WHY are quilt bindings cut on the BIAS
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Originally Posted by dreamer2009
Can someone explain this to me please...
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This is a good explanation, Gale, of the reason for bias binding. Two of them have to do with strength and durability and the last is for aesthetic reasons.
Originally Posted by gale
Here's a blog post that explains the differences between bias and straight of grain binding:
http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/2011/01...cs-part-1.html
http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/2011/01...cs-part-1.html
#16
The older members of my guild thinks if binding isn't cut on the bias it's not real binding. Bias binding is a pain in the butt to make so I don't make it. I use double fold straight 2 1/2" strips cut with my Go and run it through the Simplicity Binding machine. I have yards of binding in minutes. I think double fold is stronger then bias.
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
According to Barbara Brackman, reknown quilt historian, bias binding was rarely, if ever, seen on quilts prior to the scalloped-edge quilts of the 1920-1930s.
I prefer the look, feel, handling, and strength of double fold (aka French fold) binding with mitered, hand-turned, handsewn corners.
But, as you can see, it's a purely personal preference.
Jan in VA (quilting nearly 30 years.)
I prefer the look, feel, handling, and strength of double fold (aka French fold) binding with mitered, hand-turned, handsewn corners.
But, as you can see, it's a purely personal preference.
Jan in VA (quilting nearly 30 years.)
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