Terrific Tip Tuesday: Striped Binding

I love stripe binding! In fact, I've got a whole section of my stash that's stripes for binding. I really like the pattern to align on my stripes as misaligned stripes are quite distracting. I start with my two pieces of binding.

Then I take one piece and press a 45 degree angle. I've already removed selvages.

Align the pressed seam to the pattern of the other piece. It's practically camouflaged! Although full disclosure, this print has a hand drawn aspect that makes a perfect match impossible.

Pin in place. I'm a non-gluer, but a dot of appliqué glue would also be appropriate.

Sew along the line that you pressed.

Voila!

Perfect striped binding every time!

xo LC