Binding - Which way do you prefer to cut it?
Which way do you prefer to cut your binding strips? and why?
Lengthwise - (parallel to selvage)?
Crosswise - (width of fabric)?
True bias?
Somewhat bias?
I prefer bias because I get very nice bindings with it (If I do say so myself).
It molds over the raw edges of the quilt sandwich so nicely and the corners behave better (for me, anyway).
I do baste the raw edges together before attaching the strips to the quilt instead of pressing the binding in half. I use a long zig-zag stitch close to the edge that gets covered when the binding is attached.
Which do you prefer?
We could also go into rotary cutter,scissor, and/or tearing and how wide to make the bindings discussions - but that can go on another thread!