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# 08 Adding Binding

Our Ribbon Star quilt progress:

* [x] Select your quilt grid
* [x] Import or design your quilt block
* [x] Choose your quilt fabric colors
* [x] Add blocks to quilt grid
* [x] Finessing your quilt *(optional)*
* [x] Add sashing *(optional)*
* [x] Add borders *(optional)*
* [ ] Add binding
  * [ ] Solid fabric binding
  * [ ] Printed fabric binding
* [ ] Using printed fabric swatches *(optional)*
* [ ] Download quilt map, blocks & swatches

Now that we have the quilt top and any additional borders we might want, the final step is adding binding. 

## <mark style="color:blue;">01 Adding Solid Binding</mark>

1. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**BINDING/BORDER**</mark> tab on the left side control panel.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/bJNUmEe21Wm3TKMafjAH" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
2. Select your desired binding width by pressing the <mark style="color:blue;">**+**</mark> button.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/gnJ4fCrxUvwsoTzXH2xS" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
3. Using the dropdown menu, select your <mark style="color:blue;">**binding fabric Color Tag**</mark>. In this example, I used Fabric A.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/MyNeHZ4uQpvXwLcRvAu6" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
4. Now your quilt has binding!

   <figure><img src="/files/OUZjIqJAVv2O9ajpyzYE" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

## <mark style="color:blue;">02 Printed Fabric Binding</mark>

{% hint style="success" %} <mark style="color:blue;">**PREP AHEAD:**</mark> If you'd like to use printed fabric in PreQuilt, you will either need to take a picture of your fabric (and save it on your computer) or download an image of the fabric from the internet (and save it on your computer).
{% endhint %}

### <mark style="color:blue;">a | Import Fabric Swatch</mark>

If you'd like to use a printed fabric for the binding, that's a great option as well - and PreQuilt can help find the perfect printed binding.

1. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**COLOR TAGS**</mark> tab on the left side control panel.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/w2crxvDxvX3CBg7Z8Xim" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
2. Click on the '<mark style="color:blue;">**Create Color Tag**</mark>' button.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/0QeGYZk8WVvcOrJOM1bU" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
3. A new Color Tag E will be created with a default color of Kona Baby Pink. Click on the '<mark style="color:blue;">**Edit**</mark>' button next to Color Tag E.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/FEVSX7BnwWzMq3PoAssi" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
4. The solid fabric library control panel will slide out. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**PRINTS**</mark> tab.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/VlvGJWJbTApfGR3k1Hoe" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
5. Click on the '<mark style="color:blue;">**Import/Manage Prints**</mark>' button.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/66mqkMl89M0PMRoLCAbt" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
6. A pop-up window will open. Click on the '<mark style="color:blue;">**Bulk Upload**</mark>' button.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/o6wwoGzyA3J94j6x2vQT" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
7. Your computer's file system will pop-up. Click on the fabric swatch you want to import and then click '<mark style="color:blue;">**Open**</mark>'.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/IFkj9Hr2QwD2rI1abCGL" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
8. Your fabric swatch is now loaded. If you'd like, you can click on the '<mark style="color:blue;">**Edit**</mark>' button to rename your fabric swatch.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/WIB6hvBt9YCyFIyDASx2" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
9. Click '<mark style="color:blue;">**Save**</mark>' once you've renamed your fabric swatch. You will now see the new name.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/5vXyjuwFUDGpel4NW2KM" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure><img src="/files/ELSlD1jSrBqUeTZjdB8C" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
10. Once finished loading the printed fabric swatch, click on the <img src="/files/hCCNDOrlktYmi6aI2jxm" alt="" data-size="line"> button in the top right corner to exit the Fabric dashboard.
11. Click on the '<mark style="color:blue;">**Select**</mark>' button for our printed fabric swatch.

    * Now this fabric is linked to Color Tag E.

    <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/yFAOYrJOU5MdXOTjD9br" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
12. If you'd like, you can scale the fabric swatch at this time. Since this fabric swatch looks smaller than in real life, I'm going to make it a little bigger - to 400.&#x20;

    * ***Note:** Right now, this is all an eyeball estimate.*

    <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/r1Xn4YO9n5NQidCzmdrr" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
13. Click on the <img src="/files/uMF5oxxy2swDUVVvtuZ8" alt="" data-size="line"> button to close the panel for Color Tag E.
14. You will now see that Color Tag E is now linked to our fabric swatch.

    <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/AtgvfdmvC6R32P5O4Cee" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

### <mark style="color:blue;">b | Using Printed Binding</mark>

Now that we have our fabric swatch imported into PreQuilt and assigned to Color Tag E, we can now use it as our binding fabric.

1. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**BINDING/BORDER**</mark> tab on the left side control panel.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/7nl7X8QD0LZ2MWYSdmQS" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
2. Select your desired binding width by pressing the <mark style="color:blue;">**+**</mark> button. In this example, I'm using a thicker half inch binding.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/MFBzrBTn8EWURmFA1mlh" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
3. Using the dropdown menu, <mark style="color:blue;">**select your binding fabric**</mark>. We can select Fabric E - which is our fabric swatch.

   <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/bXBnlCLyl3zF7wzLjTfV" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
4. Now your quilt has binding!

   <figure><img src="/files/kpGlxmsQCyBnjzFGghZa" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>


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