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Tips & Techniques
Bound To Please
Strip-Piece Your Binding
A strip-pieced binding appears as though it's made from a striped fabric. Use strips of equal or varying widths. Look at the strip-piecing options shown here. Which binding is most suited to the design of your quilt?
Strip-Piecing Options
Straight slices. Cutting the band at right angles to the seams makes stripes that radiate outward from the quilt.
Diagonal slices. Binding from diagonally sliced bands makes your eyes move around the edges of the quilt.
"Reflective" slices Arrange the fabric strips by value for drama. To suggest light shining on the quilt, sew the binding fabrics in order from the lightest color to the darkest color and then back to the light. The binding will appear to reflect bright light.
Finishing Up
Sew the binding to the quilt as described in the double-fold binding section of Basic Lessons. After folding the binding to the back, select a thread color that will make an inconspicuous blind stitch against the many fabrics of binding and lining. Medium gray or tan threads blend nicely. Lay a single strand on the pieced strip to test for "invisibility."
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