How to cut bias binding?
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This is the best place to get info. about EVERYTHING! Love you all! I really need to be SHOWN how to do something...I can't read about it and be able to put it together. I don't know how to cut bias binding....HELP.
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I've never had luck with the "tube" method of making bias binding so I usually do the same as the last posting. I use my ruler markings...line the 45degree line on a straight edge of the fabric then make a 45 degree cut on the fabric. Fold the fabric so those bias edges meet... then continue cuttiing my strips the desired width by lining up the ruler on that edge. I find that it REALLY helps to starch the fabric prior to any cutting.
Hope this makes sense!!!
Hope this makes sense!!!
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Originally Posted by MTS
My first attempt a bias was 30 years ago, and I had the fabric folded as it comes off the bolt. I ended up with all of these huge "V" shapes. After I got done laughing at my mistake, I was able to salvage them, just had more piecing to do.
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Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
Originally Posted by MTS
Do a search in youtube for her other videos - basting, regular binding, squaring/shrinking/stretching blocks, mitering borders and many others.
She's just such a master, and has really broken things down - there is something for the experienced quilter as well as the newbie. Actually, it would save newbies a whole lot of pain if they watch them first before they did anything. ;-)
What strikes me as funny is the mess in her sewing room. You can see it on the video. Most other folks, when they're making a video, have a spotless work surface - almost like an OR. But as you can see in the beginning of the video - to the edges of her workspace - she's got dozens of spools and tools and scraps. It's comforting, in a way. Enabling almost. ;-)
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I used this video. I had to sew the strips together but they came out perfect!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJlL-...e_gdata_player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJlL-...e_gdata_player
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