Diagonal Joins
I'm binding a wall hanging I made out of leftovers from a square patchwork duvet cover and I must say, trying to get good-looking diagonal joins on the binding strips about drove me out of my ever-loving gourd! Usually I just join straight edges and deal with the raised seam but this time I told myself we were going with the gold standard for this binding, and then I slowly and cursedly fell into the seam-ripping abyss.
What is it about this seam I just can't seem to master? One corner or the other is always off just enough to keep the two strips from lying straight and flat, even drawing a chalk line didn't help. The little ends wants to fray after so many unsews and then my nerves fray right along with them - is there a secret handshake club I must join to get the skinny? A ring I have to kiss? A favorite hairstyle that must be sacrificed? Help a quilty sister out, what's the secret to a nice and neat diagonal join?
Forever in your debt, ye who know much more than I...