Finishing Quilts with the Fons and Porter Binding Tool

I honestly used to dread the final stage of quilting until I started using the fons and porter binding tool to finish my edges. There is something uniquely frustrating about spending forty hours on a beautiful quilt top, another ten on the quilting itself, and then potentially ruining the whole look because the binding ends don't meet up quite right. We've all been there—you get to that last twelve-inch gap and suddenly realize your fabric is either half an inch too short or has a massive, awkward bulge because you tried to "fudge" the measurement. ...

February 17, 2026 · 7 min · Batey Latricia