Handmade Napkins - Make Binding
If you've never seen a bias tape maker before, here is what it looks like and how you use it.
Slip the binding strip into the large end of the tape maker wrong side up. Use a straight pin to pull the fabric through to the small end. Pin end to your ironing board. Pull tape maker along the strip, pressing it flat as it comes out of the small end.
Once you've pressed the entire strip, fold it one more time along its length and press the crease into place.
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Thanks for the tip!
Thank you!!
Can I ask do you cut your bias on the cross like traditional bias? I was planning to but think I'll use an awful amount of material that way. I need to bind armholes, necklines and the zipper edges of a sleeping sac (baby one)
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Katie
If I'm going to bind something straight, like a napkin or a plain quilt edge I cut my fabric with the grain, if I'm binding something curved like a neckline then I cut it on the bias. Hope this helps! (Also, we should get more tape makers in soon!) --Joelle