question about bias
08-11-2010, 07:51 PM
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The attached picture from EQ7 shows a design for a lined zippered bag that will be about 21" x 14", and will have the same piecing on both sides.
Can someone comment on if it makes a difference whether I cut the strips on the bias or straight of grain, and which would be preferable.
Thanks,
Carol
Can someone comment on if it makes a difference whether I cut the strips on the bias or straight of grain, and which would be preferable.
Thanks,
Carol
zipper will be at the top
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08-11-2010, 08:32 PM
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If you cut the strip on the bias your edges will all be straight grain. If you cut the strips on the straight of grain your edges will all be bias. I'd cut them on the bias so my edges had straight of grain.
08-11-2010, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
If you cut the strip on the bias your edges will all be straight grain. If you cut the strips on the straight of grain your edges will all be bias. I'd cut them on the bias so my edges had straight of grain.
08-11-2010, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by carol45
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
If you cut the strip on the bias your edges will all be straight grain. If you cut the strips on the straight of grain your edges will all be bias. I'd cut them on the bias so my edges had straight of grain.
08-11-2010, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Sadiemae
I think if I were making this purse I would sew my strips on a piece of cheap muslin as a foundation. It would be a little sturdier and have a little more body. Just a thought.
08-11-2010, 08:51 PM
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I would starch the fabric before cutting, cut on the straight-of-grain, sew the strips together, starch again, and then trim to the correct dimensions. Starch is necessary to stabilize the fabric so that the bias edges do not stretch out of shape and distort.
This would be my preference over cutting bias strips. It's possible to sew a bias edge to a bias edge, but only if you have heavily starched the fabric (1:1 starch:water proportions) before cutting the strips. It's better to sew straight-of-grain strips together, and then have to deal with the bias only on the outer edges. Since this is a purse, the edges do not have to match up to another block and trimming (if a bias edge stretches) will not cut off any points or other important pattern elements.
This would be my preference over cutting bias strips. It's possible to sew a bias edge to a bias edge, but only if you have heavily starched the fabric (1:1 starch:water proportions) before cutting the strips. It's better to sew straight-of-grain strips together, and then have to deal with the bias only on the outer edges. Since this is a purse, the edges do not have to match up to another block and trimming (if a bias edge stretches) will not cut off any points or other important pattern elements.
08-11-2010, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Prism99
I would starch the fabric before cutting, cut on the straight-of-grain, sew the strips together, starch again, and then trim to the correct dimensions. Starch is necessary to stabilize the fabric so that the bias edges do not stretch out of shape and distort.
This would be my preference over cutting bias strips. It's possible to sew a bias edge to a bias edge, but only if you have heavily starched the fabric (1:1 starch:water proportions) before cutting the strips. It's better to sew straight-of-grain strips together, and then have to deal with the bias only on the outer edges.
Since this is a purse, the edges do not have to match up to another block and trimming (if a bias edge stretches) will not cut off any points or other important pattern elements.
This would be my preference over cutting bias strips. It's possible to sew a bias edge to a bias edge, but only if you have heavily starched the fabric (1:1 starch:water proportions) before cutting the strips. It's better to sew straight-of-grain strips together, and then have to deal with the bias only on the outer edges.
Since this is a purse, the edges do not have to match up to another block and trimming (if a bias edge stretches) will not cut off any points or other important pattern elements.
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