Q101: Binding Your Quilt-The Final Stage
Here we are, we have come to the last and final stage of our quilting adventure together on the world wide blogging community. I am thankful that you have taken the time to join me and I hope that this inspires you to create something beautiful. I never would have imagined that I could create something like this with so little sewing experience, yet I did! Your quilt is in three layers now. I will talk a little bit about how to get your binding ready. I used a black and white polka dot fabric for my binding. I took the fabric and cut it into long 2 1/2" strips. By doing this you are essentially piecing together what will ultimately go all along your outside portion of your quilt. Once you have enough to go all the way around your quilt and then about 10 or more inches of extra you have enough to complete the binding. I struggled at times to get the binding around the outside and I think if I could do this particular part over I would cut 2 3/4" strips instead
