Now onto the binding. This was not going to be easy,
given the curves and angles involved. I didn’t want to use bought bias as it is
either poly/cotton or the cotton is too cheap, but matching the colour was
going to be tricky. In the end, I had a roll of satin metallic bias I had
bought from a clothing manufacturer selling off bolts of fabric and
haberdashery, and the quality and colour was just what I wanted.
I machined the right side, and hand stitched on the
wrong. Again, this called for a lot of pins, and this was one occasion when I couldn’t
have sewn it without them!
I always start with the top edge, insert the boning,
then do the bottom edge. I used steel boning on the center front and two rows
on the center back to support the lacing. For the rest, I used spiral boning,
and even though I have loads of pre-tipped, none fitted – boo! But I have
plenty of rolls on hand, so cut it to size.
At great expense (seriously it was a huge palava, and
ended up costing a bomb!) I bought a tipping tool for my press. These things
are not easy to find, and once I actually had one in my hot little hand, what
do you know, it just isn’t great. An article I read suggested using electrical
tubing, which is generally what I turn to now, and works a treat. I alternate
between using a heat gun (which gets so hot it melts more than the tubing) and
my crème brulee blow torch. Today, I used the blow torch, and didn’t scorch the
plastic – too much.
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