Question:Making scrappy binding
#61
Originally Posted by Millstream Mom
I wanted to use up my scraps to make a multicolored binding for my quilt. Can I just cut the strips 6"x2.5" and sew my joining seams straight across... or should I join all the strips with diagonal seams? Or does it make a difference in the end?
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All the joints you make should be joined by a mitered joint but the 6" long pieces is fine if you want to use up scaps.
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If you are binding a small item (like a Pot Holder) you can get by with a straight across seam, but if you are doing a quilt if you do straight across, eventually it will pucker and you have a mess. A diagonail seam and if possible make your binding strip diagonal across the fabric. If you start corner to corner on a 36 inch piece of fabric, you can get enough binding for a small quilt, like a lap quilt or if carefully cut you might be able to do a twin size quilt.
#64
When I bind a quilt that is going to be featured in a magazine I certainly sew my binding strips together at an angle - it's easy to do and when you sew together that last section of binding you will never, ever see where you started and where you finished. But, if I am doing one just for myself and I have scaps I want to use I will but ends together just naking sure that no seam ends up at the corners.
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