WOOOHOOOO! It worked and I can hardly see all the seams. BEARISGRAY you were right - the design hid almost everything (on the front side at least! :) )
The binding is all sewn to the front and pinned to be hand sewn on the back. Going to settle in and sit and sew a while in front of the fire!
Thanks for all your help - will post a picture tomorrow of the completed tablerunner/wall hanging.
Notice diagonal line for sewing towards left (made sure line went to the edges of the bottom strip) and mark on bottom right to line up with bottom strip.
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