Originally Posted by Quilting Angel
I seem to be having a continuing problem with binding. I have cut 2" strips for binding on the last two quilts I have done. I fold that in half, press and sew the raw edges to the quilt with mitered corners. The problem comes when I flip it over to sew down on the back. It seems that I have very little fabric to work with. Did I do this right, or do I maybe need to cut my strips a bit wider? Thanks for all the help.
2 1/2" gives a 1/2" binding. I read that you go 4 times the binding width but that is for FINISHED width, which I discovered the hard way too. :) :)