AVFD215

I made a quilt a few years ago, and the binding is beginning to fray in a 2 inch section on one side.
What is the best way to repair this?

- Splice new piece in (I have some of the fabric, but the wife has washed the quilt a few times)
- Cut the binding off and put new fabric on
- Something else

Thanks for the advice
Mike

Jane Quilter

I'd splice a piece in

popover

I would just re-bind the whole thing, over the old binding.

QuiltnNan

I'd put a whole new binding on, also.

MadQuilter

If the rest of the quilt is fine, then yes - a new binding would be my choice. Odds are the one that is starting to fray will continue to go to pieces.

earthwalker

Re-bind, nine times out of ten if you do a repair, you will find another bit that is fraying too.

osewme

Welcome to the board! If it were mine I would re-bind it by removing the old binding & replacing it with a new one. Try to look carefully at the 2 inch area where it is fraying & figure out just what happened to cause it to fray. It could be that when you were sewing it on you did not give it a good 1/4 inch seam in that area. Anyway, if you can see what went wrong the first time it will help you avoid the problem the next time. Good luck!

bearisgray

I guess the first thing I would do would be to determine why just two inches of the binding is fraying.

If it is just from general wear. I would use it until a lot of the binding was frayed and then think about replacing all of it.

If it is from a small tear, then one could maybe hand darn the area.

rl2b-Roseanne

I would re-bind it also but would remove the old binding first

twinkie

I would definitely re-bind it.