Originally Posted by MzMcKee
I'm trying to work on my binding skills and I wanted to know why is it important to use bias strips for binding? Why shoulding we use a strip cut on straight of grain?
Thanks~
I live with my daughter who has many of my quilts. I made her one 9 years ago using straight binding strips. It literally *cut* the binding in half. Half on front and half on back :roll: When you use straight grain binding it puts a single thread running lengthwise along the border and that thread literally wears out: all the way around the quilt.
I love bias binding and use the method to make one long strip. My favorite little book that I learned it from is called:
The Quilting ANSWER BOOK: Solutions to Every Problem You'll Ever Face. Answers to Every Question You'll Ever Ask.
If it's going to be washed, bias binding. If it hangs on a wall, straight is fine.