Glue your fabric??

I was doing some random quilt blog surfing this morning and came across this amazing tip.

Have you ever been working on a project and realized you don't have a piece of fabric that fits your need? Just a little too short or mis-cut? (Not that I have ever mis-cut fabric!!)

Oh Fransson! posted a neat trick on how to piece your fabric together and save your sewing project. This is a bit involved for someone like me who has very little patience but I thought I'd pass it along because it's simply brilliant!

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Cheater binding

I cannot sew a whip stitch. I just can't. I try and I might get it to look decent for a few stitches but then it gets all wild and crazy again. It's like I have lost all control of my dexterity and my fingers have been taken over by Beetlejuice!

One of the ladies in my quilting bee blogged about a really neat way to "cheat" on sewing the binding. I must say... I'm impressed and very excited to try it out!

Check out her blog, Sewn, and spend some time trying out her binding cheat!

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