It is best to use a piece of fabric that is a square or nearly a square.
Cutting bias binding for a quilt.
The grain in bias binding strips runs at an angle so it moves at an angle from front to back after the binding is sewn to the quilt.
Double fold binding is cut six times the desired finished binding width plus 1 4 to allow for turn of cloth the fabric take up resulting from folding and wrapping binding around the quilt edge.
Learn how to make continuous bias binding strips from a simple tube of fabric.
Quilt binding in bias grain this binding is cut at a 45 degree angle to the selvage.
You can also use what is known in quilting terms as a fat quarter to make your bias binding strips.
The dimensions that you cut your fabric to will impact how much bias binding you can make.
The diagrams shown illustrate a 5 8 yard length of 42 wide fabric.
For tightly curved edges you absolutely need to use bias to get a nice flat binding that doesn t pucker and gives you a smooth curve.
I wanted to make this job easy.
To quickly cut binding strips on the bias start with a fabric square or rectangle.
Bias binding strips.
It is flexible with most amount of stretch and can be used on any edge.
I prefer the straight binding made with strips cut on the grain.
The seam allowance used to attach the binding should be equal to the desired finished width of your binding.
A few days ago i prepared this piece of fabric and in order to achieve the desired effect for my binding i had to make a bias binding with fabric strips cut on the bias.
If your fabric piece is a different size the folded fabric may look different although the instructions will be the same.