Hemming with Bias

 I love hemming with bias tape. I'm lazy. I hate hemming. Let me repeat that. I HATE HEMMING! Bias tape makes it a bit easier. I realise that I already sound like I'm being sponsored to write this post, I'm not. I wish I was. Wouldn't that be good! I could add a box-full of bias tape to my already overflowing stash cupboard.

Anyway. First you'll need a tea dress. Or whatever you want to hem. Obviously if you're a boy you wouldn't want a tea dress. You'd want a shift dress to fit your body shape. Maybe you don't want a dress at all. 

Firstly you'll need whatever you want to hem, I had a tea dress that I made.

 My tea dress was made from poly peachskin and unravelled terribly. I made it before I had my serger. Which means that these photos have been waiting to be blogged for over a year. Well done me!

 The hem on my dress after I'd made it but before I hemmed it.
 I chose some bias tape in a bright pink to match the flowers on the dress. And make it a bit more fun. If you're going to be doing this, I suggest making a feature of it.


 Open one side of the binding and pin it all along the bottom edge, overlapping the ends. I tucked under the bottom edge so that it would be sealed when turned over.


Sew along the fold line and then I pinked the edge to get rid of any stray unravelly bits.


Turn the whole hem over and press along where you want your bottom crease. You could measure this. Wait, you should measure this. :/

 Stitch along the top edge of the bias fixing it onto the wrong side of your garment/item/tea dress.


Job done, pour yourself a cup of tea and dunk a rich tea (I wanted to say hob nob but they just don't have the structural integrity).
 I love the pop of colour in the hem. I don't think anyone else ever sees it but if they did they'd think it was a really cute feature!



I use bias on sleeveless tops instead of facings, necklines, cuffs, hems, all sorts really. If it can take this kind of laziness, I'm on it.