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Mon Sep 5, 2016, 06:22 PM Sep 2016

I just bought satin blanket binding -- WTF?? Help! [View all]

OK, I admit it's been quite a few years since I bought satin blanket binding and edged a blanket. When I brought home the Wright's binding and opened the package, I was stunned at -- well, at how SHITTY the binding was. Am I hallucinating, or did 2" blanket binding used to:

-- feel satiny, rather than like stiff, thin polyester crap

-- have the top of the binding a little less wide than the bottom, so you were sure to catch the bottom binding when you sewed through from the top

-- have the edges folded over into the center so you got a nice folded edge (and a thicker binding) to sew on, rather than a thin, ratty-looking edge that looks like shit?

Is there another source for binding, other than buying satin and making it yourself?

Honestly, is everything crap these days? It's garbage, and it was $7.99!

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