Binding experimentation...

I started working on the Hello Betty binding. I read a tutorial a while back on a flange(sp?) / piped binding and thought I'd give it a try. I like how it looks, however, next time I need to remember to increase the width of my binding strips by 1/8th of an inch otherwise the binding is too tight especially at the corners because of the excess fabric from the flange.

February 12...

When I started this I just pulled the solid yellow from my stash. However I miscalculated when i added one more row of blocks to the quilt and I now realize that I don't have enough for a 4 inch yellow border. I'm leaning towards buying some more... the other option would be to shrink the border to 2.5 - 3 inches. It's a moda bella solid, so it should be easy to find. But I don't know exactly which online store I got it from. My only worry is I would get it and it wouldn't be a perfect match b/c it was from a different dye lot...









Neptune Jelly Girl binding progress...