Make your own continuous bias binding

Struggling for ideas of what to do with your leftover bits of fabric? Read on to find out how to make your own bias binding to use on you future projects...

First cut out a square of fabric, makes sure the sides are perfectly equal. Then, fold in half diagonally and cut it into two triangles.

Next, flip one of the triangles around and sew them together

There should be a little overhang of fabric at the edges, this is expected. When you open them out you should have a neat parallelogram. 

On the under side of your fabric draw straight lines in preparation to cut your binding out. I cut my lines about 4 cm apart so my binding will end up approx just over a cm in width when folded for use.

Now for the slightly tricky bit. You want to fold your fabric up to make a tube, however because you are cutting the binding in a continuous strip you need to stagger the top row.

Once you have lined up your pencil markings, sew up your tube

The final thing to do is cut along your lines!

I began with a 22x22cm square and got over a metre of binding :D