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Create an Extraordinary Finish on your Quilt Using Special Binding
Learn 10 creative ways to bind your quilts with perfection – you'll have smooth and square mitered corners and even edges all the way around your quilt. One new method every month for the rest of 2009. |
Double Fold Binding
Double fold binding is when your binding strips are two layers of fabric thick. As you can see the the image above, you take a strip of fabric and fold it in half length-wise so that the raw edges meet.
Line up the raw edges of the quilt with the raw edges of the binding and then attach the binding onto the quilt.
The advantage of double fold binding is that you have two layers of fabric to protect the edges of the quilt.
By using bias double fold binding, your quilt edges are protected slightly more than if you use double fold straight grain binding. That is because the threads in the fabric form little Xs over the edge of the quilt. If one breaks or wears out, there are others to carry the load. If you use straight grain binding and one of the fibers breaks or wears out, the cross grain fibers are more likely to wear out as well.
Single Fold Binding
Single fold binding has only one thickness of fabric that wraps around the quilt.
As you can see in the photo to the left, there are two layers of fabric where the binding is sewn onto the quilt - for the seam allowances on both the front and back of the quilt.
However, around the edge of the quilt, there is just one layer.
Single fold binding can be either bias or straight grain, and has the same advantages and challenges.
The binding in the picture is bias single fold binding that was made using a bias tape maker. These handy little tape makers come in several different widths.
Single fold binding is great for a couple of different types of projects. One is a wall hanging that will get little use. Bias or straight grain is perfect.
For quilts with curves or many inside and outside corners (i.e., Grandmother's Flower Garden, or those fun quilts using 3D boxes), single fold bias binding makes a smoother finish.
For more information about binding, visit: www.HowToBindAQuilt.com
Happy Quilting!
Penny Halgren
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