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Posted by Tia Mary on June 29, 2009, 3:26 pm
KimW wrote:
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> ...<snip>....I wanted to use
> strips either 2, 3 or 4 inches long. My question is, how do you go about
> getting the correct measurements to do this and include enough fabric to
> miter the corners? ...<snip>...
> Hugs,
> Kim
If you are joining fabric strips with a diagonal seam and, as an
example, you have 3" wide strips of fabric, you need to add an
additional 3" of fabric length **for each seam**. That means a total of
6" when both ends are joined. Same goes for 2" or 4", etc. -- make the
length of the fabric strip as much longer as the strip is wide -- for
each seam -- to account for the loss of fabric when using a diagonal
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seam. CiaoMeow >^;;^<
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PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
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Posted by KimW on June 30, 2009, 3:26 pm
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> If you are joining fabric strips with a diagonal seam and, as an
> example, you have 3" wide strips of fabric, you need to add an additional
> 3" of fabric length **for each seam**. That means a total of 6" when both
> ends are joined. Same goes for 2" or 4", etc. -- make the length of the
> fabric strip as much longer as the strip is wide -- for each seam -- to
> account for the loss of fabric when using a diagonal seam. CiaoMeow
> >^;;^<
Well that's simple enough. I don't know why my brain refused to comprehend
something that easy but it just wouldn't. Thanks Tia Mary.
Hugs,
Kim
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Posted by Trixie on June 29, 2009, 8:18 pm
Your method is the way I do all my binding. I add the length of all four
sides plus 8-10" per corner, and I always have plenty that way.
Trixie
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> My brain is just refusing to cooperate in thinking this through to get the
> correct measurements or dimensions or whatever. You know how you sew
> angles on the binding to connect the ends and make them stronger? Well I
> wanted to do that with the entire binding using two different fabrics so
> that it would look kind of twisty for lack of a better description term. I
> wanted to use strips either 2, 3 or 4 inches long. My question is, how do
> you go about getting the correct measurements to do this and include
> enough fabric to miter the corners? I know this is not a very good
> description of what I want to do but my brain just refuses to cooperate.
> Questions, suggestions, hints, ideas, whatever, are most welcome to help
> me out of my state of confusion.
> Hugs,
> Kim
>
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Posted by J* on June 29, 2009, 8:42 pm
per corner??
good grief, how much do you have left over at the end then?
seems an inordinate extra lot of inches.
j.
"Trixie" wrote...
Your method is the way I do all my binding. I add the length of all four
sides plus 8-10" per corner, and I always have plenty that way.
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Posted by Polly Esther on June 29, 2009, 11:41 pm
Well, yes, Jeanne, it does seem like heaps too much but I over estimate too.
Some folks can't bear leftovers; some of us are just more comfortable with
them.
As to having a seam hit at a corner, that's easy enough to avoid. About
9" before a corner, you just check and be sure that a seam isn't going to
gum up the works. If so, that's a good time to cut out some length to force
the seam to happen sooner. (We started out with enough to do that.) Polly
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> per corner??
> good grief, how much do you have left over at the end then?
> seems an inordinate extra lot of inches.
> j.
> "Trixie" wrote...
> Your method is the way I do all my binding. I add the length of all four
> sides plus 8-10" per corner, and I always have plenty that way.
>
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> strips either 2, 3 or 4 inches long. My question is, how do you go about
> getting the correct measurements to do this and include enough fabric to
> miter the corners? ...<snip>...
> Hugs,
> Kim