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Old 02-13-2015, 02:12 PM
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Barb_MO
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Originally Posted by gale View Post
By binding ruler, do you mean to cut the binding itself or to join the binding when you're putting it on the quilt? I don't have a ruler for either one. For joining, I just trim the overlap to the width of the binding minus 1/8" (before I did that it would be a bit loose, but I use bias binding so it may vary with WOF binding) and sew it on the diagonal. Like this: https://completelyblocked.wordpress....-binding-ends/


I cut mine the width of the binding but I like to see a little left over at the ends so I can see a little V to start my needle in so I lap the ends about 1/8 in. They usually perfect.
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