Maureen (and anyone else out there who might be able to help)...
I'm still struggling on the binding. I think I'm going to give your (Maureen's) idea of joining at a 45% angle a go - I can see how that will work.
Now how do I actually go about it? The one and only time that I tried we folded it in half, attached the raw side to the front and folded it over and hand-sewed the back. I've even unpicked the corner to see how i did that (mitred corner) and I'm comfortable with that. What I want to know is... is this the best/easiest way?,.. how wide to I made my strip?... and what sort of seam allowance to I have when I attach it? I don't ask much do i? LOL - grin ;)
3 comments:
Ooooh, your changed blog is a bit bright, have my sunnies on! You want your binding 2.5" wide so that you can iron it in half for attaching, gives a lovely strong double binding. .25" seam allowance included. To join binding on the bias, take pieces cut on the straight grain and with RS facing put one piece vertical and one piece horizontal with the ends butting, sew diagonally across this. You should end up with a 45 degree join - I can't draw a picture, Sophie, but will photograph and blog it if you can't work it out from my not very clear 'instructions'!
Just for you, Esselle, I found an online binding lesson in multiple parts.
http://learnhowtoquilt.com/bindingtutorial/bindinglesannounce.html
That's great Maureen. I can see what you mean with the 45 degree join - do you trim it back to 1/4" or leave it as is?
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