Bias Bar or Bias Maker Machine
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Bias Bar or Bias Maker Machine
I need to make bias strips that are 1/8" which leaves me with using a bias bar or buying the simplicity bias maker machine and the 1/8" tip that can attach to it. I already have a lot of bias makers from clover that you use with an iron so I'm not as interested in buying the machine. However, I still want to make the nicest 1/8" bias strips I can. Which would be better? Thanks, Yael
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I tried using the bias bars years ago and really hated them. If you get them, plastic is better than metal; the metal ones can burn your fingers.
Personally, I'd invest in the bias tape machine if you need lots of the 1/8" size. It would be a lot easier and faster than bias bars (at least, for me!).
Personally, I'd invest in the bias tape machine if you need lots of the 1/8" size. It would be a lot easier and faster than bias bars (at least, for me!).
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I have a set of the bias bars.. not sure you would like them for the 1/8 inch... the seam allowance would have to be trimmed to almost nothing to get them bias to lay flat. I think they would be a pain in the .. for large quanities.
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I have the machine and love it for wide straight quilt bindings. I haven't used the small tip but I think it would make small binding just as nice. The binding is folded and ironed perfectly. I had the bias bars and hated to use them. I put them on my guild's white elephant table and no one bought them for .50. They were put in the donation basket.
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