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How long is that side of the quilt? Can you post a picture?

What do you mean that you measured 2 1/2 inches? Is this the binding width?

Un-stitch the current binding on each side.

You will need to make a join on the left side piece of binding "and" the right side piece of binding. There will be 2 joins needed to make it work.

Hope that helps!

Lots of good help here. Easy to fix.

I'm not exactly sure how to explain yet. I'm still getting used to it all.
https://youtu.be/ji-2aU_3hHY
That's the video I was using

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I still came up a very small amount short. I really think it's because I'm frustrated with how much I struggled with this. However thanks to all the help I was able to get it done well enough that I am ok with the results.
It's a visible mistake, if you look for it.
This is a Christmas present for my husband. He doesn't quilt so I don't think he will notice.
Thank you all so very much for the help!!

If those are pictures of your "mistake" you did a wonderful job. I can't even see it. :)

It is pictures of the mistake. I used the advice from here to fix the binding. When I sewed it back down it was still a tiny bit short so the blanket part bunched up a small amount. I tucked it into the binding as best as I could. Now it is just a small bubble that you can better in person. Luckily it's small enough that you have to actually know your looking for it.
Thank you! �� I tried my best

One down, many more to go!!

If I can't see it your husband certainly won't and I don't! :D
Good job!!!!!!!!

I want to add something else - there have been quilts I stressed over that had a mistake but when it's all done and used I tend to forget about it! It's happened a lot in my years of quilting :)

Thank you!
I'm glad I found this group. It was very helpful for this issue. I can imagine it will helpful in the future as well. It was also nice to have everyone's encouragement! It makes me feel better! :)

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Originally Posted by DogsAREtheBEST (Post 8340094)

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This is what I did. My stich pick seems to be missing and I got frustrated. So I had cut it more. Would sewing the extra fabric onto it still look ok?
*added as I forgot to mention.
I'm not sure if there is different ways of machine binding. What is pictured is the back of the quilt. I have used all the same materials before and this method worked. I'm not sure how I had messed it up. I was sewing it onto the back I measured out the 2 and a half in. Then was going to sew on the front. Maybe I measured wrong.
This is supposed to be a Christmas present so I have been getting frustrated really easy. Maybe that is also the issue.

Ok easy fix.....unstitch one end of the binding about 5” and cut it off. (Does not have to be exactly 5”) (you know how much extra fabric you have to fix it.) Then cut the new additional length piece. (So it will be 5” + the amount of inches you were already short + extra inches to work with). (I miter my binding pieces). Sew this new length on to the binding end (attached to the quilt) you cut off. Now you can proceed to finish the binding as you know how.

The reason I cut off the 5” +/- is: I do not want 2 pieced seams right next to each other on the binding. By cutting off a few inches, my new seam to add the extra length is not right next to the seam that connects both ends of the binding on the quilt.