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I always do diagonal looks great and easy
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I am newer to quilting and these ladies probably know better, but I just did a twin sized quilt with 8" strips for the binding, sewn straight to conserve fabric. I pressed the seams open and made one long strip for the binding. I must of got lucky because none of my seams ended up in corners. If I had more fabric I would have went with diagonal, but as it was I ended up with only 10" extra. After I washed it I did not notice any bulkiness.
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I make pieced borders quite a lot. I don't cut then any specific length and make sure that seams don't fall at corners. I sometimes will have pieces as long as 18" to 24". Also as others have stated I like the 2 1/4" width because I like narrow bindings.
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Either one is fine. I seem to always have a problem with diagonal ones. They never seem to look right. But, if I had a good teacher, maybe I would prefer that way because they look so much nicer.
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I always have various amounts of binding left over from quilts so I have been collecting them in a bag and will use them someday for a scrappy binding
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i have done a scrappy binding...scrappy on purpose. You know how you take longer strips ~ 3 inch wide by 45 (making up numbers) of 5 or 6 different fabrics, sewing them altogether, then cut them smaller, leaving strips w/ blocks 3 inch X 2 3/4 in
I then take the sections of 6 blocks and cut them on the bias and use it as binding. I did get a flat binding w/ the smaller pieces - I think it looks great, but then, I am biased! took long strips and sewed together, then w/ rotary cutter cut them down to the 2 3/4 inches wide. [ATTACH=CONFIG]144775[/ATTACH] The strips that had 6 blocks sewn together were attached w/ a diagonal seam - The binding is flat. [ATTACH=CONFIG]144778[/ATTACH] |
You can do it both ways - and I'm only concerned about diagonal seams when I'm using all the same fabric for the bindings. The diagonal seams are not as visible as the vertical/horizontal seams, but if you're using multiple fabrics for the effect, it would seem you'd want them to be very visible.
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I make scrappy binding a lot using various lengths with diagnal seams to prevent bulk. Personally, I really like the look on a scrap quilt with a solid colored border.
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Originally Posted by purplefiend
Here's a picture of one of my charity quilts and you can see the scrappy binding.
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Go to the search field and then put in 'string piecing with adding machine tape. This tutee will probably help you do what you want. It's a great tip
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