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Nay

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2. I wish I could do that, but the blanket I'm finishing needs a certain color. You can

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 6, 2016, 07:53 AM

Sep 2016

imagine how unhappy I am now that I have no binding for it. I'm now considering finishing it with a complementary color of regular cloth, but man, it's just not going to be what I envisioned. The blanket is for a very ill friend, and I wanted it to be perfect.....

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I just bought satin blanket binding -- WTF?? Help! [View all] Nay Sep 2016 OP

Yes, it's not like the older stuff. I often buy lots of old sewing sinkingfeeling Sep 2016 #1

I wish I could do that, but the blanket I'm finishing needs a certain color. You can Nay Sep 2016 #2

Would ribbon work? catchnrelease Sep 2016 #3

Thanks, but like you, I fear ribbon wouldn't be very sturdy. I'm going back to the fabric Nay Sep 2016 #4

I think the good stuff is still out there, somewhere... ginnyinWI Sep 2016 #5

That's where I got the Wright's binding; it's the only kind they carry. I ended up getting Nay Sep 2016 #6

I looked on Amazon, and ginnyinWI Sep 2016 #7

It's not that hard to make binding in whatever color or fabric you want csziggy Sep 2016 #8

Just saw this, and I agree PennyK Sep 2016 #9

I could certainly do that, but when I went over to look at the bridal satin, etc., there wasn't Nay Sep 2016 #10