Saturday 25 July 2015

Make your own continuous bias binding

Struggling for ideas of what to do with your leftover bits of fabric? Read on to find out how to make your own bias binding to use on you future projects...

First cut out a square of fabric, makes sure the sides are perfectly equal. Then, fold in half diagonally and cut it into two triangles.




Next, flip one of the triangles around and sew them together




There should be a little overhang of fabric at the edges, this is expected. When you open them out you should have a neat parallelogram. 



On the under side of your fabric draw straight lines in preparation to cut your binding out. I cut my lines about 4 cm apart so my binding will end up approx just over a cm in width when folded for use.


Now for the slightly tricky bit. You want to fold your fabric up to make a tube, however because you are cutting the binding in a continuous strip you need to stagger the top row.


Once you have lined up your pencil markings, sew up your tube



The final thing to do is cut along your lines!



I began with a 22x22cm square and got over a metre of binding :D




Monday 20 July 2015

Thai holiday Linen trousers

So i needed some light trousers for my first holiday to the far east! For about a second I thought about grabbing some cheapo ones from Primarni then gave myself a slap. I took the basic shape of the trousers from Simplicity K1620 and then freestyled the waistband and pockets.

The linen was from Oh Sew Crafty. Love the bright, fresh colour of this fabric. I'm planning on making another pair in a more muted shade. They're so comfy to wear around the house, just like PJs!