Okay -- you HAD to know my "quilt repair" would start with a dig on t-shirt mountain. That really is kind of the whole point, y'know??
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| RITALUCK! These tie-dye colors will be the PERFECT match. I cut some 2" strips... |
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| Right sides together -- I serged the strips onto the quilt edge. |
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| The beauty of using t-shirt fabric is you don't have to worry about a bias, or seaming the binding...just overlap the pieces as you go along. |
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| The next step is a simple stitch in the ditch...fold the t-shirt around to the backside...and stitch next to the binding on the top of the quilt... |
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| Then trim off the excess on the backside of the quilt... |
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| This is the back side, after trimming. It looks great. I am loving the tie-dye... |
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| This is the front side. I did the two long sides...then the two short sides...(easy way to deal with the corners) |
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| This is what the new binding looks like....IT IS BEAUTIFUL. |
And, hey -- aren't you curious about how I repaired that tattered, worn-out quilt square?
Hummm...It started with an epiphany...
P.S. If you are a REAL quilter, thank you for reading my blog. If you are offended by my t-shirt binding...you need to brace yourself for what's coming next...
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