To finish the quilt I made for Sarge's dog groomer (recap: I made Curt a small quilt from the scarves he sent Sarge home in after being groomed - see how to make the squares here, and how I arranged the squares here) I cut batting and the backing from solid blue fabric, but each a bit bigger than the front so you have extra wiggle room when piecing them together. I also needed binding long enough to go all around the quilt (the binding is the skinny edge of fabric that connects the front and back).
Fabric usually comes in 43 to 44" widths and you need more than that to go around the quilt - and you want the binding to be one long piece. In order to do that I cut strips of fabric about 3" wide and then sew them together to make one long continuous piece. To sew the strips together lay one strip face up, and another face down with right sides together perpendicular to the bottom strip, sew a diagonal line across the corner (see pictures to see what the heck I'm trying to say hahaha:)
6.3.23: words
6.3.22: 30-day arm challenge
6.3.21: peanut butter cheese ball
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