Originally Posted by
Peckish
Isn't there a satin-y blanket binding on the market? My mom made fleece blankets with this satin binding for all her grands when they were small.
Yes, but I haven't seen one with a ruffle so you'd still end up piecing together 3 pieces. They sell the satin/satin-like blanket binding in packages at JAF. I've used it for blankets. Granted, I haven't bought any in the last few years since I started making quilts, but the packs I used to buy were not serged. They were just cut & pressed (like bias tape or pre-packaged binding). With those, I would just clip it onto the raw edge of my blanket & do a single zig-zag stitch through all the layers (4 layers of satin binding plus the blanket material). I never had any issue with that stuff fraying except for when someone "loved" the blanket so much that it separated from the binding. As soon as it wasn't encased, the satin would quickly begin to fray like crazy. Were I to make one now, on my current machine, I'd do a triple stitch zig-zag to secure it better.