Sewing Tips: 4 Ways to Finish and Bind Knit Edges

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Sewing Tips: 4 Ways to Finish and Bind Knit Edges

Sewing Tips: 4 Ways to Finish and Bind Knit Edges

Now that you’ve sorted out sewing with knits, it’s the perfect time to talk about finishing. If you’ve ever wondered about finishing or binding knit fabrics, you’ll definitely want to check out this helpful guide!

Binding has a special place in my heart. I find that binding is often the neatest, tidiest, most professional looking finish on openings like necklines and armholes. I’ll always swap a facing for a binding when I can.

Sewing Tips: 4 Ways to Finish and Bind Knit Edges

In their incredibly detailed guide to binding the edges of knit fabrics, the sewing geniuses at The Coletterie will walk you through the process of 4 complete finishing methods: clean finish binding, seam covering binding, wrapped binding, and making bands.

Each binding or finishing method has a unique look, and this guide makes it delightfully easy to select and learn the best technique for an individual garment!

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Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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