Originally Posted by raptureready
I've been doing the French Fold binding for years and didn't know it was French. Silly me, I know to listen to the fabric but I guess I just didn't understand the language. I wonder why it's called French Fold instead of Boliva Binding, or Canadian Crease, or whatever? People all over the world probably bind this way....... hmmmmm........
This may have already been answered, but I think ... French seaming is creating a seam where there is no raw edge.
When I make pillowcases/presentation cases, I use the French seaming ...
to create it, you put the WRONG sides of the pieces together and stitch less than the 1/4" along the seam you are working on.
Turn the work so that the right sides are together and then fold the exposed raw edges into the two pieces that are being joined and then stitch that at quarter inch ... because most of the time, these seams are exposed on the ends, you must backtack a few stitches at the start and finish of the stitching.
That is why I think the binding where the raw edge is encased in one easy time of stitching is called the "French fold" <wave>