Originally Posted by
EmiliasNana
I use a hinged shoe box and a cardboard roll from wrapping paper or paper towels for my binding. I roll the binding on the tube that has been cut to the length of the shoe box and store with the flimsy. When I am ready to apply to the quilt, I lay the tube inside the hinged shoe box, in which I have cut a "Kleenex" type hole in the lid, and thread the end of the binding through. I place the box between my feet on the floor and start sewing. The box keeps the binding rolling smoothly
and untwisted, and it doesn't end up getting wrapped around my feet or the leg of the chair.
Very clever! I'll have to try this.
Leslie