2 finishes and a binding tutorial

This is for those fo you who struggle with connecting the ends of your binding and making a neat, flat seam.
 I have taught the binding method I use (the one pin method) and many quilters are amazed at how simple it is. The binding comes out perfect every time! My thanks to Pat Apel, who taught me this method in a class long, long ago.
 I took some pictures during the joining process, and here they are!
Make your binding using 2 1/4 inch wide strips. Join them with a mitered seam and fold in half lengthwise, pressing as you work. 

 Leave a 7 or 8 inch tail before you begin sewing, then sew it on lining up the edge of the quilt with the raw edges of the binding. The beginning is the leading edge, and the other end is the following edge. Sew your binding to the quilt using a 1/4 inch seam allowance.

Put in a pin in the quilt edge 7 inches from the start of the binding. Sew on the binding up to the pin, and reverse sew to secure it. 

Reverse sewing done, take the quilt from the machine and trim the thread. Remove the pin, and keep it handy for the next procedure.

It will look like this. The leading edge is on the right, and the following edge is on the left. Lay the edge of the quilt flat on your table so you can manipulate these pieces.

With the leading edge underneath, lay the following edge on top of it, so you can still see the side of the leading edge .

Loop the following edge around, open up the fold in the binding, and lay the unfolded end on top of the following edge. Line up the side of the unfolded bit with the beginning of the leading edge of the binding. (you can see the beginning just peeking out)

Put a pin in at the other edge of the unfolded binding end, catching only the following edge of the binding.

Cut the following edge of the binding 1/8 inch above the pin. otherwise, cut the pinned part off.

Like this. The pinned part is the excess binding. Take out the pin.

Fold the quilt a bit to bring the leading and following edges closer together. This helps with the manipulation of the binding and the sewing of the two ends. Open out the following edge, being careful not to twist it, and lay it flat on the table with the right side up.

Lay the leading edge out, being careful not to twist it, wrong side up, and fold the top right corner down to the side of the strip to form a triangle at the end of the binding. Finger press the fold.

When you open up the end, it will look like this. The fold should be visible enough to sew on. If not, run a contrasting pencil line along this fold.

Line up the top and right side edges of the folded end with the following edge strip.

Move this to the sewing position, and sew on the fold line, from corner to corner.

Ta da! They are sewn.

Before you trim the seam allowance, remove the pin to release the side of the quilt and make sure it fits and nothing is twisted. Shout Eureka!!, because it should fit perfectly along the edge of the quilt. Congratulations! The hard part is done. Trim the seam allowance to 1/4 inch.

Here is the binding, fitting perfectly to the edge of the quilt.

Finger press the seam open.

Refold the binding and put the pin in between the ends of the new seam to hold it flat against the side of the quilt.

Starting where you left off, sew the remainder of the binding down.

The seam looks just like the joins in the binding, lays flat, and fits perfectly.

Once folded over the quilt's raw edge, it is impossible to find the join. It looks just like the other binding seams.

Tee shirt quilt finished and ready to send!