Cutting Binding Strips
11-27-2013, 12:16 PM
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Not many know that you have to resquare the edge of the fabric after you cut the amount of strips the width of the fabric. Example, when you cut 2 1/2" strips you have to resquare the fabric after 3 cuts, 4 inch strips resquare after four cuts and so on. I learned this at a Paducah quilt show class by Omnigrid. Class members all cut six strips of 2" fabric. When we measured the last few strips they were off from the first two. Then we cut six more and resquared the fabric every two cuts. The strips were all the same.
Do you know what caused the variation?
11-27-2013, 08:42 PM
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June Taylor, but get the 18" instead of the 12". They aren't always easy to find but worth the search. Amazon has them, and I saw them at Hancocks last week. I'm sure other places have them, too. But the 18" is the way to go.
11-28-2013, 05:29 AM
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Not many know that you have to resquare the edge of the fabric after you cut the amount of strips the width of the fabric. Example, when you cut 2 1/2" strips you have to resquare the fabric after 3 cuts, 4 inch strips resquare after four cuts and so on. I learned this at a Paducah quilt show class by Omnigrid. Class members all cut six strips of 2" fabric. When we measured the last few strips they were off from the first two. Then we cut six more and resquared the fabric every two cuts. The strips were all the same.
I bought June Tailor's years ago when I was only doing garment making..never thought to use it for binding...DUH!
Thanks for jolting my brain
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