Continuous Bias Tape tutorial. Different fabrics & practical examples. Bias tape maker sizes.
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- I made 8.5 yards of double fold bias tape from a 20.5” square of satin and am sharing step by step how to do this precisely using a little gadget that is easy to obtain. I frequently make self-bias tape for different uses like: finishing armholes, necklines, hems, edges of facings, hong kong finish on seams and the type of fabric plays a huge role in its use and appearance. I am showing practical examples in my own sewing to inspire you 😊
How to use 18mm bias tape for beautiful sleeveless armholes and necklines tutorial:
• Tutorial: Continuous b...
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Measurements of widths for different bias tape makers:
*6mm: measure 12mm width
*9mm: measure 18mm
*12mm: measure 25mm (1”)
*18mm: measure 35mm (1 3/8”)
*25mm: measure 50mm (2”)
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These are just examples and I have many many many more garments using self bias tape. All the garments shown can be found on the channel:
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you are a wonderful teacher! I am 70 and I still learn a lot from you and then I can teach my daughters and granddaughters. Thank you so much.
Now I know how wide my bias strips should be depending on the bias tape maker. Just double it. Thanks so much!
Great eh👍
Super tip with the starch spray, I never thought of that!!! It’s a total game changer!!! Thanks for the video ♥️👍
I just found this tutorial today. Thank you so much for listing the width to cut the bias for each bias maker. Now I am ready to try the process with a lot more confidence.
I love how you show your mistakes that we should watch for while making our items. Showing how to make so much bias out of a small square is very helpful. I like bias tape for many things--but you have shown how you successfully use bias tape for many applications. Mostly, sewing patterns use a lot of facings, which are a pain and not always better. I also. Really like how you use self bias on a shirttail hem. I make a lot of shirts and this will look much nicer.
I love all your clothes they look so professional.
Excellent.. I have the gear but was intimidated.. you have so clearly explained how to do this.. I will go along with you Karina.
Thank you!
Hi Karina, Sorry I haven't been commenting as much. I am not well. This tutorial was brilliant!!! Just wonderful thank you! I'm a quilter and this is a great way to get a lot of bias binding if I need it. I also wanted to mention for assistance with ironing see if you can't find a Tailor's Clapper. It is wood that helps your fabric to become extremely flat. After you iron, you put the Clapper on the fabric it absorbs the heat leaving it really flat. Helps a great deal when making bias tape for e.g.
Thank you Karina! I'm now able to make some great looking bias binding for my Rhapsody dress. I'll continue to use this method for years and projects to come. Wonderful video. Thank you for all that you do.
Once you do it a few times, it gets faster to do 😀😀
Thanks, Karina! I've just bought the 18 and 25mm bias tape makers and I even thought you could make a tutorial about it, since you use it a lot. And today this... perfect timing!
Beautiful Karina! I just found you and subscribed! You are so clever! I’m learning so much from your tutorials. Thank you. 👍🏽💕
I have been using this technique since 1977 - a game changer! Thanks for sharing.
This is so helpful. Everything you teach is clear and concise. Thank you for your great work
I’m glad you liked the video!
Great tutorial. Good tips. Going to watch some more of your videos.
I have absolutely no use for bias tape but this was Brilliant! Amazing directions!
I love this. I'm making bias tape too. Nice hack to store the tape. I'll store it that way from now on. Thank you!
It’s too fun and good use of scraps
Thanks for watching 😊.
Just had reason to find out how to make bias tape. As usual , brilliant and clear instruction. Thank you xx😊
I really enjoyed this video. Blouses or sleeveless and I use the bias tape. Thank you for the video
You are very welcome :)
Very informative and easy to understand. Beautiful sewing.
Thank you so much 😊
Great video! Can’t wait to try cutting bias tape that way. Thanks sooo much for sharing, you are such an inspiration!!😍😍😍
Thank you so much. I’m glad you liked it. It really is so satisfying to have the pretty stuff in nicer fabric.
Ingenious! Lots of helpful tips. Thank you.
Great topic. Love to hear about repurposing fabric for binding. Very clever idea when so much goes to landfill. You often comment about using less fabric so very practical information thank you.
Thank you for telling us what bias tape maker you use the most as Clover sells theirs individually. I didn't want to buy them all just to find I don't use most of them. Thanks, I'll be getting the 18mm & 20mm. Thanks Thanks Thanks.
Lots of great tips here. I haven't used bias to finish necklines and armscyes much but will try it more going forward. Do you have a project video where you show bias binding on a curved hem application?
I have shown it here: ua-cam.com/video/3YD6xYglnbc/v-deo.html
That's a very cool technique, thanks for sharing!
You’re very welcome. I’m glad you liked :)
As always really helpful. Liked seeing all the details of the making. Also liked seeing all the examples of how you use it. Beautiful garments, beautiful finishes. Something to aim for in my own sewing. 💕
Thank you so much 😊
Thanks so much! Great tips. 🌺
You’re very welcome :)
I realize this is an old tutorial.. however this is a suggestion for those of us who don't want to mark lines and use scissors. I use my serger with needles and thread removed to cut a premeasured amount. Right before you seam and press the last bit.. Forget the lines because you won't need them. Fix your seam edge at the point of measurement you want: ie: 36mm or 24mm etcetera away from the beginning edge. sew the last seam just as you would have done, press it open. You should now have the tube complete without lines and placed away from edge the needed binding width. Place the material in your serger where your mark/material is attached. Mark on your serger bed the width of binding you want and cut away. this takes moments and is another great way to use a serger.
Also: do you have a way for us to order the bias binding you get from Peru? Thanks for all your videos.. it's just the best.
I bought the bias tape at the street markets in Bolivia. There is no way to order it online.
This is great. I have all the different sizes and now I feel comfortable using them.
Question: when you use bias to finish interior seams don’t those stitches show on the outside? I love that look
If you put the tube over the ironing board with a cutting mat on it you can use a rotary cutter. Much faster. Great instructor.
My cutting mat is too huge. I don’t have a small one.
Thank you 🙏 SOO MUCH! Yours is the BEST tutorial on this! ❤
Could you use chiffon/light satin binding to hem a cotton circle skirt or would it need to be a similar weight bias binding?
Wonderful tutorials, I will be trying this not with chiffon !
I wish you were my neighbor!
But it doesn’t make actual BIAS. Bias is not on straight grain; it’s on the bias of the material.
What I make is cut on the bias of the material (45degree). I never cut the strips on the straight of grain in this tutorial. I don’t understand what you are trying to correct me on.
Thankyou for such detailed explanation. It was helpful to understand.
Whoopee!! I just made my first seam binding!!! I have been afraid of doing this forever! Your instructions are perfect!! So easy to follow! Thank you so much! I really enjoy your videos. You are very thorough and precise and so easy to follow. It is like you are standing right beside me encouraging me on!! Thank you so much!!
Thank you for an incredibly detailed tutorial. So clear and very helpful. ❤️
I love all the bias tape you made. You are so good at sewing and inspire me to sew more. I love watching you videos☺🌼
Thank you so much 😊
The best continuous bias tape tutorial I have seen…..you are a great instructor.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this "refresher" on continuous bias strips. Your application ideas are also very ingenious and creative.
That was so helpful and I will certainly start making some. Thank you for such great instructions. I always enjoy your videos.
It’s something you could get used to. The look and feel of the one we make is just so much nicer. Thanks for watching 😊.
Absolutely wonderful. I remember my mother showing us how to cut the continuous bias strips, but she didn't have the tool. I remember her just sewing one edge onto the garment, folding it with her fingers, and sewing the other edge onto the garment. Your garments are beautiful. I'm trying to get back to sewing after a long time not sewing, so I'm in awe of your talent. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Lynn
Without the tool it can be done in easy to press fabrics but it’s just slower. The tool is cost effective and so useful. I’m glad you enjoyed the video.
Another fantastic and vey helpful video from you Karina. I have a quick question... I watched your older video about using bias binding on armholes, and its a beautiful finish, however, I couldn't see how you join the ends where they meet in the "ring" to close off the binding. do you overlap the ends or do you stitch them together firstly to make a loop?.....
It would be interesting and very helpful to know this procedure :)
thank you so much for your wonderful videos.
Jacqueline :) x
99% of the time I sew the edges of the binding at the underarm seam area to form a loop first and then sew it all on the round to the armscye. I prefer this because it’s so neat. I have bound on the flat and then sewn the side seam in 1% of the cases.... very ugly, I don’t recommend that :)
@@LiftingPinsandNeedles :) I would agree about that, but was just curious how you did it.
thanks so much Karina x
This was brilliant! I love, love your method for bias tape and all of the creative uses for bias tape! Thank you!
Great video, Karina. I havent seen anyone else fold over the fabric in that way before, I shall have to give that a try. My bias maker kit *should* be arriving today, fingers crossed!
I’m sure you’ll have fun with it and the garments look so pretty. Great for scraps too. Thanks for watching 😊.
I am so happy to see this video. I learned how to do this many years ago and it seemed so easy that I didn’t write it down. Then of corse time went by and I completely forgot how to do it😂. Thanks!
I’m glad you can do this again. I love making tape, it’s fun.
Brilliant tutorial and lots of useful information and tips too. Thanks for sharing this!
I enjoy your tutorial on continuous basis binding, Thanks much for your tutorial
You’re very welcome 😉
Thank you for posting this! I didn't see an affiliate link from you to buy a bias tape maker on Amazon. Maybe I missed that? Anyway, if you post one, I would be happy to use that link. I need another seam ripper and want to get a bias tape maker, and some other things. Thanks Karina!
If you look at the description box towards the end, you’ll see my link for my affiliate amazon store :)
Hi! I am trying to find help using a rib knot for the folder on a cover stitch. How would you make a continuous tape out of a knot with selvage? Appreciate it ❤
I’m sorry but I don’t understand what you are asking me. If it’s for knit fabric, the binding is NOT cut on the bias. It has to be cut on the grainline so you’d just have to make a long piece.
The smaller bias tape sizes, 6 mm or 12 mm, are good for making fabric ties, instead of fiddling with rouleau loops. Nancy Zieman, a USA sewist on public television, suggested using a straight pin to guide the fabric through the tape maker, but whatever works for you! THANK YOU for such an informative video.
I’m glad you liked it. Yep, I’ve used a needle to push it through too and the stiffer fabrics go in without help. Great tips for the little ties. Thanks 😊
Hi Karina.
You’re so inspirational! I’ve got all the gear but have never used it, so tomorrow I’m going to have a go. You make it all look so easy to do. Brilliant!🤗
I looked for the gear for years and years and only ever made tiny amounts by hand and with cotton. Not the possibilities are endless and it’s silly how these little gadgets make all the difference.
Thank you for all of your helpful information in your videos. I have been looking for the video that you show how to neatly attach the join on bias tape that shows on the front of the garment. I saw it once and I think it involves sewing the ends together, but how? Also the video showing how to do a square neckline with bias tape on the outside. Thanks again Karina.
Sewing the ends together: in the Suraya jacket video. I haven’t shown a square neckline with the tape on the outside.
I am going to make more of an effort to finish my garments to the high standards you do. Great video.
It’s a personal satisfaction thing because really no one will inspect the inside. I don’t finish all my projects this way but when I do I’m happy. Thanks for watching 😊.
You always have great tips & tricks. Thank you & keep them coming
You’re very welcome 😉
That's a very helpful tutorial. I've admired how you use the bias tapes on your projects and will keep this in mind. The contrasting tapes you use are super cute ! The store bought bias tapes have never appealed because they're so stiff.
I’ve found soft one in Bolivia but not here in Brazil. The one I make is so much nicer. It’s worth it :)
Thanks for watching 😊.
What do you mean you aren't going to make a garment with cowboys all over it?! lol
I use the tiny tape makers for infants, children's garments and also for delicate silks.
I asked Martín if he wanted a cowboy shirt and I got a big NO lol. It’s been great for pockets and bias tape and I still have so much more 😄. I’ll use the little ones soon as I have some makes planned for my nieces over my summer.
Thank you!
I’ve made bias tape before and I still found your video useful. The tip on matching the lines at the seam allowance is my favourite.
I went and made myself a parallelogram (the shape worked well with the scraps I have) and saved myself one seam :D
I am trying to make bias binding on mostly rayon fabric😵💫 I should have heavily starched entire piece(maybe even used light stabilizer???) before beginning the entire process. I think it would have stopped the stretching that occurred even when drawing the lines in addition to the stretching when trying to pin the “wonky” edges together…. Live and learn😂 Excellent video. Thank you.
Brilliant tutorial, thank you
Thank you for this tutorial! I just started sewing and I love how you have to learn so many different skills. I'm actually excited to make my own biastape now, haha. Lets see if I'm still excited when I make a mistake halfway through ;)
Loved your instructions and inspiration what to use bias tape for. I can see myself just buying fabric and using left over fabric purely for bias tape. Thank you ❤️
Thank you for saving my project! I've been trying to make a dress from some slinky rayon and the bias tape just won't stay straight while I try and draw the lines. Now I've got the starch out and it has solved my problem! Thankyou! :-)
Maybe the 9 or 6 mm gadget would be good for making spaghetti straps on a cami or something like that. I haven’t done it, it’s just an idea! Your tutorials are SO nice to follow-thank you!
Really clear instructions...best bias tape tutorial
Your vlog prompted me to make bias binding from the brushed cotton fabric I've used to make a dress for my granddaugter. It worked beautifully making a lovely and soft neckline. Thank you vkr yet another brilliant vlog.
How cool! I’m glad it worked well for you. This is addictive :)
Beautiful video ❤️
I find that glass head pins help me not burn my fingers. Happy Sewing 💐
Thank you for the video. Maybe when I'm just sitting around , I can use all my remnants to make bias tape..
Did this today for sleeveless rhapsody blouse fantastic and used your machine gathering tip which worked a dream Thank you 🙏
You do amazing work and have great advice and tips.
The hems are wonderful. Next garment for me...
U r really an excellent teacher. Thankz for being very detailed. I love all of your videos . U have taught me Soooo much. U r great 🎉
Thank you, this was very helpful.
I’m glad you liked it :)
Why does her square look like a rectangle??
Because of the angle of the camera that is tilted.
Karina, I have tried using this method before and my lines did not match up no matter how hard I tried. I don't know exactly what I did wrong, but still managed to make a usable tape. This tutorial is great & I will try again! Thanks so much for sharing as always.Take care & God Bless.
It’s considering the seam allowance to match them that makes the difference. I’ve made so much that I’ve got the technique down and as with all sewing it’s all practice :)
Karina there is not a video that is not explained as perfectly as you do every time I have a problem all I have to do is look you up I was having a problem with bias tape thank you thank you thank you much love
Thank you so much! You made it so easy to understand. I really enjoyed watching your video.
ThankYou, I feel confident that I can make my bias tape. I have struggled for years! I love hearing bird singing in the background, how wonderful 🇨🇦
Your’re the best! I want you to know I’ve been to Brazil twice and I plan to make a trip there at least once a year ❤
Karina, I just love your videos. You are so inspirational and your garments are beautiful! Thank you for this wonderful tutorial.♥
Thanks so much for this tutorial. I have those tape makers, but rarely use them as there is a plethora of different tapes and fold over elastics to purchase here in the states. They are super handy to have, though.
I can imagine all the variety you have there. I unfortunately don’t and need to adapt and making it from the same fabric is pretty. By now it takes no time and I actually enjoy it he he. Thanks for watching 😊.
Very nice and thank you for sharing! I don't make my own because it is a slow process but I plan on bookmarking this video for those special occasions! I do have those bias tape making tools too! Thanks again!
You can mAke a little for a neckline and it’s a start. I’ve gotten used to the feel and look of the one I make and it’s hard to not make some now 😄
Thank you for this tutorial, I love continuous binding
Thank you so much for the inspiring video!!!!😊
That’s a great technique to reduce the bulk. I’m going to try it on my next project.
I’m glad you liked it :)
Ooooo! I made my first bias tape today, I'm so proud. It was a lot easier than I thought and kinda relaxing. Thanks for the tutorial
great video Karina, very useful,
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it.
This is a wonderful video for learning from! I will have to try making my own and finishing garments in bias tape. Have you ever done your bias bound seams on the outside as a detail?
Thank you so much 😊. I’ve never used bias tape on the outside other than visible armscye and necklines.
I had my memory jogged in this video. I had completely forgotten how to do this. I like your “thriftiness” of making bias tape out of leftovers and used clothing. Thanks so much!
I can see this being something that is easy to forget if not done for a while. I think this is fun :)
I started making my own bias tape. I became addicted to making it. Like you mentioned you can make so much. Thank you for sharing and really great video!
Yes the addiction is real! I have a bag of pretty scraps just for that :)
Beautiful! 😍 would love to know how you hem using bias tape!
I’ll film a separate video about that but I’ve shown is as part of other videos too. Thanks for watching 😊.
What size do you make the most? 🤔
The 18 milimeter
Thanks for this video. I usually cut strips and sew each one together because I can never remember the continuous way. I'm going to give this a try. I also love your idea for making binding from an old shirt. I never thought of making binding out of fabrics other than cotton.
I sometimes make three strips and sew 2 little seams. If I need a small amount only. That’s ok too. I do make a lot when I have a nice square left over. It’s fun. Thanks for watching 😊.
This is the Best tutorial for continuous bias binding. Thank you Katrina.
Forgot to say which part of Brazil..Sao Paulo
Karina, thanks for sharing this very useful tutorial! My local stores don't really carry a wide selection of bias tape and only carry cotton. I have several slippery fabrics in my stash and it seems like every pattern I plan on using for them has curved hems.🤣
Here they all have 25mm satin one. I prefer narrower and the ones from the same fabric look so much nicer. It’s all fun too :)
Thanks for watching 😄
Thanks for the bit at the end where you talk through how you use bias binding.
Quilters use this technique as well. It’s handy.
I have a question; would a biased bound neckline sit better if the bias strip was stretched a little as you sew? I know you need to make the length shorter for knit fabrics but what about woven fabrics?
Controversial. When you flip binding to the inside, the edge sewn to the fabric will be a distance away from the actual edge of the neckline and the further away, the bigger the circumference becomes, so if you stretch the binding, the smaller it will be. End result: puckers. So, no, I would not stretch the binding as I sew.
Thank you for a great tutorial. I just bought the devices to make the bias tape and now I know how to use them.
You’ll love making it!
This was so helpful and explained so well. Thank you!