I do a lot of charity quilting in addition to my own quilts and I use stripes a lot for doing the binding. When the stripes are cut on the 45 degree angle for bias binding, it really adds some definition to the quilt. I started out with that by doing placemats and went on from there. I am given fabric by my friends to use in the charity quilts and beggars can't be chosers so I find ways to make them work, even if it is just for binding.