In a Binding Bind.
 

I made a quilt a few years ago, and the binding is beginning to fray in a 2 inch section on one side.
What is the best way to repair this?

- Splice new piece in (I have some of the fabric, but the wife has washed the quilt a few times)
- Cut the binding off and put new fabric on
- Something else

Thanks for the advice
Mike

I'd splice a piece in

I would just re-bind the whole thing, over the old binding.

I'd put a whole new binding on, also.

If the rest of the quilt is fine, then yes - a new binding would be my choice. Odds are the one that is starting to fray will continue to go to pieces.

Re-bind, nine times out of ten if you do a repair, you will find another bit that is fraying too.

Welcome to the board! If it were mine I would re-bind it by removing the old binding & replacing it with a new one. Try to look carefully at the 2 inch area where it is fraying & figure out just what happened to cause it to fray. It could be that when you were sewing it on you did not give it a good 1/4 inch seam in that area. Anyway, if you can see what went wrong the first time it will help you avoid the problem the next time. Good luck!

I guess the first thing I would do would be to determine why just two inches of the binding is fraying.

If it is just from general wear. I would use it until a lot of the binding was frayed and then think about replacing all of it.

If it is from a small tear, then one could maybe hand darn the area.

I would re-bind it also but would remove the old binding first

I would definitely re-bind it.

I would rebind it. The original fabric is worn and I would imagine that new areas will continue to show up and need work. So, make it unified and rebind it.

Rebind over the old. Why make more work for yourself.

I would remove the old and rebind with new. It would feel odd like having cording on the edges if you rebind over the old.

I would inspect the rest of the binding to see what shape it is in first - then decide whether to repair or replace. Can always repair now - replace later if necessary.

Thank you All.
It was one of my first quilts and I probably messed up in that area.
Based on your great responses, I think I will repair it now, and if more pop up, replace it then.

Thanks again
Mike

I would rebind it with bias binding. And, I would think about just doing it over the binding that is on there now and that way you will have double protection all around the quilt and won't lose any of the size. Of course, the binding will be larger than normal and some folks don't like that at all. It's just a personal decision.

If the quilt is one that is used often and perhaps falls in the category of "utility" quilt, I would bind splice in a new piece. Take a look, careful look all around the quilt and if there is any indication that there is other wear on the binding, I would replace the whole thing perhaps using a bias binding that seems to wear better. A well loved quilt is a wonderful thing.

put a NEW BINDING! a lot better!

A friend was trying to take off a binding to put on a new one. The old one needed replacing. She was working on taking the binding off when I said, "Why don't you just cut it off?" In about two seconds, she had her ruler and cutter out and in about five minutes the old binding was GONE. Then it was easy to put on new binding.

You would lose points with this method - if there were points on the edge - but it sure is fast and easy. With an old quilt, you may not care any more about losing points or not.

I would take off the old binding and make a new binding.

I would remove the old binding, depending on the pattern, maybe cut it off, or "unsew" and replace. If cutting it off takes points off or changes the look, take to off. If just a strip of fabric border you could cut it off.

I think I would just put a new binding over the existing binding.