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

Reply to PennyK (Reply #9)

Tue Sep 20, 2016, 12:13 PM

Sep 2016

anything that coordinated well with the blanket's pattern or its plain forest green back. A very dark brown, green, or burgundy would have worked, but I didn't see anything close. I have ended up binding it with a dark brown cotton binding that worked OK.

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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