BIAS BINDING
LENGTH OF CONTINUOUS BIAS BINDING
FROM VARIOUS YARDAGES
Yardage
36" or 44"
Fabric Width
lflyard
1 yard
Size
of
Square
18"
36"
Cut
3/4"
Wide
Cut 1"
Wide
lOIh yd.
73/4 ~~~~
443/4 yd. I 32lh yd.
Cut
Ilh"
Wide
~~r~:
Cut
2"
Wide
Cut
21h"
Wide

Square of fabric cut, seamed, marked, and sewn into tube, ready to be cut on markings into continuous bias strips.
WHEN TO USE... Use when you know what length of binding your quilt requires (listed in chart on page 27) and you want to know how much yardage to buy and what size square to cut to make continuous bias binding. Use narrow widths for applique.
HOW TO USE... Find the column listing the width you plan to cut bias or binding strips. Widths shown will yield various finished widths from 1/4" tape to Ih" double fold binding. Within the chosen column, find the length of
binding closest to the length needed, but no less. Follow the line to the left to find the size of square and yardage needed.
EXAMPLE... You need a 10-yard length of binding to finish your quilt. You plan to make double-fold binding cut 21h" wide. Look in the 21h" cut-width column at right. Find the row listing 10 yards or the next higher number, in this case 12 yards. Follow the row to the left to see that you need 1 yard of either 36" or 44" fabric, and you will cut a 36" square from which to make your continuous bias strips.