What Do You Do With Your Leftover Binding Strips?
#91
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Originally Posted by happyscrappy
i save them and sew them together for binding for my scrappy quilts. i do make alot of those, as they are my favortie.
#93
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Originally Posted by 1screech
I have heard of people using phone book paper for string piecing. I was always a bit afraid the ink from the phone books would transfer to the fabrics when pressed. Anyone done one of these and was the ink a problem?
#95
Originally Posted by Ps 150
I've started quite a collection of the "tails" that I cut off of the quilts, once I've bound them. I just can't bring myself to throw them away. What do you do with them?
#96
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Thank you for the wonderful idea, The phone book one is totally awesome. What a neat idea. The woven Rug, is beautiful, hmmm by a dooe way. ha. maybe kitchen sink. (smile) Thank you both for the idea.
#97
I use an "anchor cloth" or "safety blanket" when I sew. This is a small folded piece of fabric which you sew off of when you start a seam and sew on to when you end a seam. It saves a LOT of thread. And you do not get those annoying "birds nests" on the back of your pieced block. A 2" wide piece of binding cut about 1 1/2" long makes a perfect anchor cloth.
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