Loretta

What is tube binding?

jljack

Yeah.....what are we talking about here? Tube binding? Never heard of it.

b.zang

Tube binding is when you take a square of fabric, cut it on the diagonal, then sew the top & bottom together, roll up and offset the edges and sew a tube. Then, you cut the width of your binding around and off the outside edge of the tube until the fabric is all used up. Kind of hard to describe, but here's a link to instructions.

http://quilting.about.com/od/binding...g_strips_4.htm

I have a card that shows the steps a little more clearly because you mark direction arrows and edge markers before cutting to make sure everything goes back together correctly. That's when I've made mistakes - sewing the triangles together in the wrong way.
The instructions say to mark and cut with scissors, but I've learned to use my rotary cutter and do a little at a time to cut my binding. This is the only way I've ever made binding!
The card also has a whole bunch of squares already figured out for me and saves math. :)

b.zang

I have sewed fabric together to get my square, then used it to make the tube and binding. You don't notice the extra seams in the binding.

This is particularly effective with stripes or small one-way patterns.

Loretta

I've seen that before, didn't know what it was called.

Thanks.

shaverg

If you can get the technique down it is actually the best way to make a lot of binding with little fabric. Since I don't make large quilts anymore I haven't used it in a while. I need to try it again just to keep in practice and I have two tops that are King size that I made in the early 80's that need to be tied or quilted and this is how I will make the binding.

Jois

I saw this a day or two ago and can't remember where but I lol watching it:

1. cut your fabric into two squares (start with two pieces of paper and sew on your machine)

2. put right sides together

3. sew all around the four dides

4. Lay flat on table draw a line from one corner to the other (a diagonal line)

5. nip off those two corners

6. turn the square over to the other side

7. draw a line diagonally across the square to the untouched corners

8. clip of those corners

9. cut along the one of the diagonal lines

10. turn the square over and cut along the other diagonal line


Honestly it makes a tube, you can iron it gently so the seams lay flat and then use some yard stick or ruler to make strips of diagonal whatever width you'd like.

Jois

Another easy one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNRqEb4WuTA&feature=fvw

Not continous but nice long strips.

wendiq

This looks fabulous.......I am going to make some tomorrow.....Thank You so very much!!!!!