Binding Fabric You Must Try!
Two words: binding fabric. What?! YES! It’s new, so you haven’t heard of this before, but it’s so so fun and I just know you're going to love it. Folding it over and seeing the mirrored details on both sides is incredibly gratifying. This binding fabric is part of my new Duval fabric collection with Art Gallery Fabrics. It's called Key West Bound...get it? It's a pun... oh dear...haha!
OK anyway! You should buy it ONLY by the yard. No fat quarters, no layer cakes, and definitely no charm packs. Small squatty precuts would defeat its purpose of being loooooong.
Above is a picture of the yardage laid out and below is what it looks like bound on a quilt. But you want to know another fun twist? You've got TWO options! The quilt here uses the Snapdragon and Spiced Boho Birds motifs, however you could also choose to use the simple Pearl Boho Leaves motif. I'll show an example of that soon. I just need to make another quilt first!
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Binding Fabric You Must Try!
Once you get your Key West Bound binding fabric, simply cut 2.5" strips along the printed cut lines. I cut mine by folding the yardage in half, lining up the cut lines and slicing with a ruler and rotary cutter. Another option, though is to just use scissors and snip along the lines. I recommend doing whichever method gives you the most accuracy.
Once your strips are cut, sew them together (I think a straight stitch probably works best here, but you can play around with that), then fold the binding in half, wrong sides together, and press it as usual. When you’re finished, you’ll get a beautifully detailed little binding that is identical on both sides! Check out the video to see this in action!
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Isn't this binding fabric so cute?? I think it looks like delicate embroidery or maybe a pretty little ribbon running along the edges.
If you're wondering about the quilt pattern used in this example, wonder now longer! It's the NEW Star Crossed pattern coming out on September 14th!
Star Crossed Quilt Fabric
The fabric used in my Star Crossed quilt includes Suzy Quilts PURE AGF solids and Duval prints. Next week we will publish a list of shops carrying these fabrics, however in the mean time I encourage you to ask your local quilt shop to carry them! Many online shops have them in stock as well.
- PURE Solid Honeymoon
- PURE Solid Glacier
- PURE Solid Shrimpy
- Duval Boho Leaves Nova
- Duval Boho Birds Glacier
- Duval Boho Birds Snapdragon
- Duval Basket Weave Shrimpy
- Duval Blocks Snapdragon
- Tiny Moon Breezy
- Binding: Key West Bound
- Backing: Tiny Moon Nova (Flannel)
So what do you think? Are you digging this new binding fabric? It seems so simple it's hard to believe it's not already a thing, but I bet in the next couple years it will become more and more popular. It really does accent a quilt in a special way. It's the icing on the quilt cake!
Binding fabric is intriguing. This is not stetchy but straight of grain?
That’s exactly right. You would cut this on grain.
Love this idea!! It would be cool to have an entire collection of just binding fabric in an assortment of colors and designs.
Love your binding fabric!!! What a fabulous idea!!! I hope you’ll be doing more of these!
What a fun idea!! I hope you’ve started a trend for other fabric designers to consider. I like it!
Genius!
Suzy you are such a creative genius! Just when we think there’s nothing new in quilting, BAM! Suzy revolutionizes BINDING!! Thank you! It is a great idea and beautiful, as are all your new fabrics!
Yes!! Love it. Now get to work and design a whole bunch more. It will sell like hotcakes and make you rich!
Hahahaha! Yes, ma’am!
I have sewn my whole life but a new to quilting. I am learning so much from you. This binding fabric is brilliant!
Thank you, Sharon!
Oh yes, I really want this. When will it be available in the UK please?
We have a blog post coming later this week that lists every shop we know of that’s carrying Suzy Quilts fabrics, including some that do international shipping or are in Europe — you can check that list soon to find it!
Just found your site today. The glue basting technique and binding fabrics sound awesome!
Hope you try them out soon! The technique and the fabric! 😉
I would buy this if it came as a layer cake, if only to save me from cutting it 🙂. Love this fabric idea!
A jelly roll would be amazing! Saving time from cutting is always a plus in my book!
*sigh* I love the idea of this binding fabric. But I do wish modern quilt creators would understand that there are so very many of us who are not participating on social media. We don’t want to go to Instagram, or Facebook, or any other place that requires an account to see content.