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# 10b | Printed Fabric Binding

## <mark style="color:blue;">Module 10b | How to Add Printed Fabric Binding</mark>

In this sub-module, you'll learn how to add binding using a printed fabric swatch to your quilt.

**Hot Tip:** You can now use striped fabric in your binding! We've developed PreQuilt to wrap the binding around the quilt the same way you'd sew it on in real life, so you can get striped binding all pointing in towards the quilt.

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## <mark style="color:blue;">YouTube Video</mark>

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Module 10b: How to Add Binding Using a Printed Fabric Swatch
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## <mark style="color:blue;">Help Guide</mark>

### 01 | Add Binding

The first step is to add binding to our quilt.

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

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2. <mark style="color:blue;">**Enter the width**</mark> of your binding.

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3. <mark style="color:blue;">**Select the fabric link**</mark> that you'd like to use as the binding from the dropdown menu. In this example, I'll want to use C.

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4. You will now see your quilt with binding, but it's still using a solid fabric.

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### 02 | Choosing Binding Fabric

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**TIP:** Make sure that you've already loaded your digital fabric swatch for the fabric you'd like to use for your binding.
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Now that you have your binding in place, we can now change the fabric to the printed fabric of our choosing.

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

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2. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**Edit button**</mark> for Fabric Link C (which is the fabric link we're using for our binding).

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3. The Fabric Link panel will slide out. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**PRINTS tab**</mark>.

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4. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**Select button**</mark> for the printed fabric swatch you would like to use as your binding fabric.

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5. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**x button**</mark> (![](/files/41XmI7Sg0lIJuZZU8usz)) on the Fabric Link panel to close it.

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6. You will now see that our binding has been updated and is using our selected printed fabric swatch.

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### 03 | Rotating Binding Fabric

To rotate the direction of your binding fabric:

1. <mark style="color:blue;">**Hover**</mark> over any side of your binding. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**Rotate button**</mark> that will appear.

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2. You will now see that the binding fabric has been rotated.

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