Bummer!!!! I'm working on a couple of baby quilts and had cut and made the binding a couple weeks ago. Well this afternoon I am sewing the binding on quilts 2 and 3 (#1 went off to Washington as a baby gift about a month ago) Anyway, got the binding on the second one and started sewing binding on third and it is not going to make it all the way around.!!! I know I should have measured before I stared sewing, I had even told myself that, but no...... I decided to just sew. I can make it 2/3's around. I'm thinking of stopping at half and then using another fabric to bind the other half. What do you think? I really don't want to have to unsew the half already sewn!!!!
So, it pays to measure first!!!!! |
I've done that and it looks fine. I have also used scraps of different lenghts to make the binding.
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go for it, will make it more interesting.
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i would just add on more binding where ever you ran out of binding with another fabric. i most always use different fabrics for my binding.
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It would look nice if you could use the binding you have already on the top left and bottom right corners, centering both pieces evenly, and then filling in with a contrasting piece from the body of your quilt. It would look like it was planned that way. Just an idea!
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It will look like you planned it that way unless you point it out.
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Lol, I've miscalculated before. If you don't have enough scraps to piece together enough for the binding, then I see nothing wrong with continuing in another fabric at a break point, such as a corner. I doubt the child will do much complaining.
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The baby just won't care. Don't rip it off, just pick another fabric and continue. Quilt designer privilege.
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I try to be as forgiving on myself as possible when I do baby quilts. For some reason the smaller ones never turn out as well as the larger ones. Different colored bindings? Why not?!
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you are the only one who will know its not supposed to be that way...
baby sure wont know... of course we do now that you told us lol |
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