Sewing on Binding - Part 2

Ok, so this week I'm going to show you a binding that I use for lightweight fabric such as voile, knits, silks etc.  It is still a beautifully finished binding but it will be a lot quicker than the binding I showed you in Part 1 last week.

This dress is part of my Audrey Lane range of dresses for beautiful women.  It is made from the softest voile and to keep the light look and feel I made the binding the same as what I'm going to show you below.  The binding has been done around the neck and the sleeve hem. 

Let's get started!

Cut your binding on the bias (the same way I demonstrated in Part 1) 3.2cm/1 1/4" wide.  

Fold bias binding in half and iron.  

Attach your binding to the right side of your garment and sew together .6cm/1/4" stretching the binding ever so slightly.

Overlock/serve/zigzag stitch the edge.

Then top stitch close to the edge of the garment and binding on the right side and iron flat.

And here's what it looks like from the underside.

And that's it.  Easy Peasy!

Next week I'll show you how to do a binding that doesn't require it to be cut on the bias.

Not long till Christmas!

Did you know it's only 8 weeks left to Christmas?  I know, it's come as a shock to me too!  So are you getting organised for Christmas presents yet or do you leave it to the last minute?  I'm a bit like the latter!

Image courtesy of:  Design Swan

I have to say that with my 5 week stint to Europe I am not very organised for my Christmas range this year.  Last year I was on the ball and had my range ready to preview in September.  But because we were planning our holiday for September this year my holiday seemed to be the only thing on my mind. 

I have definitely left my run a bit late to buy my Christmas fabric from America as this year, for some reason, postage deliveries are taking up to 6 weeks to arrive.  But not to fear I did my Spotlight and Lincraft trek last weekend in search of Christmas fabric and to be honest I didn't find anything I liked.  So I put on my creative hat and thought what can I do now for my Christmas Range?

It literally just popped into my head 'I'll make my own Christmas fabric' .... true!  So I've decided to do something very different this year and just go with the Christmas colours - red and green - rather than Christmas print fabric.  Of course I found loads of gorgeous red, green and white fabric.  I thought this would also be a better idea as you can dress your little ones in their new outfits after Christmas and because of the style you can put a tee or skivvy under and it can take you through the cooler months!  Fantastic!

Now when I said 'I'd make my own fabric'.....I've decided to try my hand at stencilling!  I used to do a lot of stencilling and fabric painting when my kids were young and let me tell you it's a lot of fun!

So I have some sneak peeks at what I've been up to and all my Christmas stock will be made available at my Market/Sale Night on Wednesday 9th November at 8pm Qld time.  Oh! and I'm excited to say that I'll have some Christmas boys wear available.

Before I start any of my creations I always pop the fabrics in the wash to pre shrink and remove any chemicals

Playing around with paint and stencils

I thought Butterflies would be nice!

This is only a small piece of what I'll be doing for Christmas.  So leave a comment below and tell me what you think.