Adventures in Binding

I am not a fan of cutting bindings for my quilts~ I inevitably get a strip cut wonky, with an elbow or my ruler slips and the whole strip ends up off. :-(

So I was thrilled to find the 2½ inch strip die arrive with my Crafter's Edge Crossover II machine.

And I was not one bit disappointed! :-)

 The die is super thin and  open on each end so it can be moved along your fabric to cut the entire strip.

I could easily place it by feeling the little groove catch at the edge of the previous cut.

See how thin the die is and the little groove that does the cutting~

You can click on the image to make it bigger. I had to take the photo in a bit of a dark corner otherwise I got too much shadowing.

I tried 4, 6 and 8 layers of fabric. :-) I found that with the 8 layers I got a few skips... 8 layers is not recommended, but I had to try. ;-) . 6 layers cut great with no effort on my part. The handle turned very easily. :-)

And in the blink of an eye, I have binding cut for 2 different projects!

No elbows, no slipping of the ruler, no problems!

I love it!!

 

I will be back when my bindings are sewn on. ;-)

Until then~

Happy Stitching!!.

Time....

I think I would like an 8 day week! :-)

Time seems to be moving so fast! It is nearly the end of April!

Where have I been?

Well, there is always that bunch of stuff I can't show you, but in time I can. :)

I wanted to show you this wall hanging today~

 I received it in the mail last week and am still just, well, nearly speechless!!

I was so surprised!! A sweet friend made it and sent it to me.

She knew it was my motto. LOL And its my colors!  

And it is just perfect.  ♥

I have found the perfect place to hang it so I can see it every day. :-)

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!