I quilted a little table mat this week. Trimmed up the edges and started looking for binding. My calculations determined I needed to bind an edge 60 inches long.
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| I came up with this piece of fabric -- exactly the right colour. It was less than 7.5 by 10.5 inches, though. |
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| I cut the piece into six strips just over an inch wide. (This is a table mat, so a single layer binding will be fine.) |
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| I joined the strips with tiny seams, abandoning my usual diagonal joins to conserve fabric. Then I pressed under 1/4 inch along one edge. Measured it -- this looks like it will work. |
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| Then I sewed the binding into place. It reached all the way around with enough for a seam. There was even a tiny bit left over! |
I'm very pleased to have this tiny UFO done, and I'm ridiculously happy about using up that bit of fabric!
