How to Finish a Quilt

You have a completed quilt top, but now what do you do? There are about as many ways to finish a quilt as there are ways to make a quilt.

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Here, I’m going to share a brief overview of the process of finishing a quilt, and share a few of my favorite quilt finishing tips with you.

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You need to stitch the quilt blocks from your quilt into a quilt top. The pattern gives you the layout directions, so you know what blocks to put where.

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Option 1: Send it Out to a Long Arm Quilter This is my FAVORITE method since I don’t have to mess with it, and the long-arm does all the quilting.

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Option 2: Quilt it Yourself Begin by laying out your quilt backing on the floor, the wrong side up. Using painter’s tape, generously tape down the sides of the quilt back to the floor.

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Next, you need to baste, I prefer to spray baste. After you’ve taped down your quilt back, spray it with spray baste.

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After you’ve quilted your quilt. Square it up and trim all the layers even. Now you’re ready to bind it.

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How to Finish a Quilt

You have a completed quilt top, but now what do you do? There are about as many ways to finish a quilt as there are ways to make a quilt.

Here, I’m going to share a brief overview of the process of finishing a quilt, and share a few of my favorite quilt finishing tips with you.

You need to stitch the quilt blocks from your quilt into a quilt top. The pattern gives you the layout directions, so you know what blocks to put where.

Step One: How to Sew your Blocks into a Quilt Top

Option 1: Send it Out to a Long Arm Quilter This is my FAVORITE method since I don’t have to mess with it, and the long-arm does all the quilting.