Cutrite Bind-Up Instructions
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See a video on how to use The CutRite™ Bind Up tool at http://www.quiltersparadiseesc.com/Online Shopping/Notions/Bind Up Video.htm. L The CutRite™ Bind Up tool is used to join the two ends of CutRite™ your quilt’s binding. BindR Up Instructions Attach your binding, as you normally do, until there are approximately 10 inches remaining with 5 inches to the left of the Step 1 Quilt Take both unsewn ends of the binding and fold each side back onto itself, ensuring that the folds Binding Left side Binding Right side touch each other in the center. Press with an iron. Fold both sides of binding out. Center folds touch each other. Step 2 Open the left binding end so Quilt that the wrong side is face up. Ironed Crease Binding Left side Binding Right Side Open up Binding Step 3 Quilt Mark the lengthwise and widthwise folds with a marking tool such as a pencil. Repeat for both sides of binding. Binding Left side Binding Right Side . Mark Creases L side up Step 4 t Side Position the CutRite igh Bind Up tool so that the ‘L’ on Binding R the tool is face up, facing you uilt Line up crosses in the upper left. Place the Q L intersection of the length L and width lines of the tool over the intersec- CutRite™ tion of the crease. BindR Up CutRite™ Then cut the along t side ef the diagonal. BindR Up Binding L Step 5 Binding L Repeat Step 4 for the R side up right binding strip. To do so, ef Q t side uilt rotate the CutRite Bind Up tool so that the ‘R’ is face up, facing you in the Bind Up RBind upper right. Bind Up RBind CutRite™ CutRite™ Binding R L igh t Side Line up crosses L Step 6 Step 7 Align the CutRite Bind Up tool evenly Put the right sides together from the left and right binding with the bottom of the cut binding strips along the diagonal edge. Sew the left and the right binding and then cut o the tip on both the strips together using a ¼-inch seam allowance and attach to quilt. right and left binding. L Sew t side ef Binding R CutRite™ igh BindR Up Binding L t Side ©2010 Quilter’s Paradise.