Originally Posted by
KalamaQuilts
I have one quilt that has had three bindings! The first though was purchased blanket binding, that satin stuff.
And I have one quilt that has had two bindings. They do wear out on well used quilts
Funny you should mention the packaged satin blanket binding. We received a beautiful antique quilt as a wedding gift from my great aunt. Her mother in law made the top (probably in the 30s or 40s), mostly hand pieced, only the borders sewn with a machine. Then, the “ladies at the church” hand quilted it in the 1970s and they bound it with a Poly/cotton package double fold binding. My first instinct was to replace the binding immediately with 100% cotton. But good sense set in and I decided I could wait until the binding was at least partially worn. 30+ years later, no wear and so the binding lives on!