I am making good progress on my Burda 7808 summer dress especially helped along by a holiday today - yay for Australia Day. I am making the sleeveless version which uses bias binding instead of those awkward facings other patterns use . I use the Kwik Sew method of applying bias binding which has an extra step which I think really makes this application more professional .
I used 4cm wide bias binding - ironed out flat and then folded in half right sides together and then ironed again. The bias binding is placed right sides together on the armhole edge and sewn using a one cm seam.
This seam is then trimmed and the curves clipped.
This is the extra step which I thinks makes the extra difference . The bias binding is then understitched just like you would with a facing .
This is what the resulting understitched bias binding looks like. It is then folded under and stitched. The understitching allows the bias binding to be folded neatly and closely under the armhole edge.
The bias binding is then stitched again from the inside so on the inside of the garment there are two rows of stitching but only one row of stitching is visible on the outside and it looks very neat and RTW.
I wish the rest of my inner dress workings looked as nice as this but at least my bias bound armholes look good thankyou very much. Have a Happy Australia Day. Cheers Janine.
I've never seen bias binding attached quite like that - gives a very neat finish. Thanks for demonstrating. I agree that this is far preferable to silly little armhole facings!
ReplyDeleteI use this way to fit the bias well, you're right, it's so clever!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this tip-I'll try it with my next woven project. Genius :-)
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