Originally Posted by cinnamon
I am making a pineapple quilt the pattern calls for the binding to be Straight-grain French-fold.I have no idea what that is.The quilt will be jagged edges. Your help will be very much appreciated.
Check out Eleanor Burns quilt in a day web site. She has a video section and one of them covers French fold binding. The only tricky part of this is the corners but once you get the how to down is is easy peasy. She does not call it French fold binding however it is just the binding she uses on all her quilts. If you have a Quilt in a day book it is also always in the back under finishing your quilt. She has lots of other videos in her Media theater section and they are all very informative and free.
The straight of grain refers to cutting the binding strips parallel to selvage edge instead of across the grain. This is good if you have some stretchy bias edges as the straight of grain has virtually no stretch at all, also you can cut some pretty long strips if you have enough yardage.