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I have a stripe fabric. I would like to turn it on the diagonal to make a binding out of it? I think I would jut cut the fabric on the diagonal and piece together as normal?

Any suggestions?

You need to cut strips(2.25") at a 45 degree angle. I think all of El's books have pics in the back on how to do this. But, you just line up your 45 degree line on your ruler on the side edge of your fabric and cut. Then, you just stitch the strips together. HTH, Amie

Sounds like a reasonable idea to me. What you would be doing is cutting your binding on the bias of the fabric? Alot of quilters do that all the time.

Well I tried this last night...have to go back to the drawing board. One strip had the stripes going one way, the botttom they were going the other way...Cant fold the piece I guess. WIll Try again.. Thanks

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Look here or read the following:

Continuous Bias Binding

Starting with a 36" square of fabric, having the lengthwise grain run evenly across the top, and all four corners a true 90 degrees, make a small mark on the left and right sides, and cut on the diagonal...

Match the two marked sides and sew together, taking care not to pull and stretch...

Press the seam open. Mark lines the desired width of your binding on the wrong side...

Now bring the top and bottom edges of the unit above together to make a tube, and offset this so that the outer left edge lines up with the first marked line. Pin and sew that seam. Begin cutting where the arrow is, along the marked lines and you will be cutting one long long piece of bias binding. A 36" square of fabric will give you approx. 518 " of 2-1/2" binding. To figure this, multiply the size of the square times the size of the square. Divide that answer by the width you are cutting your binding = how many inches of binding you will get, approximately.

The Amish way to bind a quilt or at least I think it is their way.

You cut 4 peaces of binding at least 10 inches longer than each side of the quilt.

Sew the binding on to the quarter of an inch from edge of quilt as usual.

Then fold the quilt so that it becomes a triangel laying the binding on itself from two sides. The right sides of the binding should be together. Sew from the l/4 inch mark to form a V that is you sew out on a 45% angle like El shows you in quilting through the seasons but then you sew back on the 45% angle in the other direction to form a V. Then you just turn the binding over and you have a perfect miter.
Make sure you have more or a longer V on the back side so that you can turn the raw edge under and the stitch in a ditch from the top of the quilt.