I will appologize for this question, but, I am new and I need to know. I read or saw how to make your own quilt binding. The article said to start of with 42" square of fabric....OK, here is the stupid question....Can I use a smaller square of fabric? I am making a baby quilt when top is finished should be (big doubt) 46"x46"....The fabric that I would like to use is a hair less than 36" x 44. Could I use a 36" square to make the binding? I think I would cut the binding 2" wide. Thanks for the help. I am enjoying doing this but boy is it driving me crazy. You girls would have had it cut out, and top sewn, layered basted and quilted in a night. I took me all day to just to figure out how to cut it out. Last night I started to sew it and I ran into a few (many) problem areas....I finally walked away and hopefully tonight I will be able to fix it. Thank-you all...Cindy