QuiltswithConvicts

French Fold just means that you fold the strip in half - lengthwise before sewing it to the edge of your quilt. Cut strips the width of your fabric and mitre the ends to join them into one long, continuous strip of binding.

It's probably what you've been doing all along - just new terminology. This method provides a double layer of fabric on the edges of your quilt. The edges are usually the frist thing to wear out on a quilt, so this helps extend the wear.

littlehud

My binding method with a new name.

nursie76

Me too! I'll be garl darn!

raptureready

I've been doing the French Fold binding for years and didn't know it was French. Silly me, I know to listen to the fabric but I guess I just didn't understand the language. I wonder why it's called French Fold instead of Boliva Binding, or Canadian Crease, or whatever? People all over the world probably bind this way....... hmmmmm........

SuziC

Craftybear, You are the Queen of google!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Moon Holiday

http://www.sewaquilt.com/frenchfold-binding.html

StitchinJoy

Beautifully detailed sewing has been done in France for centuries and copied around the world. Many sewing terms reference this, as this French fold binding, French seams, French bustle. We call high fashion "haute couture" around the world, regardless of our native language. The French wrote the book on it.

Of course, wonderful sewing is done worldwide and now there are many cultures known for tailoring and sewing high fashion. Did you know that bias binding is also called a Hong Kong finish?

nursie76

Rapture, you are sooo funny! :lol:

judylg

Another one of those moments when I have said to myself, although the term is not familiar, that is exactly what I have been doing! So does that make me smarter than I thought?? I will say yes.

dellareya

I feel enlighten now. I never knew this was the name to the binding I've been doing all these years.