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GARMENT CONSTRUCTION TIP
For Smooth, Flat Bound Edges, Adjust Bias Binding at Curves
The difference between a binding's wrapped edge and its sewn edge determines whether you need to ease or stretch the binding along a curve. Even on the narrowest bindings there is enough difference to warrant some compensation. This is how to do it:
For an inside curve:
When the wrapped-edge curve is smaller than the stitched-edge curve, you should stretch the binding along the stitched edge as you sew.
For an outside curve:
When the wrapped-edge curve is larger than the stitched edge curve, ease the binding when you sew it on.
-- Stephanie Corina Goddard
Adapted from "Tips," Threads magazine, December 2002/January 2003 (#104), p. 12; drawing: Karen Meyer.
© 2003 The Taunton Press, Inc.
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