Here's a tutorial you might like — there's actually a much faster (and easier) way to
make bias tape.
I am using a baby blue with white polka dot cotton and have the same fabric in lime green that I'm planning to
make bias tape from.
The other one is how to use your home
made bias tape to hem with and again with minimum ironing.
Not exact matches
Making your own
bias tape, knowing right side from wrong side of ribbing fabric and so much more... and you end up with a great towel bib that doesn't need to go over the baby's head.
We each
made two bibs, the first we both put
biased tape around to finish the edges, but with the second I chose to pink the edges of our fabric and then trim to vinyl just outside the pinked edges after sewn (don't pink the vinyl or you will end up with a very uncomfortable bib).
After the glue is set,
make a quarter - inch seam down the edge of the
bias tape.
The lapels are unlined -LCB- the wrong side of fabric shows -RCB- and so I chose to continue the gingham
bias tape -LCB- self
made -RCB- along the exposed front edges.
According to You & Mie, the contrasting
bias tape construction
makes putting this quilted jacket together fairly easy.
Like Casey, I'm thinking I might have to take the jump to start
making my own
bias tape when I
making things from vintage patterns, it's amazing what you've done!
This is a handy machine from Simplicity allows you to
make your own
bias tape from the fabric you want, easy, fast and without burning your fingers.
Supplies: All - purpose polyester sewing thread, 3 yards of 1/4» double fold
bias tape (or
make your own
bias tape) and a point turner.
I've only
made bias binding
tape once, and I had to do it twice as my first one came out much too narrow.
It's often
made with
bias tape, cording or piping.
This version was
made in a coral pink crepe de chine, with
bias tape made in the same fabric.
The first one is how to sew with
bias tape you
make yourself without any time consuming pre-ironing.
2nd column: bakers twine from Over the Big Moon — sheets of vinyl from A Glimpse Inside — mini instagram album from
Making the World Cuter — Martha Stewart fringe scissors from Dolen Diaries — decorative
tape from Bombshell Bling —
bias tape from My Sister's Suitcase — glitter pack from R & R Workshop — iron - on heat transfer from Design, Dining and Diapers — glitter
tape from SNAP --