Used my binding fabric
Any ideas please. I have two quilts which I have just quilted but lost or more likely used the fabric for the binding. How or what do I use to make binding?
I have thought about getting a length of ribbon and folding to fit but otherwise lost for ideas. |
I suppose ribbon would work. But I think I would rather try to find a piece of fabric in a complementing colour. It's happened to me too.
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OH! Sounds like you must go to the fabric shop!!! I'd bring the quilts and pick out a half yard or so of coordinating colors.
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I did a Google search for Eleanor Burns
https://www.google.com/search?q=Slea...sewing+binding There are videos you can select and watch. I use her technique but I cut my binding 2.25" strip wide, connect the strips at a 45 degree angle then press wrong side to wrong size. Line up the raw edge on the side of the quilt and sew it on. The video will show you a lot more detail. Any basic quilting book should have instructions on how to make binding and attach it. Good luck. I wouldn't use the ribbon. |
Time to seach the stash.....surprising what you can find in there.
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Make it a scrappy binding. Use leftover pieces of the fabric in the quilt or pieces from your stash and scrap it up.
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I would buy binding fabric a shade or 2 darker than the quilt rather than trying to match it.
I just had a panic moment as I searched for the last of my pale yellow. It is for a border treatment on a quilt that wasn't originally planned but now I want to do. Note to self: don't change your mind in the middle of a quilt! |
Just add another fabric and it will be fine. Sometimes we stress too much when quilting. Really, no rules, anything goes. Don't lose sleep over it just use something else.
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I would not use ribbon-that sounds a lot harder than finding some fabric that will go with it. I think about 90% of the time I forget to factor in binding fabric when I buy or choose fabric for a quilt. I usually can find something in my stash that will work.
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Thank you for your comments. It looks like a dive into scrap box as I am laid up with a very sore throat and not going out at present. The rest of me feels fine but talking is very painful.
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