steelecg

diagonal works best

supergma

Angled seams lie with less bulk. I recently bound a quilt that my granddaughter had pieced. Used her scraps for binding. Great effect.

foxxigrani

When you have a bright pretty color, I have done the diagonal only because it looked so good that way. I didn't know about the bulk at that time, but it just looks better. I used the scraps from the quilt I had made and that kind of binding really put a wow on it.

stormatsea45

Diagonal seams result in less bulk and look more professional. Also I'd make the strips longer than 6" and would make them vary in their lengths. My daughter has done several this way, so I've done it also and think they look really cool. And it helps get rid of some of those excess scraps! :-D

sewmom

I've used scrappy binding on a couple of quilts. Definately make your strips longer than 6". Make them various lengths and sew them on the diagonal b/c when you join the final strips when you're sewing the binding on-it's joined diagonally. some gets cut off. If the strips start out the same length and then there is a short one, it will be very noticeable. But if they were all different to start with, no one will know where they were joined. Clear as Mud?

KarenBarnes

Diagonal seams definitely work much better! I just completed two scrappy bindings and both had diagonal seams and went really well and looked awesome! I'm working on one right now that I couldn't do diagonal and I'm not looking forward to the bulk but I think it will look awesome when done!

katlady

I would cut the strips longer & join them on the diagonal.

sewingsuz

use the diagonal pieces if you have the time, it truns out better.

judykay

I make that kind of binding for most of my quilts however I never thought of doing diagonal seams, for one I feel it takes more fabric than a straight seam and sometimes my piece is very small. I have never had a problem with bulk and I do stagger the length of my patches.

Olivia's Grammy

I love scrappy bindings. I think it gives a little playfulness to the quilt. I do my seams on the diagonal bc of less bulk. Sometimes the seams lands on the corner, but I don't have any touble with it. I cut my strips from 12 to 22 inches depending on how much "scrap" I have left.