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How to Finish Off Binding While Machine Sewing

Binding is a way to cleanly finish a fabric edge. It is most often applied to necklines and center front closures and can be in self fabric or added as a design detail in contrast print or fabric. Binding can be sewn very easily by machine with the use of a binding foot, or it can be sewn by hand or by using a regular home sewing machine. No machine will finish the binding for you, but finishing the binding is vital to a clean garment.

Things You'll Need

Sewing Machine
Thread
Scissors

Instructions

- 1
  Sew the binding 1 inch beyond the end of the garment.
- 2
  Cut the binding at the end of your sewing.
- 3
  Fold the binding back toward the inside or wrong side of the garment, folding at the edge of the garment so that the folded edge of the binding is flush against the garment edge.
- 4
  Stitch the folded binding 1/2 inch from the folded edge vertically, from edge to edge on the binding. Do not stitch into the garment.
- 5
  Trim the excess binding on the wrong side of the garment outside the stitch line.

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