![]() Plus, it eliminates extra bulk at those points which backstitching tends to add. That way, I don't have to worry about backstitching at the start and stop of each line as they are rather short. I like to use a really tiny stitch length (2.4-2.6) when sewing bias tape together. Once you have everything pinned, it's time to get to sewing! You can continue pinning and marking the rest of your bias strips together until they are all connected into one loooonngggg piece of bias tape. If you would like, you can even mark your stitching line as I have below! Once everything is in place, pin your two bias strips together. If you were to align the short edges without the overhang, you'd wind up with a step ladder sort of look to your bias tape which is not what we are looking for. This is so that when you sew your bias strips together and press the seam allowance open, the strips all come together evenly along the longer edge. The point where the two bias strips are meeting need to have a slight overhang on either side of the short end. You should have something that looks a bit like an “L”. Next, let's grab a second bias strip and lay it face down and perpendicularly to our first strip. Let's begin by laying one of our bias strips face up on a flat surface. Now that all your scraps are cut out, it is time to begin sewing your bias strips together. Once all of your lines are drawn, it's time to start cutting out your bias strips! However, I don t have a cutting board anywhere near my photo set up, so I opted to draw all the lines out and THEN cut. Usually I will just line up my clear plastic ruler along the edge of one drawn line and use a rotary cutter to slice along the ruler's edge. Once you know how far apart your lines will be, it's time to start drawing them all out! You can even get right to cutting if you feel confident. That means I need my starting strips to be 2” wide. For me, I want my final bias tape to be 1/2” double fold or 1” single fold. The width between your lines will be determined based on how wide you want your end bias tape to be. Once you have your first 45 degree line marked on your fabric, you will want to begin drawing all the other 45 degree lines onto your fabric.īut wait, how far apart should your lines be from one another? When you unfold your fabric, that pressed edge will be your perfect 45 degree angle! If you don't have a tool like this with a 45 degree line marked on it someplace, as really easy way to find your 45 degree angle is to fold one of your squared edges of fabric over to the other squared edge and press the folded seam. I am lucky in that I have this nifty quilter's square that has a 45 degree mark on it, so all I had to do was line the 45 degree mark on to one of my two fabric edges and then draw a line directly onto my fabric, using the edge of the square as my guide. The bias of your fabric is located at a perfect 45 degree angle between your grain and cross grain. Once you have two sides of your scrap fabric squared off, it's time to find the bias of your fabric. It's fast and simple and accurate for the majority of fabrics, especially quilters cotton. My favorite way to do this is to simply snip and tear your fabric once along the grain and once along the cross grain. To create bias binding from scraps of fabric, you will want to start by squaring off at least two sides of your fabric. Plus, I love extending the life of some of my more fun prints and sneaking them into garments throughout my wardrobe! It's one of my small attempts at keeping my sewing practice as close to zero waste as possible that drives me to only create bias binding from fabric scraps. I make my bias binding from scrap fabrics. One reason I haven't attempted this type of bias binding is because generally. ![]() I have never tried this myself, but it's such a mind-bendy, utterly cool way of creating a long continuous strip of bias tape that fascinates me. Now, there are plenty of tutorials out there for creating your own bias binding from scratch and they are all really cool! I think my favorite is the continuous bias binding method. It's like doing anything somewhat repetitive- you get into a rhythm and before you know it, the world has melted away. I know that many may view it as a somewhat tedious task, but there is something about it'd tediousness that I find rather soothing. ![]() I have always really enjoyed making bias binding.
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