Binding is basically just like a bias tape binding on a woven garment, at least in terms of the various ways it can be applied. It can be sewn and turned to the inside like a facing clean finish binding ; turned to the outside seam covering binding ; or wrapped around the raw edge wrapped binding. The binding will be enclosed at the same time. Use a bar tack to hold the seam allowance of the binding down. This makes it less conspicuous from the outside.
It should be longer than the opening you are sewing it to. Reinforce with a bar tack. If you have sewn with bias tape, this should look familiar. Edgestitching on the right side of the garment means you do not have to worry about catching the edge perfectly on the underside.
If you have a coverstitch machine, edgestitching is no big deal. You can just use the chainstitch feature to edgestitch your binding in place. It will allow your binding to stretch and imiitates the look of a coverstitch.
If you like the look of a straight stitch but are worried about your thread breaking, try stretch thread, which has built in elasticity. Do you like bindings, bands, linings, or another method?
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Hey, great techniques! Very timely! Thank you for solving a little mystery for me- how to finish my necklines a little neater. This is a great post, with the addition of the photos, perfect.
I use another method most often from Lynda Maynard. Both shoulders are sewn, interfacing double the width of the sas is applied to the wrong side. I stay stitch at the seamline. Trim off the seam allowance, making sure to cut the stitching off.
Fold to the wrong side and stitch in the ditch. You can serge the edge if you want to make it look more like rtw. This comes out perfect every time and looks dressier than a neckband. Thanks for this! Great post! Next, press the bias toward the wrong side, rolling the bottom of the hem slightly to the wrong side as if you were sewing a facing.
Have you tried using woven bias tape on knits? How did it go? What other tips would you add to this tutorial? Please sound off in comments! Do you like this type of blog post? Research is my jam. Thanks for reading, Muriel! When I can swing it, I love having clean-looking insides of garments! Such a great post, Erin! I love having another option to serged seams on some of my knit tops that just beg for a little something more.
Does this make sense? Am I not seeing it correctly in your photos? Thanks for your help! I started with a 1-inch bias strip and folded it in half.
When the tape is first sewn to the hem, you sew through three layers — two layers of bias and one layer of the fashion fabric. You could make bias tape in any width; 1 inch worked best for me! Like I say in the post, be sure to test before doing the final finish! Thanks again Erin! Thank you for that tutorial I for one am going to give it a try as I usually cut and make a facing even for the arm holes.
Next, make a hem along the straight upper edge of the pocket and lock stitch in place. To make the hem around the curved edges, you can do this directly with the iron or you can use a loose stitch straight stitch with the maximum length at a distance of 5 mm from the edge.
Pull one of the threads and gather it up as we show you in the video. When ironed and flat around the seam allowance it is time to apply the pocket in the position marked on the paper pattern. Pin or baste in place then top stitch around the curved contour. Attaching a bias is also very similar in both stretch and plain woven fabrics. It is very important, as we commented before, not to pull the bias fabric whilst you are applying it.
I like to place my pins vertically to the edges as it hold the tape in place nicely. If you have a long section to bind, place pins at even intervals.
The most common stretch stitch is a narrow zig-zag with the settings W 0. You can't use a straight stitch as the stitches will pop when they stretch. Further Reading: Sewing Stretch Fabric. Flip your t-shirt over so it is wrong side up on your table. Wrap the bias tape up over the raw edge and fold it over. The folded edge should cover the row of stitches. Make sure it lies smoothly and is not pulled or wrinkled. Pin it in place. Now on the right side, stitch close to the open edge of the bias.
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