of the fabric). Cut a couple of strips of your broche on the bias and a few on the straight-grain (parallel to the fabric edges). The bias strips create casings that can be pressed into nice curving lines, which is useful if you're adding decorative casings. The straight-grain strips will become your vertical casings (those which contain the steels). Figure 18: Bias strips of broche coutil. After pressing using a bias-maker, the strip has crisp edges and is ready for stitching (figure 19 shows the inside of such a strip). I find that thicker fabrics like broche often need to be cut slightly narrower than the bias-maker suggests. Figure 19: Inside of the broche strip/casing. With the casings ready, you can decide upon placement of the decorative bias casings and stitch them down along each edge. Figure 20: The decorative bias casings stitched in place. I then stitched down the CF casing and checked the layout of my remaining vertical casings (figure 21). Figure 21: Checking the layout of the casings. Each remaining vertical casing is stitched down at the edges and once through the centre (figure 22). When choosing width for your casings, make sure there will be enough room for your preferred steels. In my experience, broche exterior casings need an extra mm or two space more than sandwiched channels. Figure 22: Stitching the vertical casings down. Continue until your casings are complete! Figure 23: Completed exterior casings. Binding, Bones and Eyelets The easiest choice for beginners is