- Repeattoattachtheremaining12"
striptotheoppositepanellower
edge. - Presstheseamallowancestoward
thestrips. - Positionthepanelrightsideupona
flatworksurface.Tocreatemitered
corners,foldundereachstripatthe
lowerthreecorners;presstomark
thestitchingfoldline(C). - Unfold,andthenfoldeachcorner
withrightsidestogether;stitch
alongthefoldlines(D). - Trimtheseamallowancesto½", and
thenpressopen.Trimallexcessfab-
ricfromthepanelouteredges. - Positiontheback-bindingstriplong
edgewiththepanelperimeterwith
rightsidestogether;pin.Stitch,piv-
otingtheneedleateachcorner. - Trimtheseamallowanceateach
corner.Clipupto,butnotthrough,
thestitchinglineateachcorner
point(E).- Presstheseamallowancestoward
thebackbindingstrip.Gentlypoke
outeachbindingcorner.Foldthe
backbindingtowardthepanel
wrongsidealongthestitchingline.
Tucktheexcessbindingstripat
eachcorner(F). - Usinga zipperfoot,stitchinthe
ditchalongthepanelrightside
alongthebindingseamline. - Trimtheside-stripshortedgeseven
withthepanelupperedge(G). - Setasidea 20"lengthoftheexcess
backbindingstrip. - Cuttheremaining20"strips1"
longerthanthepanelupper-edge
length.Presseachstripshortend½"
towardthewrongside;stitch. - Positiontheunfinished20"strip
alongthepanelupperedgewith
rightsidestogether,makingsure
theshortendsalignwiththepanel
edges;pin.Stitch,andthenpress
open.- Positionthefinished20"stripalong
thepreviousupper-edgestripwith
rightsidestogether;pin.Stitch,and
thenpressopen.Foldthestripto-
wardthepreviousstripwithwrong
sidestogether;press.Stitchinthe
ditchalongthepanelrightside
alongthebindingseamline. - Cutthedoweltothedesiredlength.
Drilla holeineachdowelend. - Insertthedowelintothepanel
casing.Threadeachribbonend
throughonedowelhole;knoteach
end.Applyfabricgluetoeach
ribbonendtopreventfraying.
- Positionthefinished20"stripalong
- Presstheseamallowancestoward
tip
If youcan’tfindbias
plaidflannel,purchase
threeyardsofnormal
plaidflannelandcuton
thebias.
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