Binding "AHA!" moment
Maybe some of you have used this technique before when you are stitching binding to a project, but for me, this was my "aha!" moment for today. When I was getting ready to start binding my table runner, I remembered one of the suggestions for using an empty toilet paper roll to hold the binding. When I didn't have one, I saw that I did have an empty thread spool from a larger Coats and Clark spool of thread. The flat center measures exactly 1'5" wide and held my rolled binding perfectly. I put the spool on the spindle of my battery-operated bobbin winder to hold it upright and set it on the right side of the machine. The spool with the binding stayed in place, unrolled smoothly without twisting and the binding strip was easy to line up on my runner without any pulling or tangling.