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Textiles and Garment Construction

(ii) Create a casing by the second folding (vii) Pin the ends of the elastic together
on the wrong side. The fold should be and stretch for several minutes to
5mm wider than the elastic or string; check the fitness of casing. If it is too
loose, subtract 5-10cm depending
on how you want a fabric to fit;

(iii) Tack and stitch at the lower casing
edge while leaving a gap for inserting
the string or elastic by ending the
stitch 5cm before the beginning of
the first stitch; (viii) After fitting pull out both ends of
(iv) Edge stitch around the top of the the elastic, overlap the ends by 1.3
folded edge to prevent twisting of cm and machine it together with
the string or elastic to provide a neat repeated stitches to make them
finishing; stronger; and

(ix) Pull the elastic to enter inside the
casing and distribute evenly. Finish
by hemming the opening through
(v) For casing that uses elastic, measure where the elastic was inserted by

the length of the elastic around the slip stitching along the folded ends.
area where the casing is going to be
applied, subtract 5cm and cut the
elastic;
(vi) Using a safety pin or a bodkin, insert
the elastic and thread it through the
casing until the end of casing;

(x) Press the completed work as shown
in Figure 5.6

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