hi! i have been a way for a while but now i am back. feels good.
i have been doing a lot if experiments with binding lately which i plan to document here. this time i asked myself if (?) i could make the quilt bigger, square up the edges and bind it at the same time? and what if (?) i keep the edges ragged because i love fringe on a piece. and a torn edge makes a nice fringe.
the border is made from two layers of fabric torn at about 2.5" wide. i used a beautiful hand dyed dot from deb (check out her random acts of dyeness link) for the front and a solid green chambray for the back. the center panel of the quilt (which is already backed and quilted) is caught between the two layers and carefully hand stitched. the original edges were uneven so adjusted the catch points to square it up. i suppose i could have put another layer of batting or fabric in between to beef it up but the center is only 2 layers so it was not needed.
the cloth is now larger and even and there is fringe on the inside and outside edges. i believe this edge would work in any width and what if (?) you just kept adding them? that way you could always be working on the edge of the piece. easier to get at.