Binding Fabric For Quilts

This calculator calculates the amount of fabric required to bind your quilt giventhe quilt s dimensions width and length and the binding strip width.

Binding fabric for quilts.

You will want a sturdy fabric for your binding. Rolling the binding on an empty toilet paper or paper towel tube helps keep the binding tidy for storage if. However working with minky can sometimes be difficult because it sheds when cut and has a tendency to not lay flat when being worked with. 1 strip for the quilt top 2 strip for the quilt back join strips until they are long enough for all four sides of your quilt leaving an extra 12 for joining at the end.

Regular binding this is where the binding strips are cut parallel to the width of fabric on a bolt of fabric. Join the business program get 10 off every day and so much more. Let s talk about fabric first. Get it as soon as fri sep 11.

4 8 out of 5 stars 7. Quilt binding is the fabric that s used to cover the outer edges of the quilt sandwich the quilt top batting and backing after the quilt is quilted. The cotton like you used for your quilt top will work just fine just stay away from those paper thin fabrics used for linings and such. Cut binding strips 1 3 4 x width of fabric.

Shannon fabrics cuddle and double gauze fabrics are unmatched in quality selection and value. Sewing binding around a quilt s edges is one of the final steps in quiltmaking. Minky is a popular fabric to use on quilts because of its soft and fuzzy feel. The calculator provides 2 calculations.

Their website offers tons of helpful sewing tips and free patterns and tutorials to sew using their products. Lay out strips so nap is going in the same direction nap should go towards. Quilt sew off the corner edge of quilt edge of quilt binding strip figure 3 edge of quilt binding strips mark a line where the binding strips meet at the angle. This will be the seam line to complete the binding.

Binding keeps the edges intact and can add another element to the quilt s design. Binding is basically the strips of fabric that are going to connect the top of your quilt to the backing. Although pressing the binding is by far the most common practice some quilters skip this step due to lack of time and or energy or the idea that the precise location of the fold changes as the binding is folded to the back of the quilt.