American Patchwork & Quilting - USA (2019-12)

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To make a two-color binding that has a barber-pole look, complete the following steps.

1. 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.


2. 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.


3. Referring to Diagram C,
   fold bottom right-hand
   corner up diagonally to align
   folded edges.


4. 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.


5. Using a rotary cutter and
   acrylic ruler, trim off left-
   hand fold (Diagram F).


6. 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