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Touch my tail, I shred your hand.
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The Infinite Cat Project
Presented by Mike Stanfill, Private Hand
Illustration, Animation, Web Design
www.privatehand.com
For a really great way to eliminate facings on your blouses and tops,
a bias edge may be the perfect solution. This technique is especially
nice on playclothes and pajamas,
too. It's very simple to do and can give you some great ways to use
the same pattern over and over, getting a completely different look
on each garment. Those wonderful sheer and semisheer fabrics for Summertime
and After 5 garments can look even better, when a facing isn't showing
through. Here's the secret to making this change to your pattern.
Measure the distance around your neckline, at the seamline. Cut your bias fabric this length and at least 1/2 inch wide. Staystitch just inside the seamline to retain the shape of the neckline on your garment. Apply your bias piece instead of a facing piece. Press the seam allowance open using the tip of your iron. Press it closed. Trim the seam allowance to no more than 1/4 inch. Then press it up, into the bias piece. Roll the bias edge over the seam allowance and stitch in place so that the selvege is sandwiched in the bias casing. If you want the bias to be visible on the outside of your garment, you can stitch this edge "in the ditch". Trim close to the stitching. Bias fabric does not like to fray. If you are using a sheer fabric, make your finished bias as tiny as possible, an eighth inch or less.
Measure the distance around your neckline, at the seamline. Cut your bias fabric this length and at least 1/2 inch wide. Staystitch just inside the seamline to retain the shape of the neckline on your garment. Apply your bias piece instead of a facing piece. Press the seam allowance open using the tip of your iron. Press it closed. Trim the seam allowance to no more than 1/4 inch. Then press it up, into the bias piece. Roll the bias edge over the seam allowance and stitch in place so that the selvege is sandwiched in the bias casing. If you want the bias to be visible on the outside of your garment, you can stitch this edge "in the ditch". Trim close to the stitching. Bias fabric does not like to fray. If you are using a sheer fabric, make your finished bias as tiny as possible, an eighth inch or less.