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- Crossway strips, also known as bias strips, are essential for neatening and strengthening raw edges in garment construction.
- These strips offer decorative possibilities, allowing for contrasting or matching colors on garment edges.
- Bias strips are flexible and can neatly fit around curves, making them ideal for armholes and necklines.
- Cutting crossway strips involves folding fabric diagonally, marking, and cutting out along the bias edge.
- Joining strips requires aligning bias edges, stitching along seam lines, and pressing seams flat for a clean finish.
Crossway strips are also called bias strips. These strips are very useful in clothing construction. Bias strips can be cut out on the true cross grain is fabric.
Uses of crossway strips
Uses of crossway strips:
1. To neaten raw edges in the process known as binding.
2. To strengthen the raw edges of fine if medium weight fabrics.
3. To decorate the edges of a garment. It can be used in contrasting or matching colour with the garment.
4. Crossway strip can stretch in sewing so it can fit neatly round curves. It is therefore used die neatening or decorating armholes, necklines and other curved edges.
Cutting and joining crossway strips
Cutting and joining crossway strips:
• Cutting
- select a suitable square or rectangular piece of fabric.
- fold one corner of the fabric over. The weft edge should be lie along the wrap or lengthwise grain.
- cut along the diagonal fold.
- mark the width of the strip reunited using pins or tailor's chalk.
- use a ruler and make the lines parallel to the raw bias edge.
- mark out the required number of strips you need.
- cut beside the pins or marks.
• Joining the bias strips
- place the strips flat on the table with the right sides up.
- cut the ends of the strips parallel with the grain.
- place the bias edges together, with the right sides facing and the corners overlapping for the depth of the seam.
- baste along the seam line.
- machine stitch on the seam line and remove the basting.
- press the seam allowance open and flat.
- cut off the protruding ends, if necessary.
Domande da interrogazione
- What are the primary uses of crossway strips in clothing construction?
- What is the process for joining bias strips?
Crossway strips, also known as bias strips, are primarily used to neaten raw edges through binding, strengthen raw edges of fine to medium weight fabrics, and decorate garment edges. They are particularly useful for fitting neatly around curves, making them ideal for armholes, necklines, and other curved edges.
To join bias strips, lay them flat with right sides up, cut ends parallel to the grain, and align bias edges with right sides facing, overlapping corners for seam depth. Baste along the seam line, machine stitch, remove basting, press the seam allowance open and flat, and trim any protruding ends if necessary.
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