Now I have a different way for you. It may seem very fiddly at first, but the results are wonderful... it is worth persevering because no-one will be able to find your join with this method!!!
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You will need to leave good long tails at both the start and the end of your binding strips, the longer the tails the easier the join will be. 5"- 8" will be perfect.
Start sewing your binding 5" - 8" down from the start and finish sewing 5" - 8" before the join end, leaving the tails as in this picture.
Mark the end of the binding with a pin, then lay the other end of the binding on top of that overlapping then cut it 2 1/2" from the pin, exactly 2 1/2", not even a mouse's whisker more or less!!!
IMPORTANT TO NOTE......these measurements are for 2 1/2" wide binding only...
IF your binding is only 2 1/4" wide you will trim a 2 1/4" distance... if your binding is 3" you will trim 3"... OK??
You can just about see here that there is a 2 1/2" overlap with the start and end of the binding
If you don't see it there? how about this?
Now lay the end of the binding open and flat on the table.
My ruler is only there to hold the fabric down for my photo
Fold up the quilt to allow you to place the beginning end ON TOP diagonally.
Use pins to secure this then draw a line from corner to corner.
Sew on the line it's a bit of a fiddle, just fold your quilt up a little bit.
Check that worked the join perfectly with no twist before you cut anything!
If you need to adjust it, unpick the seam and do it again perfectly then trim away the excess triangle, just as when you were joining the binding strips
Lay it all flat against the quilt edge and sew with walking foot.
That's all there is to it!
