If you're binding curved edges, you'll want to cut your binding strips on the bias. Here's how to turn one square of fabric into a long length of bias binding easily! (See the tree skirt we reference in the video here.)
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No matter what sized blocks you're connecting together, you'll need a strip of 1-inch wide binding for the back and 1 1/2-inch folded binding for the front of the quilt. If you match the color of your binding to the background color of your quilt top and backing, it will blend ...
Step 1: Cutting Your Bias Strips Bias tape is cut “on the bias” meaning diagonal to the selvedges of the fabric. You have to do it this way for it to work. The fabric stretches differently when you pull it against the grain. Test it out by pulling your fabric at the selvedges an...
The pieces are then reassembled using copper foil or lead cames, H-shaped strips of lead that hold the glass in place, going together like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. This latticework of metal is soldered together, and then putty is added to keep the glass from shifting. To complete ...
Assemble The Quilt Top Next on this how to make a baby rag quilt sewing tutorial, we will work on the top quilt. The order that you are going to sew the strips together is big, small, big, small, etc. When you are done assembling the quilt top, you’ll have the wider strips at...
As we mentioned above, you should cut your fabric on thebiaswhenever possible. Unless your project is very short, you’ll likely need a number ofbiasstrips, which will be sewn end to end, to cover the cord. There’s no better group to help us with a formula for determiningbiasstrip fa...