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getting a knit binding the right length (Tip/Technique) 
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4/14/08 3:48 PM |
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| I was having trouble getting my self bindings the right length on some of my knit tees as all the knits had different degrees of stretch. Now I have started cutting a strip that is longer than my neck opening rather than measuring and pinning it around the neck stretching slightly as I go around the curves. If the knit has lots of recovery I pull more as I pin in the front ,shoulders and curves. I mark on the strip when I reach the back neck center of the garment and this is where I make a seam and trim the excess. Then I stitch the band on. On mine I roll to the inside,coverstitch and trim but have also stitched in the ditch and trimmed with success. Since I started doing this I have not had any roll to the outside from being too long or pucker from being too tight so it has been a big help to me. Perhaps this is not the best way but works for me so thought I would share it. Best of all I am not having to figure out with each garment how long to cut the strip and messing up my tee or tank. |
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Thanks! I'll try this next time!
4/15/08 0:35 AM
I like this straight forward application. Thanks
4/15/08 3:10 PM
I could visualize exactly what you described. This makes a lot of sense.
4/15/08 3:30 PM
I hope it helps someone else. Before I started doing this, I was stressing out trying to figure out how many inches or measuring the neck carefully and the amount was still wrong. Now I just cut a strip and start pinning. If a knit has lots of stretch I pull a bit more but if it's stable I pull just a little. I may mess up the next one but so far the self bindings are laying nicely as they should. I have sewed a long time but never fooled with knits a lot until recently.
4/15/08 8:44 PM
GREAT tip, like that "no measuring thing" thanks!!
4/6/09 12:10 PM
Thanks so much. I love sewing with knits but have the same trouble as you with the self binding neck/arm hold. I will try this next time.
12/11/09 8:33 AM
I haven't been able to find ribbing anywhere in retail fabric stores, so it's self bindings for me. Good tip!
7/5/10 5:42 AM
Brilliant. You can't always use a formula for binding lengths since the stretch varies so much -- great solution.
10/1/10 9:35 AM