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Textiles and Garment Construction
Binding is usually narrow between 3 Therefore, to reduce bulkiness, thin fabrics
and 6mm wide and may be used for serve the purpose.
decoration and neatening or, serving both
at once. It can be used to neaten the edges (ii) It should be equally wide on both
of sleeves, necklines, armhole seams, sides of the garment when finished.
hems of garments and household articles (iii) When cutting the binding, it must be
such as tablecloths. Decorative effects even throughout.
of binding can be achieved by using (iv) It must be flat and not twisted.
crossway strips with constrasting colour
or texture. For example, checked or (v) The joining in the binding must
striped bindings are best on plain fabric. match the seam in the garment.
There are two types of binding: bias (vi) The width of the crossway strip is
binding, where the binding is cut on usually 4 times the finished width of
the true cross (crossway strip) and Paris the edge to be bound.
binding which is used to bind a straight
edge. Refer to Figure 5.10 (a) and (b). Procedure for binding raw edges
(i) Cut a crossway strip, twice the
finished width plus twice the turning
allowance wide and as long as the
length of the part to be neatened.
Figure 5.12 (a): Bias binding
(ii) Place the right side of the strip
to the right side of the garment,
raw edges facing each other.
Figure 5.12 (b): Paris binding
Rules for working on binding
(i) Binding should be applied on thin (iii) Tack the required finishes width
fabrics. This is because there are from the edges. Stretch the strip
five layers of materials in a finished slightly while tacking on. Stitch,
binding, which makes it bulky. then remove tacking stitches.
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