Need advice machine binding cut too short

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12-15-2019, 01:29 PM

#21

tuckyquilter

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I cut another piece of binding, attach to the original, press and sew. Happens all the time. AND since I'm a scrap quilter, the extra piece might be from some other fabric in the quilt. I'm not picky.

12-15-2019, 02:54 PM

#22

maviskw

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To me I looks like you just cut the end shorter by 2.5 instead of longer by 2.5. You've see lots of easy fixes for that.

12-15-2019, 03:06 PM

#23

Watson

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My favourite binding video is this one. He makes it very simple to understand. Maybe it might help next time.

Your fix looks great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BT1pl_IolE&t=469s

Watson

12-17-2019, 12:54 PM

#24

misseva

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhonda K

Trust me, it happens all the time to quilters.

Take out the stitching so you can fill in with another piece of binding. Try to make the joins so they are spaced out on the edge you are working on. Generally, a join is better in the bottom 1/3 edge and not on the exact center of the edge.

I work the final join of the binding into the lower left 1/3 of quilt edge as the eye typically travels left to right.

Here is the join method I use for binding. Good luck!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BT1pl_IolE

Rhonda K for posting this link. I just finished making 7 place mats with ugly joins and with a perfect miter. Now I have only 12 more to go. I'll never make ugly joins again.

Last edited by QuiltnNan; 12-18-2019 at 03:31 PM. Reason: shouting/all caps