What Do You Do With Left Over Binding?
#71
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Join Date: Sep 2010
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I use 2 1/4 bindings and I always make mine on the bias. I keep the scraps in a plastic box. I use them on small items when I can or I join them with diagonal seams for scrappy things. I never throw them out unless they are too tiny. I like leaders and enders to conserve thread when I sew.
#73
I don't know if this has been posted before, but I just saw this cute quilt on Pinterest. It's a good one to use up leftover binding.
http://www.cluckclucksew.com/2012/07...aby-quilt.html
http://www.cluckclucksew.com/2012/07...aby-quilt.html
#75
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Charleston SC
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I have been known to join several colors and bind table runners with the color combo..Gives it some interest.
#76
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 357
My mom would just roll up her leftover bindings one after another. When she passed, she had a large roll. I used part of it when I made a scrappy quilt out of her scraps and will do it again when I make the next one. It ended up being a treasure to me.
#78
There are a lot of varying opinions on this. We had a quilt judge that spoke at our guild meeting who said she never used bias, that most people can't get it "right", and it didn't matter. On the other hand, I've always done bias, and have always gotten good comments on my bindings when entered in shows. I like the fact that you can stretch it a little as you sew it down, so it pulls in the edge of the quilt just a hair. If you want to do any curved corners -- like around the bottom two corners of a bed quilt -- the stretch you get from the bias makes that easy to do. ANd if you have lots of curves -- like a scalloped edge -- you pretty much have to use bias binding.
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