3 Ways to Use Left Over Bindings

Let's be honest, who among us has not cut more binding than we need for our quilt? Sometimes the leftovers are small, only a few inches, but sometimes we get a bit over zealous and make too much. It is time to stop feeling guilty for wasting all that pretty fabric and put it to good use for organizing your next project.

Block Placement Holders

It can be a difficult to keep your project pieces together in order when you have to take them from one room to another to stitch, or if you are taking them on a retreat to work on, but your leftover binding from previous projects can help. First, place a piece of leftover binding a little longer than your quilt blocks or pieces on a flat surface and then place your blocks or pieces to stitch together on top of the binding and pin them in place. Repeat for the remainder of the rows of your quilt. Now you can stack these pieces and carry them to your sewing machine and you will know that the block/piece placement is correct (since the top of each block/piece is pinned to the binding, and they are all kept in order). This is especially helpful if you need to layout your block placement using a bed that is not in your sewing space and carry your pieces to another room.

Project Storage

For shorter pieces of leftover binding, you can use them to keep project fabrics together with the pattern to use for your next project so your fabrics will not be used in error for a different project. Simply stack your chosen fabrics together with the pattern on top and wrap the binding around and tie. The added plus, is that you may re-use the bindings over and over again.

Design Board Finishing Touch

If your stash of leftover binding is still too large, use the binding to finish off a piece of foam core board to use as a mini design wall. All you need to do is attach a piece of batting to foam core board, then use your leftover binding to finish the edges of your mini design wall. Now don't you feel a bit less guilty about wasting that yardage?