Help! I cut binding too short at the end...
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Help! I cut binding too short at the end...
I was following a youtube video and when she said to cut the tail to 3 in. I didn't even think about checking the other end to make sure they met. SO, the ends just meet, luckily one is cut on an angle while the other is straight, BUT there's no way I can join them with a seam. Do I dare sew them down without a seam? Would fray check work? or do I have to patch in more binding? This is my first binding, and it was going so well until the end.
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I would definitely patch. You should be able to seam rip a few inches, sew a 1/4 inch seam with a a me piece, press allowances and keep going. Otherwise you will end up with a hole in the binding eventually and kick yourself for not getting it right
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If the angled end is long enough to go over the blunt end plus 1/4 inch, iron under the 1/4 inch on the angle and insert the blunt end into it. Hand stitch the ironed end to the blunt end. If there is no way to join them add a section but embroider your label on it and finish the binding. It will look like you purposely put your label on the binding.
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Always patch while you have the fabric. 3 years from now, when the "frays" get out of control, you will never find matching fabric. Besides, how can you regret putting 30 min more into a quilt that you already spent 200 hrs on?
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