s quilt I just finished with my Bernina Q20 with frame
Sorry didn’t finish sometimes hit wrong button. This technique great for kids and our doggie kids too❤️ much stronger. It always seems like my hand stitching on binding comes apart😏. Love you Gail and your doggie too! Thanks for your videos always enjoy watching you. Well better get stitching! Using my Bernina 880 . Did I mention I love everything Bernina? I have most of the the feet!!
I'm a new quilter and just purchased a Bernina B770. I went to a class today and purchased the #71 foot. Can't wait to use it which will be very soon!!
I have watched this, and similar videos, and have tried binding with the #71 foot twice. It was a dismal failure twice. Don't know what I'm doing wrong. Guess i need to take an in-person class.
Hi Gayle, this Anna Christine from Keizer, OR. Amazing work! I am so grateful that you took the time to make this video with the #71 pressure foot. I just finished binding a queen size quilt for my grandson with your method. Amazing! I have purchased several binding systems for non Bernina sewing machines (one cost $300.00) and never mastered the technique. Thank you. AC
HI , I love your tutorials! You have such a wonderful Happy Personality. I have a Bernina 570QE and have been making baby blankets and now am quilting a queen size blanket for my Sister. I have been hand stitching the back side to finish the smaller quilts. After this lesson, I am going to buy a #71 foot. FYI, my mini schnauzer Elsa is always helping me sew by making me take walk breaks every hour. I also wanted to let you know I have atopic contact dermatitis that effects my fingers. I wear bandaides all the time. I must say not Unicorn ones. LOL
Loved this tutorial. I would like to see the reverse side to see where the stitching landed. Guess I’ll check it out at my Bernina store in New Hampshire!
Hi Gayle, from South Australia. I just happened to come across this great tutorial, when I googled Bernina Binding Foot and saw the tutorial about using the No 71 Foot - I sat and watched amazed!! I have hand sewn ALL the quilts I have ever made so far!! Quilting friends have said that they sew them on, but I have not been confident enough it would look good. I will have a practice, but I am definitely going to buy a No 71 foot on Monday from my local Bernina Shop. Thankyou, you are entertaining to watch (my little Toy Poodle, Bailey sits and watches me patiently as I sew....until he gets bored and then he'll go to sleep near my feet ... very cute)
After viewing this I went through my collection of Bernina feet and found I didn't have the #71. So off to my nearest Bernina Dealer to get it (I live in ND-a long way from Chicago). Thank you for showing this tip!!!!
I also would love to see the back, my reason is that I can never get the back to look as good as the front when sewing from the front so I don’t sew both sides on the machine.
I like the way Sew Shelly Quilts are: She uses 2" strips and it is much easier to sew down and also the way she measures the adjoining fabrics at the end are much easier and fool proof!
This video shows more detail, I think. The majority of it is the same, and both have their uses. If you have a plain border, using this one is great, as the 2-1/2" binding strip works well. If you have a pieced border, or no border, with points that come to 1/4" of the edge, the 2" works better. Both offer great information.
Ok so I tried this while it was raining this evening...it worked pretty good...it worked better when I relaxed and let it do what it was supposed to do... I’m pleased with the results but I will practice a bit more to make sure I’m doing it correctly!!! I see this being my method of binding in the near future!! I so love ALL of your tutorials!!! Keep them coming!
That video is several Years old. Our Camilla, love of Gayle’s life, passed away at 3 years old from a heart attack. We miss her everyday. Squeeze Harriet for us we are sure she’s adorable!!!
I wish I had a great resource like you near me! I have not jelled with any of the sewing places and am still working on that...but, I love your videos! You teach the way I learn and I do not get the feeling you are being forced to make videos! I know it sounds silly, but it comes across when the person making the video is doing it because it is a job. I feel like you could be a friend so it is easy to watch. I would love it if you could show us a stitch that would help us make binding with the little crocheted edge. I can purchase it and it is available in a lot of colors...but I would prefer to make my own. I've seen you make 'lace" with a serger so I know this is possible. I just want one row of a scalloped lace along the folded side of my binding. Making my own means I can use it to join granny squares for a unique quilt that is part crochet and part cotton fabric. I've seen those kinds of quilts out there and would love to make some.
I had to go back and figure out that you'd pressed the binding in half lengthwise, because there was a jump there between trimming the binding bias joins and starting to clip it to the quilt. May I respectfully suggest that you include this step if you make another video like this? Newbies like me need everything explained clearly!
We have tons of binding videos. This was an early video we did and have since boosted our quality of production content. Thanks for the suggestion. Please reference some newer videos of ours.
It is so funny that I was using this foot just like this before I viewed this video. I tried it because I found that I could get the binding look so much smoother and the mitered corners were easier too. Just be careful when telling your machine that it has a different foot to shift the needle over. One lapse of attention and you will have a broken needle and hopefully nothing worse.
You would need to do this anyway if you havent done binding his way: Those who wanted to see the back of the quilt just sew a very small sandwich together with some nutty free motion, or straight lines...and then replicate what she did with the binding.
I love watching your videos! Thank you for speaking in terms a newbie can understand. Well, mostly, I have to go find out what "cut on the bias" is now. Do you have a video explaining such things?
Pretty ok tutorial, thanks, I wish you could have shown close up as to how the fabric is position in the foot; also, you mentioned adjustment to the needle position perhaps you could be a little bit more clearer on some of your instructions. I also wish you had shown the other side of quilt to see where the stitches landed. Thank you for your efforts.
Hi Gayle … love your videos, too! I am new to Bernina so your videos really help me learn more of what it can do! Can you share how the back of your quilt looked? Also any decorative stitches you use for binding? Thanks again!
I can’t share that as RU-vid videos can’t be edited once uploaded. But it looks like it’s been topstitched about 1/16” away from the edge. Weallsew.com has a nice tutorial on using you decorative stitches for quilt binding. weallsew.com/decorative-stitch-binding/
Hi Gail! I am a new B790SE owner. I love your video tutorials! Now I have a question. I was comparing foot 71 to 95. Your choice of the 71 looks great! Do you think quilters should only need the 71?
No. The #71 is a nice way to attach a binding by machine but we also like the #10D edge stitch foot. This offers a dual feed option which can assist with thicker binding. I’m addition there is also the removable walking foot #50 with the central guide. The #95 and #95C feet are for use with a binding attachment. The binding attachment #87 is for use with pre-folded bias and the #88 attachment takes you cut bias strips and folds it and sews to the item all at the same time.
Thank you. Much simpler to bind this way. I still have trouble, though, joining by ends. Can you do a quick video with more closeups on joining the ends. Thanks much!
Sometimes on all. I aim for it looking good on the front. I recommend you try it yourself to see, and then you can adjust your a) seam allowance, b) binding cutting to get a result you like.
Hi, now a year later. I did buy the 71 foot and did the binding on a small wall hanging with it. It didn't turn out very well. Oh my! I want to try again. What direction did you adjust the needle to? Right or left? BTW, I've been hand sewing the binding back all year.
How did you know where to stop when you came up to the corners when initially attaching the binding? Did you stop a quarter inch before the corner? If so, how did you know it was a quarter inch? It’s hard to tell with the #71 foot.
Hi Sherry, I eye-ball it. But I stop a bit more before the 1/4”. My method differs from some other tutorials because I like to do a wider binding on my quilts. So I suppose I would recommend stopping at 3/8”
Hello - when you are turning the corners (either folding the material back on itself on the back on the back or completing the mitre on the the front) do you start sewing from a depth of the seam allowance or do you start back at the edge?
There is not a lot of space for doing a zigzag stitch allowed with this foot. It is not a straight stitch opening but smaller than 5mm. So proceed with extreme caution.
Does this method stitch in the ditch on the backside or beside the binding? Can't think of another reason you could put the binding on backwards because the Bernina machine wouldn't know the front nor back of the quilt.
I noticed that you advise 2.5" binding strips for the 71 foot, while I've seen another tutorial where that person advised using 2" or 2 1/8" strips. Where does the bobbin stitching end up on the other side of your quilt, please?
I Use 2 1/2" binding strips and the stitching ends up being top stitching on the back as same as on the front. But you have to pay with it depending on batting thickness.
Thank you for this video. Is this as easy as it looks? I use clips to hold my binding in place. Your binding appears to be folding into the right place as you go. Also, could you use this foot as a ¼" foot?
@@joannekelly3510 please use a bernina 1/4” foot. I do not recommend the #71 foot for 1/4” seams. Choose a 1/4” foot for tour machine with the help of this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IbqqeMGV-nc.html
It depends on you fabric and where you line the fold edge of your binding. I usually line the folded edge to the right of the inside of the foot needle opening. There is only wiggle room for one click right or left. You literally have to try what works for you.
Unfortunately no. But I would recommend using the dual feed foot (DA) and sewing to the back, then bringing around to the front using the same foot with the needle position adjusted.
@@BERNINAofNaperville that’s exactly what I do now. Lol! I was just trying to explore new ways to make it a little easier with guiding the sewing. I have a tendency to move it out too far to the left. I know that it’s because I’m still learning. I just have a hard time holding the material in place for large pieces of quilting. I used to have a foot on another machine that had a guide that I could anchor on as I sewed. I have that foot for the b38 but that machine is way too small to feed a large quilted blanket.
Why doesn’t any videos show how the stitching looks when done ??? I guess I’ll keep sewing it the same way as always till then 🤨 I put this response here cause I would have like to see the results before buying a foot.
Your comment is valid. We have many other videos where we show both sides. But it looks like the top stitching on the back. And of course you may sew how ever you like.
@@BERNINAofNaperville it might only be top stitching but as a quilter you want to see if it’s straight or crooked in order to see if it’s worth the money in buying that (foot)
@@annettehillison5255 there are many videos on this foot. If you want to buy it, please try it out at your local BERNINA Dealer. That’s the best way to know how it works. Thank you for watching.
Yes! The #71 works on all new BERNINA sewing machine models from the activa/virtuoso/artista/aurora era until now. There is even a version for the older 830, 930, 1000 series legacy machines.
Some like a binding that is a bit wider, so 2-1/2" strips work better. If you have points that come to 1/4" from the edge, you need to use the 2" strip or you will lose your point. I'd still recommend watching this video, then the other. I think this one offers a bit more information. The other will show you where to place your foot for a 2" strip (just inside the right portion of the toe, instead of all the way to the outside edge of the right portion of the toe.
I was always taught to use bias for binding, you are using straight of grain? Could you use the bias fabric and still use the same approach? Or is straight of grain best? Thanks for the tips!
