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Thank so very much for the tutorial. This makes it so much easier to understand, can't wait to use it.

Hi Scissor Queen
Thanks for the info.

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Originally Posted by Deb watkins

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Originally Posted by aunt ria

i guess i have been french folding binding all along and didn't know it, because this is how i was taught. :)

I think this is how most of us do it now! Never new it was called French fold.....

I have been doing it most of the time didn't know what it was called I like it because you can stich in the ditch on the back and it will look fine

I read somewhere that using a double thick binding (french fold) gave a stronger better binding than a single layer of fabric so that is what I have been doing. Didn't know it was called french binding, but I like it better and it's easy to do.

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Originally Posted by raptureready

I've been doing the French Fold binding for years and didn't know it was French. Silly me, I know to listen to the fabric but I guess I just didn't understand the language. I wonder why it's called French Fold instead of Boliva Binding, or Canadian Crease, or whatever? People all over the world probably bind this way....... hmmmmm........

This may have already been answered, but I think ... French seaming is creating a seam where there is no raw edge.
When I make pillowcases/presentation cases, I use the French seaming ...
to create it, you put the WRONG sides of the pieces together and stitch less than the 1/4" along the seam you are working on.
Turn the work so that the right sides are together and then fold the exposed raw edges into the two pieces that are being joined and then stitch that at quarter inch ... because most of the time, these seams are exposed on the ends, you must backtack a few stitches at the start and finish of the stitching.
That is why I think the binding where the raw edge is encased in one easy time of stitching is called the "French fold" <wave>

I don't think so we can done this without a single color creeping over onto the wrong side...

Always remember, Google is your friend. Enter the key words of your question and hit enter.........................

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I had heard the term many years ago and I thought it was double folded binding. Don't know why it is called French.

Original question was 2010........

I am confused as to the jagged edges I would think you'd need a bias binding for something that is not straight edged , obviously everyone else has told you what the french fold is so now you all know that's what you have been doing all along.