Originally Posted by patdesign
Originally Posted by cinnamon
I am making a pineapple quilt the pattern calls for the binding to be Strairght-grain French-fold.I have no idea what that is.The quilt will be jagged edges. Your help will be very much appreciated.
If you have seen wrights double fold bias seam tape then you already know what French Fold looks like, the difference is that it is cut on the lengthwise straight grain of the fabric. When it gets flipped o the back side of the quilt, the fold in already there and you dont have to turn in the raw edge. I use double fold tape all the time when binding edges, stitch it to the front side on the crease, encase the edge, flip it to the back and either top stitch or hand stitch invisibly as you prefer.
Double fold binding and French fold binding are not the same.
Double fold is a single layer of fabric with the raw edges folded to the center. Single fold has one raw edge folded to the center. These are almost always bias cut.
French fold is folded in half and neither edge is folded to the center. French fold can be either cross grain or bias grain.