Place the triangle and the original fabric right sides together, selvedges touching: You’ll know you got it right if your shape is now a parallelogram rather than a rectangle: Move the triangle to the OTHER end of the original piece of fabric, placing selvedge edge to selvedge edge. You should end up with two pieces of fabric, like this: Trim this triangle away by placing your blade along the folded edge and cutting: (Selvedge edges shrink at a different rate than the remainder of your fabric, and should always be removed–even if it feels like a huge waste of a straight edge!).įold one selvedge over to meet the top edge of your fabric, forming a 45 degree angle on one end, and a triangle on top of the main portion of your fabric: How much depends on how long you want your finished bias tape to be, but if you’ve never done this before, I’d start with about half a yard–that measurement seems to make a piece that’s easy to manipulate without being overwhelming:
Here I’ve rolled out some apple green gingham:Ĭut off a length of your fabric.
Since a cut of fabric IS a rectangle, this makes more sense to me, and is more economical. The reason I prefer the Dread Pirate Rogers’ instructions is that, as opposed to lots of other methods (Martha’s included!), she starts with a rectangle of fabric rather than a square. So, how do we make CBT? Golly, I’m glad you asked. You can also manipulate the width of the bias tape better–I’ll elaborate on that at the end of the post. You get piles and piles of bias tape this way, and you get the freedom to choose any fabric you want rather than being limited to the solid, poly-cotton blend available at the fabric stores. It’s much easier to make CBT–Continuous Bias Tape–by stitching a larger piece of fabric together on the bias and then cutting THAT into strips.
When I need longer pieces, though, I’d be forced to stitch each of those strips together into one longer strip, and that’s a huge pain in the behind, as far as I’m concerned. This is the technique I use when binding armholes or necklines, something relatively short. You can easily make bias stips just by slicing across that bias line.
Simplicity bias tape maker how to#
It’s great stuff, I use it all the time, and knowing how to make and apply it will revolutionize your sewing–honest. It has the most give you can get out of a particular cut of fabric, and allows you to bind curves and seams, wrap piping, or edge finish a project. While I was busy making the changing pad cover for New Baby, I went ahead and shot some photos of the CBT process with the gingham I used to wrap the piping.īias tape, very simply, is just a strip of fabric cut on the bias–the 45 degree angle across the grainline of the fabric. I make it right along with them each month, and give them a copy of printed instructions courtesy of the Dread Pirate Rogers, but have always wanted to have better photos to offer. My students in the Intro Sewing class all make continuous bias tape. I’m re-posting a tutorial I put together last October for my other blog, Pretty Jane. I’ve had some questions about how to create the continuous bias tape for the piping I mentioned in my last post.
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