In the Shadow of the Seam

I'm making a top based on a Balenciaga 2013 Resort Top.  I added Princess Seams and, of course, since we cannot see the back in a picture, I have completely made that up.

Was talking about how I was planning on finishing the cut-outs in the front with the Herve Lerge patternmaker, who is very German. I decribed the type of binding I intended to use and she didn't understand. I'd always been told stitch in the ditch binding. It took us a while but we realized that Germans considered it stitching in the shadow of the seam.

3/16" stitch in the shadow of the seam binding. I love that. How poetic.

Stitch in the Shadow of the Seam.

I'm totally using that from now on.