I’m stuck trying to figure out how to quilt a suicide quilt. I don’t feel like making garments. Or jewelry. Or much of anything else. I need more quilt binding and I hate buying what I can make. I cut strips of fabric 1 ¾” wide to make ½” binding. The strips are cut edge to edge rather than on a bias. This binding works for quilts, but not for garments. Binding for garments, because of the need to fit binding around neck openings and sleeve openings must be cut on the bias.
Once I got strips cut from one fabric, I used a metal binder clip to hold the strips.
I cut the ends on a 45-degree angle so I would have an angled seam rather than a seam straight across. A straight across seam makes for a bump in the binding. I made markings on ends of a couple strips of fabric so I could make sure the strips would fit together. Turns out, the ends have to be cut in a specific direction in order to match the ends. This isn’t critical for batiks and solids because there’s no right or wrong side. It is critical for prints. Rather than mark every strip or use a quilter’s ruler and rotary cutter, I folded the end over to form a 45-degree angle and I cut along the fold.
The seams are a bit tricky to sew. If you match the seams without any overlap, the result will be an off set strip of fabric and it will be difficult to fold the binding. You have to leave about a ¼” overlap in order for the edges of the strips to match up.
Next, and I haven’t gotten to this point yet, sew all the seams. Then, either use a binding tool https://smile.amazon.com/BIGTEDDY-Fabric-Sewing-Quilting-Binding/dp/B079PP3HB4/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=binding+tool&qid=1590783976&sr=8-6 or fold the fabric in half and press. Then open the fabric strip and fold each side in towards the middle and press.
After you get the binding sewn and folded, make lots of quilts to use up the binding.
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There is an easier way to sew those binding strips together………look at your last picture. If you DON’T cut first and leave those ends square, you can line them up as in the picture and sew the diagonal. Then trim. Works for either straight or bias binding, but I most often use straight grain binding, too. Though I never make it as narrow as you do! Wow! That’s tiny. Keep sewing!!
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