Scrappy binding
#1
Scrappy binding
Hey everyone,
I'm one of those who doesn't like scraps. I just don't have the patience for them I guess. However, I've been making scrappy bindings and I really love the look! On the right quilt it's really pretty and fun.
Does anyone else make scrappy bindings? I'm positive I didn't invent it. haha
I'm one of those who doesn't like scraps. I just don't have the patience for them I guess. However, I've been making scrappy bindings and I really love the look! On the right quilt it's really pretty and fun.
Does anyone else make scrappy bindings? I'm positive I didn't invent it. haha
#3
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 9,713
I"ve done pieced and srappy bindings on a lot of jackets I've made. I was thinking the other day of using a pieced binding on a quilt that I'm finishing up now. I really like the interesting look of it.
#5
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Virginia
Posts: 238
Scrappy bindings
I do scrappy bindings more often than not. As others have said, it uses up leftover binding from past quilts, and I love the look. I'd rather do this kind of finishing than making it all of one fabric.
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2021
Location: British Columbia
Posts: 632
I am another fan of scrappy bindings (and scrappy quilts). I just made a quilt that was all from one fabric collection and was worried about using a pieced binding, but it was perfect there as well. I do not (as yet) join my strips on an angle as I understand one "should" do - I just lay them end to end and so far it's worked really well. :-)
#10
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Greater Peoria, IL -- just moved!
Posts: 6,165
I look at bindings as the last place to add fabric to my project. I typically cut my bindings a bit wider than most, generally at 3" but I've gone up from there.
There are many ways of doing a scrappy binding -- even making it a design element. I just finished making one for my Bonnie Hunter project, these were cut quite wide because I might decide to use a 1/2" seam allowance with all those seams. In this technique I use long strips (these are jellyroll sized, 2.5). Off set them a bit while sewing and cut on the diagonal.
The last shot shows a Christmas top ready for quilting. In that one I did the same technique but alternating just the red and green.
edit/PS: (if in time) this is the sort of thing that happens when I either have too much time or fabric on my hands!
There are many ways of doing a scrappy binding -- even making it a design element. I just finished making one for my Bonnie Hunter project, these were cut quite wide because I might decide to use a 1/2" seam allowance with all those seams. In this technique I use long strips (these are jellyroll sized, 2.5). Off set them a bit while sewing and cut on the diagonal.
The last shot shows a Christmas top ready for quilting. In that one I did the same technique but alternating just the red and green.
edit/PS: (if in time) this is the sort of thing that happens when I either have too much time or fabric on my hands!
Last edited by Iceblossom; 12-03-2021 at 04:54 AM.