HOW TO ATTACH
       STRETCH BINDING TO FLEECE

NOTE:  Each type of fabric and garment design will have an effect on how much stretch binding is required to gather a waistband or cuff.  Practice on a scrap piece of fabric is recommended first. (As a very general rule we’ve discovered that the amount of binding needed for waistbands is your waist measurement and cuffs are your wrist diameter).

 1.  Cut binding to desired length.  Stitch 1/4” from the raw edge to form the binding into a circle.  (Disregard this step when binding off collars, fronts of zippers, and waistbands of zip-down jackets).

  2.   Pin the binding to the raw edge of the fabric.  For cuffs and pullover  jacket waistbands stretch binding evenly around fabric.  For a straight edge extend each short raw edge of binding 3/4” beyond the fabric.   Fold the 3/4” amount toward the backside and pin.

         Stitch 3/8” from the raw edge.

  3.  Fold the binding toward the backside of the fabric, folding the binding   along the sewn edge and up and over the raw edges, (the binding will show 3/8” from the front side).  Pin binding to fabric making certain to cover the previous stitching that will show on the backside.

  4.  On the front side of the fabric stitch along the previous seam (“stitch in the ditch”).

  5.   On the backside cut away the excess raw edge of the binding close to the stitching.