Binding Bow

Whenever I am making a quilted gift, I cut extra binding strips. I fold the strips in half lengthwise, turn the raw edges in toward each other, and topstitch along the edges to make ties for wrapping the gift. The ties give a hint of what's inside!

-Barbara Pringle

Amherst, New Hampshire

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