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To make a two-color binding that has a barber-pole look, complete the following steps.
- Alternate 10 solid cream
and 10 solid turquoise 3×42"
strips (Diagram A). Sew
together to make a 42× 501 ⁄ 2 "
rectangle. Press seams open. - Place pieced rectangle on
a cutting surface with wrong
side up and short edges at
top and bottom. Referring to
Diagram B, fold bottom left-
hand corner up diagonally to
align bottom and right-hand
edges. - Referring to Diagram C,
fold bottom right-hand
corner up diagonally to align
folded edges. - Referring to Diagram D,
rotate folded rectangle 45°
clockwise so layered folds are
on the left. Fold bottom 12"
up. Referring to Diagram E,
fold top corner down. - Using a rotary cutter and
acrylic ruler, trim off left-
hand fold (Diagram F). - Measuring from trimmed
edge, cut folded unit
into 2^1 ⁄ 2 "-wide segments
(Diagram G). Unfold into
pieced binding strips.
21 / 2 "
Diagram G
Diagram A
3 × 42 "
3 × 42 "
501 / 2 "
Diagram B
fold
fold
Diagram C
fold
fold
layered
folds
Diagram D
12 "
12 "
Diagram E Diagram F
trim
68 APQ ¥ December 2019