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DogsAREtheBEST
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This is what I did. My stich pick seems to be missing and I got frustrated. So I had cut it more. Would sewing the extra fabric onto it still look ok?
*added as I forgot to mention.
I'm not sure if there is different ways of machine binding. What is pictured is the back of the quilt. I have used all the same materials before and this method worked. I'm not sure how I had messed it up. I was sewing it onto the back I measured out the 2 and a half in. Then was going to sew on the front. Maybe I measured wrong.
This is supposed to be a Christmas present so I have been getting frustrated really easy. Maybe that is also the issue.
Ok easy fix.....unstitch one end of the binding about 5” and cut it off. (Does not have to be exactly 5”) (you know how much extra fabric you have to fix it.) Then cut the new additional length piece. (So it will be 5” + the amount of inches you were already short + extra inches to work with). (I miter my binding pieces). Sew this new length on to the binding end (attached to the quilt) you cut off. Now you can proceed to finish the binding as you know how.
The reason I cut off the 5” +/- is: I do not want 2 pieced seams right next to each other on the binding. By cutting off a few inches, my new seam to add the extra length is not right next to the seam that connects both ends of the binding on the quilt.