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The hemmer works better when the pieces are flat, and if you run them through all at one time it saves taking the hemmer on and off the machine.

Binder.—Another time saving attachment is the binder. It is a scroll shaped piece of metal which sometimes attaches like a presser foot or in other machines screws to the side of the regular foot.

Draw the bias strip of material through the scroll and under the needle. Insert the edge to be bound between the two thicknesses of the bias and stitch. See Fig. 33.

Fig. (33) There is no hand folding when you use a binder

Think how simple it is to make a housedress when you can bind the edges with just one stitching. There is no folding or pressing either of the bias to prepare it. Bias bindings

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