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bias binding

noun

  1. a strip of material cut on the bias for extra stretch and often doubled, used for binding hems, interfacings, etc, or for decoration

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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More companies are incorporating premium lingerie details into their crop top designs, Ms. Park pointed out, through slinky ties, French seams, bias binding and underwires — effectively turning crop tops into fancy bras and fancy bras into crop tops.

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To finish it off I added a bias binding around the edge but you could also fold it over twice and stitch down if you don’t have any binding.

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Stabilizing the capelet is a two-person job, and Brennan’s assistant, Lauren Klamm, is sewing a bias binding along the neck of the mantle where it is so frayed.

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To cut a bias facing, bias binding or fold, measure in the desired width on the true bias at a number of points.

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The Open Bound Seam—Prepare the seam as above without the bias binding.

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