PDF Binding Tool for Quilting

There is something called a "Binding Tool" often used when quilting. It was invented to make binding a lot easier. The instructions are pretty simple:

1. Download and print the binding tool PDF that I created
2. Put 2 pins or marks on a straight side of your project (often times this would be a quilt) that need to be exactly 12" apart.
3. Attach your binding starting at one of the pins/marks, but make sure to leave a 10" tail
4. Sew all the way around until you get to the second pin/mark, again, leave 10" tail
5. On one side, lay the tool snug against your seam parallel to the edge of the quilt, draw a line where it says "mark here", then fold open the binding, lay the tool mark line against your mark and cut at the 45deg edge (don't forget to also cut off the 1/4" corner, just like your binding tool shows, this will make it easier to line up for sewing)
6. Then rotate the tool 180deg (keeping the printed side up!) and repeat step5, but with one BIG DIFFERENCE: instead of placing the mark-line of the tool against your mark, place the tip of the tool against your mark instead. Then cut. 
7. Take the two cut edges and place them right sides together, pin and sew with a 1/4" seam allowance.

And then you are all done!