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Old 09-28-2013, 03:46 PM
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Jan in VA
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Originally Posted by Passionforquilting View Post
..... I have followed the directions on folding the binding slanted and then sewing a 1/4 inch on both sides. I can never get miters corners to turn out..... Any suggestions?????
Are you putting the join of your binding strips right at the corners?? That will definitely give you problems -- too much bulk at that point.

Try this pdf. for making and applying straight grain binding. Try to adjust your bindings so that you never have a seam/bias joint at a corner.

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