Making and Adding Binding on the Baby Lock Crescendo

After the binding is pressed, it’s time to sew it to your quilt.  I usually machine sew it first to the top of the quilt and hand stitch the back down.  Sometimes I do the opposite and machine sew to the back and hand stitch to the front.  Both are fun options and work well.  It just depends on your preference.  

My daughter wanted the hand stitching on the back of her quilt so for this project I used the Crescendo to sew the binding to the front of the quilt. 

Before starting to sew the binding to the finished quilt, I replaced the ¼” foot with the dual feed (or walking) foot. This helps move all layers of the quilt and binding evenly through the machine. 

Again, I used the laser to help me keep the quilt and the binding moving in a straight line through the machine.  For this step, I moved the laser as far to the right as it would go – which is a touch more than ¼”.  I typically use between ¼” and ⅜” seam allowance for adding binding.   

Then I lined up the edge of the binding with the edge of the quilt top. As I sewed, I kept the edges in line with the laser guide. Super easy!