Thank you.

That is so good to hear, thank you!

You are welcome! Glad it helped you.

Thank you for those kind words Deborah, your quilts will look wonderful I am sure!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you for your kind comments.

Hi Patricia, What exactly is it that I can help you with? Are you still having a problem?

Hi Mickey, If you find you get a little point on the second method, make sure your tuck in is very tight, or you can hand stitch it into place, which you were not keen on! For the first method, and the third method, you can have your quilt which ever way you have space for. I demonstrate on a normal sewing table, and usually have the outer edge nearest to me. Remember to start your binding about halfway down the side of your quilt, so that you have room for a generous tail to join. Also make sure that when you make your binding strips, check that your joins are not going to land on a corner, this doesn't make for a neat finish. The effort of practicing the joins will pay dividends in the finish of your quilt. I appreciate your comments, thank you - it is useful to know for future videos. Happy sewing! Elizabeth

Where are you placing the block Hazel? Where on the quilt I mean?

@@sewsmartwithelizabeth286 I am hand sewing all my son’s gangsta hoodies and tshirts. The blocks are all of irregular shape. I put a 3/4 inch frame around it then I put two five in borders. Said block is at the bottoms just within the frame. It is surrounded by 5 other blocks of irregular size all of which have a fusible but still have stretch, especially the tsirts. I have already removed the block he doesn’t want and stitched the parts I unpicked. I thought it would just be easier to do a patchwork instead of trying to fit this new block in. Unfortunately I jumped the gun and put the bias tape around starting in one corner and now I’m struggling to join it in the corner.

Unfortunately, it's very hard to join binding in the corner. I would unpick as much as you can and add a piece of binding so that your join comes on one side. Always start your binding, leaving around a 5inch tail to join, and always on a straight side. I hope this helps you Hazel. @@hazelem1266

@@sewsmartwithelizabeth286 Tell me about it! But I, in my experience, thought “I can just do this and this.” I spent 2 hours yesterday just turning the block around and around, then practicing on a spare piece of tape, cutting and turning then ironing it straight then starting again. It was very frustrating. Then my husband came in and he said ok, you want it to look good and you want it to last for many years. But you also say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas aka the quilt sandwich. So how about getting your 45 degree angle then just tuck it behind and camouflage it. Who’s going to know? So I did that. What I also did was put a decorative running stitch using perle cotton. Looks beautiful actually. I wouldn’t have been able to do this with a machine. I’ll tell you why I had to put on a border though. An artist did an animated drawing of my son and I thought it would fit perfectly. My husband printed it on fabric with a border at my request. I trimmed it down to fit and on the last side, my ruler moved and I cut off 1/4 inch too much so I had to retrim which made the block too small, hence the bias. Anyway, thank you for responding and thank you so much for your advice. I am your very newest subscriber.