Scrappy Binding Happy Dance
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Scrappy Binding Happy Dance
In my quilting ignorance I thought a scrappy binding was made by sewing the short ends of 2.5 inch
wide scrap strips together until you got to the required length.
Then I came across Nancy Zieman’s method and gave that a try. It was fun to make and I’m very happy with the finished result. Unfortunately no matter how much juggling I did I still ended up making one of the mitred corners with a seam in it. The fabrics I used were the patterned scraps from the quilt fabric and bright, plain jellyroll strips from my stash.
Here is a link for other quilting newbies -
http://www.nancyzieman.com/blog/quil...ing/?print=pdf
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wide scrap strips together until you got to the required length.
Then I came across Nancy Zieman’s method and gave that a try. It was fun to make and I’m very happy with the finished result. Unfortunately no matter how much juggling I did I still ended up making one of the mitred corners with a seam in it. The fabrics I used were the patterned scraps from the quilt fabric and bright, plain jellyroll strips from my stash.
Here is a link for other quilting newbies -
http://www.nancyzieman.com/blog/quil...ing/?print=pdf
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What fun fabric!
That offset strip method you linked is what I use for my pieced bindings.
No matter how hard I try I end up with seams in/near/next to my miters. I just avoid one on my first corner and go from there. In my defense, I did spend a couple of decades laying out the binding all around first before giving up.
We were chatting about this some on Tuesday in my small group. I have a seam line about 1/16" of an inch from my miter. I just laughed. Two of the other ladies said that they would have pieced in a larger piece and I can see how that would be nicer.
That offset strip method you linked is what I use for my pieced bindings.
No matter how hard I try I end up with seams in/near/next to my miters. I just avoid one on my first corner and go from there. In my defense, I did spend a couple of decades laying out the binding all around first before giving up.
We were chatting about this some on Tuesday in my small group. I have a seam line about 1/16" of an inch from my miter. I just laughed. Two of the other ladies said that they would have pieced in a larger piece and I can see how that would be nicer.
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What fun fabric!
That offset strip method you linked is what I use for my pieced bindings.
No matter how hard I try I end up with seams in/near/next to my miters. I just avoid one on my first corner and go from there. In my defense, I did spend a couple of decades laying out the binding all around first before giving up.
We were chatting about this some on Tuesday in my small group. I have a seam line about 1/16" of an inch from my miter. I just laughed. Two of the other ladies said that they would have pieced in a larger piece and I can see how that would be nicer.
That offset strip method you linked is what I use for my pieced bindings.
No matter how hard I try I end up with seams in/near/next to my miters. I just avoid one on my first corner and go from there. In my defense, I did spend a couple of decades laying out the binding all around first before giving up.
We were chatting about this some on Tuesday in my small group. I have a seam line about 1/16" of an inch from my miter. I just laughed. Two of the other ladies said that they would have pieced in a larger piece and I can see how that would be nicer.
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Lovely! I did a scrappy border with 2.5 x 5" rectangles. I had so many left over after the quilt top was done. But I just sewed them end to end, small stitches in the seam. Then I put the binding on like any other binding. It looked almost as cute as yours!
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