Here is a simple but handy little tutorial for you!
So you want to make some bias tape BUT you haven’t got a bias tape maker? Well, here is an easy way to make your own tape in a pinch!
Step 1) Cut your fabric! Bias tape is cut “on the bias” meaning diagonal to the selvedges of the fabric. First you will need to figure out how wideΒ your fabric strips need toΒ be. YouΒ will needΒ your strips to beΒ two times the width of your final tape minus 3mm (β ”).Β So for example if you want a 12.75mm (Β½”) double fold bias tapeΒ you will need stripsΒ 22.5mm (β ”) wide.
Step 2) Pin a needle on the ironing board, leaving aΒ gap 12.75mm (Β½”) wide. Pull theΒ fabric through the gap from right to left and it will fold itself. Occasionally you will need to adjust the folded parts to make them equal. At the same time, iron the part on the left of the needle. Repeat until you have finished the whole tape and there you go! Bias tape made without any special gadgets! WOOHOO!
OMGOSH!!!! Thank you of this tutorial. you saved my project. I am making a dress and of course I forgot the bias tape, I am dead broke and I dont have the bias tape maker thingies. I found your tutorial know i have three yard of bias tape. Im already planning to make more out of leftover fabrics.
Thatβs GREAT news! Iβm glad you found my tutorial helpful! π Cheers,Christine
Very, very clever, Christine!!! Clover won’t like this idea… LOL!!!
LOLLLLL! perhaps not! LOLL
Very smart way to do this
Thank you! π