Saturday's Sewing Room Tip

Today, I have been busy binding 2 quilts. One quilt needed black binding.  I used the 'square method' (That what I  am calling it, I don't know what it's called) where you cut a square of fabric on the diagonal and sew  it back together into a tube and then cut into bias strips,  I couldn't remember the formula to know how big a square to cut.  So, I had a 27 inch square of black fabric and ended up with 312 inches of binding!  After binding the quilt I was left with a 108 inches of binding.  Well, as I rolled it up, to put it in my "binding box", I realized I always had to measure the pieces to use them.  So,  I wrote the length and width of the binding on the fabric tie.  Now the information won't get lost!

So, use a scrap of fabric to gently tie together your binding, and write the length and width on the tie!  Easy does it!

Marsha

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