DOTTYMO

Any ideas please. I have two quilts which I have just quilted but lost or more likely used the fabric for the binding. How or what do I use to make binding?
I have thought about getting a length of ribbon and folding to fit but otherwise lost for ideas.

GingerK

I suppose ribbon would work. But I think I would rather try to find a piece of fabric in a complementing colour. It's happened to me too.

PaperPrincess

OH! Sounds like you must go to the fabric shop!!! I'd bring the quilts and pick out a half yard or so of coordinating colors.

ManiacQuilter2

I did a Google search for Eleanor Burns

https://www.google.com/search?q=Slea...sewing+binding

There are videos you can select and watch. I use her technique but I cut my binding 2.25" strip wide, connect the strips at a 45 degree angle then press wrong side to wrong size. Line up the raw edge on the side of the quilt and sew it on. The video will show you a lot more detail. Any basic quilting book should have instructions on how to make binding and attach it. Good luck. I wouldn't use the ribbon.

earthwalker

Time to seach the stash.....surprising what you can find in there.

toverly

Make it a scrappy binding. Use leftover pieces of the fabric in the quilt or pieces from your stash and scrap it up.

Tartan

I would buy binding fabric a shade or 2 darker than the quilt rather than trying to match it.
I just had a panic moment as I searched for the last of my pale yellow. It is for a border treatment on a quilt that wasn't originally planned but now I want to do. Note to self: don't change your mind in the middle of a quilt!

Donnamarie

Just add another fabric and it will be fine. Sometimes we stress too much when quilting. Really, no rules, anything goes. Don't lose sleep over it just use something else.

gale

I would not use ribbon-that sounds a lot harder than finding some fabric that will go with it. I think about 90% of the time I forget to factor in binding fabric when I buy or choose fabric for a quilt. I usually can find something in my stash that will work.

DOTTYMO

Thank you for your comments. It looks like a dive into scrap box as I am laid up with a very sore throat and not going out at present. The rest of me feels fine but talking is very painful.