![]() STEP 5: Install bias tape facing around neck opening. DIY Upcycle Child’s Kimono from Adult Skirt | Candice Ayala.(Lauren has a good tutorial on how to do this here.) I slipped stitched the bias tape to the lining, so it doesn’t show on the right side. I finished the armholes with some bias strips instead. I wanted to add them, but since the fabric is 60% poly, it’s more comfortable (ie, less sweaty) to go sleeveless. Pattern Testing – The Emery Dress | Purls and Pleats.I followed Lauren’s tutorial for binding the armholes with bias tape and I used my handmade bias tape for the neckline using the it gets so hot and humid in South Carolina, I chose to make this version sleeveless. Colette Patterns Laurel = Love! | mymodernvintage.Dippy Hippy Elephant Dress | Unique Schmuck.I used another one of my hoarder metal invisible zips, and finished I used bias tape to face the neckline and arm holes. I serged the inside edges to keep them from fraying. I did consider lining the dress (as opposed to underlining) so I wouldn’t sheer! Since I didn’t have enough fabric to cut facings, I faced the neck & arms with white bias binding for a clean finish. Completed: Colette Peony – Summer Gingham! « LLADYBIRD.What would you do? Jazz it up, or keep it simple? The petersham is probably going to turn into a belt, since I only have a yard of it. I have buttons (1/2″ and giant 1.5″!), tiny rick-rack, wide lace, a scant piece of piping (enough for maybe a neckline or a waist), seam binding, and of course the petersham that is choking poor Dolly. My next dilemma – how to trim up this dress! I do want to incorporate some yellow, so I pulled out all my yellow notions & threw them in a pile in the middle of my sewing table. Give your arm holes a good press with the steam iron to ease out any wrinkles. Sorry the picture doesn’t show so well! I slip-stitched to the underlining only, to keep the stitches from showing on the right side. You can sew the tape down on your machine, or by hand (like I did). Now fold the bias tape over so it is on the wrong side of the garment and carefully pin into place. If your main fabric is bulky, you may want to grade down the seam as well. Be careful not to clip into your stitching. Don’t sew over your pins!!!Ĭlip the seam allowance every 1/2″ or so to ensure that the tape will lie smoothly. Sew the whole thing down, positioning your needle in the crease of the bias tape. On the right side of the garment, pin the opened bias tape right sides together around the arm hole, matching the raw edges. Open up the bias tape and fold under 1/2″ at the beginning. ![]() I trimmed off 1/2″, as the seam allowance for this is 5/8″. Trim down the seam allowance minus the width of the fold of your bias tape – in my case, my bias tape is 1/2″, so the folds are 1/4″. If you are using bias tape to face the neckline, insert your zipper as well. You are going to start by sewing up your garment as usual – should seams, side seams – as we are going to insert the bias tape in the round. Here is my method for sewing in a bias tape facing – I understand there are different ways to do this (such as Colette’s Sorbetto top), so use what you will! Making your own bias tape also gives you all kinds of options – contrasting colors, patterns, something to give the inside of your garment a little pop! Yellow bias tape would be so fun with this dress! I had to make do with what I had on hand, though, so mine is white. I personally like to make my own bias tape – the Coletterie has a great tutorial on how to do this – as I find the packaged stuff to be too stiff and bulky. Onto the next best thing – bias tape!īias tape is a great alternative to facing – whether you are working with a fabric that is too thick to use as a facing, or too uncomfortable to wear next to the skin, or maybe you just want something lightweight & unfussy! It gives a nice clean finish with considerably little effort. That’s fine, I guess, because I don’t really feel like drafting facings for those arm holes. As I mentioned yesterday, I am using the Peony pattern sans sleeves – summer dresses don’t need sleeves! Here is my inspiration, if you wanna be inspired too!:) I squeezed this out of a sale remnant (1.5 yards 44″, if you’re curious!), which left no room for facings. Continuing with my sewing-for-the-wrong-season theme (spring, please get here now!), my current project is a simple little gingham sundress. ![]()
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