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    Longstocking is offline Senior Member
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    Can I just say I have a love-hate with this tool? I can never figure out how to use it. No matter how often I use it I always have to watch the video, pausing step by step. Often I still end up with my tails wrong and just end up sewing a bigger seam one after the other until my pieces finally mesh together properly. LOL maybe it's just me. A good tool in theory but I struggle and it does not make my life easier.

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    Yes, it does take some practice, especially if you have an older one that has unclear steps on it. lol

    I wonder if MSQC can take picture of the instructions on the new ruler and post them for us. I always have to watch the video at least once if I haven't done a quilt for a while, which is a PITA when you just want to get things done.
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    I, too have to watch the video each time before I use it. A printed page with photos I could stash away would be so much easier than hunting for the tutorial.
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    I had to watch the video a few times also. I wish M* would do written instructions for the binding tool...it would help lots of us!

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    Sounds like a lot of us are the same way. I watch the video, and it makes sense, and then I try to practice what I've learned and... well... it's anyone's guess how it will turn out! lol
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    Thats a big boat load of us huh?! I watch and pause watch and pause. Thank goodness the video is there at least!
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    I have never used the binding tool. There is an interesting video using Elmer's School Glue to make the end of the binding. That part starts at the 5 minute mark. This is one of several very interesting series of videos. You may want to view all four of them. I am attaching a link to the second one.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3vHI7rgZpw
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    Add me to the list!
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    I lost mine somewhere in the sewing room and am not spending one miute looking for it or crying because it is lost. It never worked for me, and now I have my own method that is pretty fail proof. The only thing I might want to do some day is to do a friendship braid with it, but until then, I'll not worry about the confounded thing.

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