After trying more than one method to make "Continuous Bias Strips, (and messing up, ruining some valuable fabric)" I found this method to be the *easiest, simplest, lest confusing and "most neat" method!* Thank you!
I probably only make bias tape a couple of times a year - but I ALWAYS check your video before doing. I've shared your method with long time quilters, and they are amazed too! THANK YOU!
U should love me I have watched your tutorial 20 times, in order to do this bias quilt binding, to get the instructions in my head. Thank U very much. I enjoyed your presentation every step of the way ‼️🙏
Thanks for sharing this excellent way to cut bias binding. It's become my go-to method. I don't make bias binding often, but when I do I always refer to your video.
This the best way I’ve seen to make continuous bias tape. Your tip on snipping the 2 opposite corners to determine which way to draw lines is ingenious! Clear, concise instructions as well. Thanks
Hi Patsy! I'm glad you didn't cut the video. I like to see all of the steps in it helps me to visualize what I have to do. I'm going to try this today for my granddaughter's quilt binding.
Wow! I initially couldn't grasp what you were doing! I usually do the tubular one with all the cutting! That is genius! I'll have to watch it again to note how you began but it was very enlightening! I have been doing the square tubular one. Some people don't even like that one, but I do.😂 Thanks for the lesson! I will try this next time.☺
This is the best sewing tip I've ever seen, and I've been seeing about 65 years!! I love the hint about snipping the corners. To be able to make unique, creative bias tape for just pennies is amazing! Thanks so much!
It felt like I just watched a miracle happen before my eyes! I'm making an abundance of facemasks and I needed an abundance of bias strips. You, my dear lady, have certainly made that happen for me!!! You explain every step wonderfully. You are certainly a beautiful person! Thank you from my heart for sharing your great talent with us. May GOD bless you and your family.
I so agree.. i just found her on You tube today.. and i have never known how to do a bias binding.. I'm a quilter and i always stay away from this.. now i know ..Yippy Happy sewing Jenary :)
This is brilliant. Yesterday I needed bias binding, for the first time ever. I used the 'other' method with the wonky tube. I really struggled with it and the results were not great. Wish I had found your video yesterday because it just clicked and made sense to my brain. Thank you!!
Your video may not win any awards because it didn't span the screen, but BRAVO to you, Patsy for giving us another way to do continuous bias tape. I hate to admit defeat but try as I might I NEVER could learn it that other way -- "the tube." So thank you for putting this video out there, and thank you for making it very simplistic and easy to follow. I FINALLY have the ability to make continuous bias tape!!! Thank you!
Thank you for posting and explaining very clearly how to set-up the fabric for cutting on the bias without using the "Tube" method. Now I won't dread making (ok less dread) making bias tape for all my projects!
This is really the best method that I have seen. I have used the cut on the bias, flip and sew the straight, draw lines then cut. I have seen the fold on the bias then match the bias folds. I really like this method. I can do this with a fat quarter for a small project just do the initial cuts 2/3 up no matter what size my fabric measures. Thank you.
I have used many instructions for continuous bias from a square piece of fabric, but went searching for a method using a rectangle. So glad I didn't give up, because yours finally fit the ticket. Like one of the other comments pointed out, using a rectangular starting piece of fabric doesn't create a finished product with a true 45 degree angle of the threads to the cut edge; but for the majority of applications, it results in enough "give" to facilitate going around curves smoothly. This is a keeper ... now in my SAVED file of videos. Thanks for making the effort to share.
Thank you, Patsy! I knew there had to be a better way, and you video is so easy to follow and you give great tips along the way! I appreciate you using a marker to show up on camera,, genius! No more piecing ends together and get them at the wrong angle. This way is miraculous! Thank you again for posting this video! Blessings!
Patsy, Thank you SO MUCH for demonstrating this method! At this point in history I can't find bias tape anywhere because it's all been bought up for making face masks, so I needed to make my own! I used an old pillowcase and cut off the finished seams at the open end, turned it inside out and closed it. It came out perfectly!
This is just how you cut t-shirt “yarn” using whole T-shirts. It does look a bit wonky to try and do if you are a visual person, but it is a good way to cut on a bias and get lots of yardage! Thanks.
I have tried others and this was very well done when I saw the length of the fabric at 62 inches all around so I got about 5 yards on my rectangle piece. Thank you.
I'm glad it was helpful! I wish I could take credit for this method, but a friend of mine shared it with me a while back & I decided I'd make a video - because I'm a visual learner! 🙂
I can’t believe how much easier this seems than the crazy tub way. I have been trying for most of three days (really) to do the tube method and I can’t. I came across your video after tons of other an I love it. you explain very easily how to do your method and I can’t wait till I can try it - right now I need a break from all the other videos - thanks so much.
Nice! Perhaps it would make sense to point out that this is near-bias, not true bias, but also why that's totally close enough for making bias binding or piping. As long as it has some diagonal stretch to get around those corners it'll be fine, which is why it's okay for the lines not to be perfectly true bias. Love the video! Love the technique. Much faster than cutting all eight yards the old way, that's for sure! Would love to see a video on the rustic Christmas pillows you mention with this peppermint piping around them! I'm sure they're gorgeous!
I’m a crafter and not sure which direction to fold the fabric. Am I’m to fold the fabric where the salvage is at the short end of the rectangle or the long end, or does it make a difference?
@@wejus70 - If you are using yardage fold the fabric so the salvage is at the short end of the rectangle, it will be much easier to work with. You will still get plenty of bias-like tape. This method does not give you "true bias" tape, but it will work wonderfully for most applications and has the added benefit of fewer seams than some methods of making bias tape.
OMG this is the easiest way to make continuous bias that I have seen. No cutting and sewing strips together. It looks complicated, but if you understand how it comes together at every step then you can appreciate this method 100s of times over the other method of cutting and sewing 100s of strips together. Thank you!!
This is EXACTLY what I was looking for! I have an 18” piece of striped fabric that I wanted to cut on the bias for a quilt binding so that I had very little waste. Thank you so much - can’t wait to give it a try!
Patsy, this was wonderful!!! Thank you so much for your clear and straightforward instructions. I am saving this video so I can watch it again and use it as a reference. You are terriffic. Take care
I enjoy watching you I use your other method but I will be using this method from now on. I love watching your videos you are so clear in explaining the steps Thank you so much I appreciate you.
This is a life changer... thank you so much for sharing! Made my bias last night as I watched your video and oh boy how quick was that... perfect binding and so very easy! Will be making more today. Thank you once again. Happy sewing X
Thanks i enjoyed watching and learning. Very good tutorial and super easy. Love your way of simplifying the way of making. Bye for now i am off making bias binding. xxx
What an interesting technique! I need to make some bias tape today for a small project, so I'll give this one a try using a fat quarter. Wish me luck! EDIT - OK, I can see this working well on yardage, but I don't recommend it for a fat quarter. Since it's only about 18" long, cutting 2/3 of the way doesn't leave enough space to make a smoothly transitioning spiral. Perhaps if one cuts it only 1/3 of the way at first, it might work better. Anyway, my bias tape came out a little wonky, but I was able to make it work for my project :-)
Thank you sew very much for showing me this amazing way to make bias tape!!! When you first did the 2/3 cut ,,,, I was like,,, dang, she’s making a mess! Then once you were able to lay it out flat,,,,WAAALAAA! MAGIC!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!👏🏻😎🌵🤠😘👍🏻💪🤸♂️🎉🧘♀️
Oh my gosh I just finished the alternative method that you did and I made some and I am so hooked. I enjoyed doing it this way better than the other. Thank You so much I appreciate you
Love this method and will definitely try it! One suggestion: please turn your phone sideways when you film and you’ll get more in the shot so we can see what you’re doing better. 😊
Wonderful! I am visual as well, and you explained what you were doing amazingly, and I was able to view what you were up to with clarity! The shadows made it easier, I think. Most videos are done under bright lights and they get washed out, I’ve noticed. I also have noticed that many people do tutorials for seams and other similar techniques with like colored threads, or with materials that have no visible contrast and that completely defies the purpose! Why bother showing people how to do something if nobody can see the show, right? Anyway...anything not visible in the frame, you explained well enough to understand what you were doing on the corners I wasn’t able to see. Good job! I found your tutorial just now, because I was looking for a different method of bias tape cutting than the usual tube method. I like the continuity of the tape, but I never seem to get my intersections “just right” and my tape always comes out all wobbly with angles having been cut, usually at the last stitched seam where my lines didn’t match up ENOUGH. I HATE it! I’m not amazing at cutting straight lines into fabric hanging from my arm even if my intersections miraculously were on point! NOR do I enjoy the back and forth from machine to iron to mat, to machine to iron etc....This looks like the solution I was after- rotary cutting, one trip to the iron, and no awkward seam intersecting! Yay!! I know it will work when I try it, because you showed us it worked, and I could see and comprehend your tutorial! Thank you sooooo much! I also don’t quilt, so it’s nice to hear someone be forgiving every once in a while, bonus! I sent it to Pinterest, it should make some rounds!
I am excited to try it early tomorrow morning so I can get going on making more face masks using ties this time. It looks awesome to get an abundance of bias tape at once! Thank you for patiently giving step by step directions...
I don’t think I’ve ever seen this method. Love it! I know you said that you usually use for pillows but I make a lot of bags and this would be easier and not have as many seams on the bags.
Thank you so much, wish I had seen this earlier. I just almost messed up my remaining fabric for my bias tape by using, or trying to use, the tube method. I will use this from now on!!!
Patsy, thank you for your demonstration ... I really enjoyed it and will definitely use that method. My comments are for your video's in the future. 1. NEVER use a striped fabric, it plays havoc with the viewers screen. Watch TV and try to spot a stripe ... it just doesn't happen. 2. Move your camera further away from your work surface. That way the viewer will have a better view of everything and everyone. 3. Before starting your video gather ALL the products you will be using and have them off to your camera right/left. It's more professional to not turn your back to the camera. The information you provided was great!!!! Thank You for being so willing to share and I enjoyed very much your chit-chat to keep us involved.
IMHO, 1. The striped fabric looks fine. You can really see the bias direction, which wouldn’t be obvious on a non-striped fabric. Besides, stripes are a very popular bias binding! 2. The camera distance was fine here, since she couldn’t zoom in. Yes, there are times you don’t see the whole piece of fabric, but she explains it so well (e.g. “corner-stitching to corner-stitching”) it was clear to me. You wouldn’t be able to see the drawn lines or ruler markings at a farther distance. 3. As for turning to grab the marker-not a big deal, it was close at hand. Sure, she could’ve had it in a pocket or something, but no problem here. I DO agree with Barbara and so many others that this is a brilliant method for making a lot of bias binding! And your demeanor was kind and reassuring and engaging. (I especially enjoyed the “crack” at the usual “quilters’ quarter-inch seams”!😆)
Thankyou so much Patsy :) Very easy to follow and thankyou for using the dark marker for the obvious contrast lines. (I have two black fabric markers for exactly that reason) - just before lockdown hit I got a Bias maker, but I was stumped as to how I could get continuous bias. I have actually used the tube method to make t-shirt yarn, so this would really help in that regard as well. I have made so much Bias now and I am so happy.
Love this video! Thanks for posting this....I have tried the other way of making continuous binding and it is hit or miss and I can’t figure out why! I’m going to go and try this now!
Omg anytime I try it on my scrap fabrics my bias tape would come out nice, but as I try it on my nice materials, idk some how I keep messing it up, so I will try this method and see how it works 😊
Thank you! I needed a refresher on this method. When using 1 1/2 yards in this method, lining up all those strips can be frustrating. I have found that inserting two rods into the tube and pulling in opposite directions as lowering it to the table helps minimize twisting. This is so much easier to then draw the connecting lines. Years ago Conso Trims had a print pamphlet describing this method. Included was a table showing X yards of fabric will make X yardage of bias. I have lost my pamphlet, and my search skills have not found one. Do you have such a table you can share with us?
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After trying more than one method to make "Continuous Bias Strips, (and messing up, ruining some valuable fabric)" I found this method to be the *easiest, simplest, lest confusing and "most neat" method!* Thank you!
Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad that you found it helpful!
Thank you so much for this tutorial!!! I’ve been sewing a long time but have never seen a better tutorial!!! ❤❤❤
This is one of the easiest tutorials I've come across on bias tape making! Thank you!!
I'm glad you found it helpful!
This may have been posted 6 years ago BUT it was SOOOOO HELPFUL! Thank you!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I'm so glad!
I probably only make bias tape a couple of times a year - but I ALWAYS check your video before doing. I've shared your method with long time quilters, and they are amazed too! THANK YOU!
You’ve made my day! ❤
U should love me I have watched your tutorial 20 times, in order to do this bias quilt binding, to get the instructions in my head. Thank U very much. I enjoyed your presentation every step of the way ‼️🙏
Thanks for sharing this excellent way to cut bias binding. It's become my go-to method. I don't make bias binding often, but when I do I always refer to your video.
Thank You! I'm glad that you find it helpful. 🙂
Oh Patsy! Your carwash method for making bias binding is exactly what I've been looking for! You are spot on! I'm a very visual person too!
Woo Hoo! I’m so glad that it helped! 😁
This the best way I’ve seen to make continuous bias tape. Your tip on snipping the 2 opposite corners to determine which way to draw lines is ingenious! Clear, concise instructions as well. Thanks
I love tip to help dyslexic people like me by clipping corners. Thx
Loved your tutorial on making bias tape😊 I’m in my late 70s and this is the least confusing method I have seen. Thank you!!
Hi Patsy! I'm glad you didn't cut the video. I like to see all of the steps in it helps me to visualize what I have to do. I'm going to try this today for my granddaughter's quilt binding.
Very nice. thank you for sharing.
You're welcome!
Wow! I initially couldn't grasp what you were doing! I usually do the tubular one with all the cutting! That is genius! I'll have to watch it again to note how you began but it was very enlightening! I have been doing the square tubular one. Some people don't even like that one, but I do.😂 Thanks for the lesson! I will try this next time.☺
I hope it worked!
This is the best sewing tip I've ever seen, and I've been seeing about 65 years!! I love the hint about snipping the corners. To be able to make unique, creative bias tape for just pennies is amazing! Thanks so much!
Nice explanation. Looks fantasticly easy. Thank you.
It felt like I just watched a miracle happen before my eyes! I'm making an abundance of facemasks and I needed an abundance of bias strips. You, my dear lady, have certainly made that happen for me!!! You explain every step wonderfully. You are certainly a beautiful person! Thank you from my heart for sharing your great talent with us. May GOD bless you and your family.
I so agree.. i just found her on You tube today.. and i have never known how to do a bias binding.. I'm a quilter and i always stay away from this.. now i know ..Yippy
Happy sewing Jenary :)
@@sunshinepjg2 HAPPY SEWING/QUILTING to YOU as well! 🙂
This works for me. I might just want to bind a small throw pillow, baby bibs, and burp cloths. This is brilliant.
I’ve seen another method and was totally confused!!!! This is simple to understand and you explain it so well and yes I’m a visual person too!!!!❤️
I wasn’t crazy about the wonky tube either. This is a great tutorial. Thank you!
Jackpot! Best method I've seen thank u!
This is a fabulous way to make bias binding! Thanks for sharing!
I'm glad it was helpful!
Patsy, wow, this is an amazing method. Thank you for a wonderful tutorial and thank you for your time.
This is brilliant. Yesterday I needed bias binding, for the first time ever. I used the 'other' method with the wonky tube. I really struggled with it and the results were not great. Wish I had found your video yesterday because it just clicked and made sense to my brain. Thank you!!
@@debbiejohnson2799 excellent! I’m glad it helped! 😁
Your video may not win any awards because it didn't span the screen, but BRAVO to you, Patsy for giving us another way to do continuous bias tape. I hate to admit defeat but try as I might I NEVER could learn it that other way -- "the tube." So thank you for putting this video out there, and thank you for making it very simplistic and easy to follow. I FINALLY have the ability to make continuous bias tape!!! Thank you!
Lavita Sartin - videos certainly aren’t my strong suit! 🤣 BUT, glad it helped!
Brilliant! No more confusing tubes. Your tutorial was very easy to follow.
I'm glad you found it helpful!
Yes! This is exactly what I needed so I can make bias tape. I saw many videos last night that got me so confused😂. Yours looks easy.
Thank you for posting and explaining very clearly how to set-up the fabric for cutting on the bias without using the "Tube" method. Now I won't dread making (ok less dread) making bias tape for all my projects!
Hooray! Love the “less dread”. I understand that!
Love, love, love this way of making binding! Thank you so much! Made it yesterday! So easy!
This is really the best method that I have seen. I have used the cut on the bias, flip and sew the straight, draw lines then cut. I have seen the fold on the bias then match the bias folds. I really like this method. I can do this with a fat quarter for a small project just do the initial cuts 2/3 up no matter what size my fabric measures. Thank you.
I’m glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this tutorial. I usually cut mine in strips and then sew them all together. Once I make this it will be easier.
Thanks for the great video. I always seem to waste so much fabric making bias tape, but this is genius. Got it on the first try! 😊
This method is so easy I m a self
Taught a sewer, boy oh boy this right on time. Thank you
💓💖💞💋💃💃🙏
Thank you so much. I love this way. Super easy. I got way more than I expected.
I have used many instructions for continuous bias from a square piece of fabric, but went searching for a method using a rectangle. So glad I didn't give up, because yours finally fit the ticket. Like one of the other comments pointed out, using a rectangular starting piece of fabric doesn't create a finished product with a true 45 degree angle of the threads to the cut edge; but for the majority of applications, it results in enough "give" to facilitate going around curves smoothly. This is a keeper ... now in my SAVED file of videos. Thanks for making the effort to share.
Thank you for sharing. My 3 year old asked "what is her name? I think it's YaYa." She was picking up on your kind demeanor. Thanks again.
Olga Ling I love that name! You’re both most welcome! 🥰🥰🥰
Thank you, Patsy! I knew there had to be a better way, and you video is so easy to follow and you give great tips along the way! I appreciate you using a marker to show up on camera,, genius! No more piecing ends together and get them at the wrong angle. This way is miraculous! Thank you again for posting this video! Blessings!
Patsy, Thank you SO MUCH for demonstrating this method! At this point in history I can't find bias tape anywhere because it's all been bought up for making face masks, so I needed to make my own! I used an old pillowcase and cut off the finished seams at the open end, turned it inside out and closed it. It came out perfectly!
that was a great idea, thank you. Hope you stayed well during this nightmare
This is just how you cut t-shirt “yarn” using whole T-shirts. It does look a bit wonky to try and do if you are a visual person, but it is a good way to cut on a bias and get lots of yardage! Thanks.
This is a very easy and unique way to make a lot of bias, thanks for sharing. I will definitely try this method.
I'm glad that you found it helpful!
Fabulous!! I just watched five, yes, five other how to's and this is by far the fastest and easiest! Thank you!
Yay! I'm glad it was helpful!
I did to. Now I can sew some of these bags that you have to bind them on the interior.
I have tried others and this was very well done when I saw the length of the fabric at 62 inches all around so I got about 5 yards on my rectangle piece. Thank you.
Patsy, you're a genius! Thanks so much for sharing this tutorial with us. I'm making some now, and am tired of the old way. Brilliant girl! :)
I'm glad it was helpful! I wish I could take credit for this method, but a friend of mine shared it with me a while back & I decided I'd make a video - because I'm a visual learner! 🙂
Thank you for such a clear and easy to understand explanation.
I can’t believe how much easier this seems than the crazy tub way. I have been trying for most of three days (really) to do the tube method and I can’t. I came across your video after tons of other an I love it. you explain very easily how to do your method and I can’t wait till I can try it - right now I need a break from all the other videos - thanks so much.
I've got to try this!! It looks way easier than the other continuous binding videos I've seen and tried.
Yay! I hope that you find it helpful!
Hi, I learned this about 45 yrs ago from the pbs sewing lady, whoever she was then. Thanks for the refresher, and I'm certain you did it better.
Kathleen Brown glad you liked the refresher! It’s wonderful that we are always learning - whenever it happens! 😁
Nice! Perhaps it would make sense to point out that this is near-bias, not true bias, but also why that's totally close enough for making bias binding or piping. As long as it has some diagonal stretch to get around those corners it'll be fine, which is why it's okay for the lines not to be perfectly true bias.
Love the video! Love the technique. Much faster than cutting all eight yards the old way, that's for sure!
Would love to see a video on the rustic Christmas pillows you mention with this peppermint piping around them! I'm sure they're gorgeous!
I’m a crafter and not sure which direction to fold the fabric. Am I’m to fold the fabric where the salvage is at the short end of the rectangle or the long end, or does it make a difference?
@@wejus70 - If you are using yardage fold the fabric so the salvage is at the short end of the rectangle, it will be much easier to work with. You will still get plenty of bias-like tape. This method does not give you "true bias" tape, but it will work wonderfully for most applications and has the added benefit of fewer seams than some methods of making bias tape.
OMG this is the easiest way to make continuous bias that I have seen. No cutting and sewing strips together. It looks complicated, but if you understand how it comes together at every step then you can appreciate this method 100s of times over the other method of cutting and sewing 100s of strips together. Thank you!!
This is EXACTLY what I was looking for! I have an 18” piece of striped fabric that I wanted to cut on the bias for a quilt binding so that I had very little waste. Thank you so much - can’t wait to give it a try!
You are my HERO! Heroine? Whatever, you save my sanity. Thank you so much for sharing this!❤❤❤
Woo Hoo! I'm so glad you found it helpful!
Just watched your video, and this so easy! Thank yiu for sharing this wonderful and easy method.
Thanks Kathy
The best way,much appreciated for sharing😊
@@christinemartin9933 you’re welcome! Glad it helped. 😁
This is absolutely the BEST video on how to make bias tape and sooo easy! This is my go to and all the others will be deleted
You’re so kind! I’m glad that was helpful. 😁
Patsy, this was wonderful!!! Thank you so much for your clear and straightforward instructions. I am saving this video so I can watch it again and use it as a reference. You are terriffic. Take care
Thank you Nancy! I'm glad that you found it helpful!
This is brilliant, so much easier to follow than trying to match up lines and pin them!
Glad you found it helpful!
Great lesson on making continuous bias! I think I can do this! Love your tone and technique. Thank you!
Marsha Twiford thank you for those kind words! 🥰
Thank you so mush all that folding just had trouble understanding it. But your way is so mush simpler.
I enjoy watching you I use your other method but I will be using this method from now on. I love watching your videos you are so clear in explaining the steps Thank you so much I appreciate you.
You’re so nice! I’m glad this one is helpful. 🥰
I just tried this with some scrap fabric and it came out really nice, I LOVE THIS METHOD, thanks sooo much for this easier method
Hooray! Glad it worked well!
@@patsyspencer4746 yes, and I will only do it this way now❤️❤️❤️
This is a life changer... thank you so much for sharing! Made my bias last night as I watched your video and oh boy how quick was that... perfect binding and so very easy! Will be making more today. Thank you once again. Happy sewing X
I'm glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for posting this! It works perfectly and was even fun to do. I got 7 1/2 yards out of 1/2 yard of quilting cotton fabric 😃👏🎉
Woo Hoo! I’m glad that it was helpful!
Thank you for this. I do wish u had shown how you make the first pocket. Was that selvage to sevagebor opposite
Great video. Thank you for sharing 😊
Going to try this tomorrow. Thanks!
Miracle to me, you made it so easy to follow
Thank you for sharing this amazing technique. Now to sharpen up on my scissor skills. The Spoiled Rotary Cutter!
Sharpen up on your scissor skills. I see what you did there 😆
Wow! I too am a visual person and I truly thank you!
Thanks i enjoyed watching and learning. Very good tutorial and super easy. Love your way of simplifying the way of making. Bye for now i am off making bias binding. xxx
Thank you. This is an awesome way to stock pile with a variety of much needed binding. Excellent
This was helpful. I saw a fast version of someone doing this but slow is better for teaching. Also, your nails look good in the video.
That’s amazing! I can’t wait to try this. Thank you so much for sharing!
What an interesting technique! I need to make some bias tape today for a small project, so I'll give this one a try using a fat quarter. Wish me luck! EDIT - OK, I can see this working well on yardage, but I don't recommend it for a fat quarter. Since it's only about 18" long, cutting 2/3 of the way doesn't leave enough space to make a smoothly transitioning spiral. Perhaps if one cuts it only 1/3 of the way at first, it might work better. Anyway, my bias tape came out a little wonky, but I was able to make it work for my project :-)
Sometimes a larger piece does work better. Mine can come out wonky too!
Thank you sew very much for showing me this amazing way to make bias tape!!! When you first did the 2/3 cut ,,,, I was like,,, dang, she’s making a mess! Then once you were able to lay it out flat,,,,WAAALAAA! MAGIC!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!👏🏻😎🌵🤠😘👍🏻💪🤸♂️🎉🧘♀️
Oh my gosh I just finished the alternative method that you did and I made some and I am so hooked. I enjoyed doing it this way better than the other. Thank You so much I appreciate you
I'm so glad that it was helpful!
Love this method and will definitely try it!
One suggestion: please turn your phone sideways when you film and you’ll get more in the shot so we can see what you’re doing better. 😊
The Wandering Wife - thank you for the suggestion!
Great, clear instructions! Thank you
I'm glad you found it helpful!
Wonderful! I am visual as well, and you explained what you were doing amazingly, and I was able to view what you were up to with clarity! The shadows made it easier, I think. Most videos are done under bright lights and they get washed out, I’ve noticed. I also have noticed that many people do tutorials for seams and other similar techniques with like colored threads, or with materials that have no visible contrast and that completely defies the purpose! Why bother showing people how to do something if nobody can see the show, right? Anyway...anything not visible in the frame, you explained well enough to understand what you were doing on the corners I wasn’t able to see. Good job!
I found your tutorial just now, because I was looking for a different method of bias tape cutting than the usual tube method. I like the continuity of the tape, but I never seem to get my intersections “just right” and my tape always comes out all wobbly with angles having been cut, usually at the last stitched seam where my lines didn’t match up ENOUGH. I HATE it! I’m not amazing at cutting straight lines into fabric hanging from my arm even if my intersections miraculously were on point! NOR do I enjoy the back and forth from machine to iron to mat, to machine to iron etc....This looks like the solution I was after- rotary cutting, one trip to the iron, and no awkward seam intersecting! Yay!! I know it will work when I try it, because you showed us it worked, and I could see and comprehend your tutorial! Thank you sooooo much! I also don’t quilt, so it’s nice to hear someone be forgiving every once in a while, bonus!
I sent it to Pinterest, it should make some rounds!
OMG~! finally understand how this is done after watching and TRYING other ways! The best! Thank you.
Oh my you have made this look so easy, trying this next time I need binding perhaps I won’t waste so much fabric
Hooray! I hope that you find this works for you!
Thank you so much! I have tried many methods; this is by far my favorite!
Hooray! I'm glad it helped. :-)
This is similar to cutting a t-shirt for yarn. This is great!
Oh yeah! You’re right. I didn’t even think about that. 😊
I am excited to try it early tomorrow morning so I can get going on making more face masks using ties this time. It looks awesome to get an abundance of bias tape at once! Thank you for patiently giving step by step directions...
Wonderful!!!! So glad I saw this!
Thank you Patsy. I did it with you watching your video and it came out great. Well great for me. Will get better next time.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen this method. Love it! I know you said that you usually use for pillows but I make a lot of bags and this would be easier and not have as many seams on the bags.
Thank you so much, wish I had seen this earlier. I just almost messed up my remaining fabric for my bias tape by using, or trying to use, the tube method. I will use this from now on!!!
Awesome job!
Thank you so much for posting this. It is so much easier than the other tube method. :)
That does make sense. Thank you. The traditional tube method did not work well for me at all. This one should be easier.
Brilliant Patsy, thank you so much for sharing.
You're welcome! Hope it helps.
I LOVE this idea. Thank you
Patsy, thank you for your demonstration ... I really enjoyed it and will definitely use that method. My comments are for your video's in the future.
1. NEVER use a striped fabric, it plays havoc with the viewers screen. Watch TV and try to spot a stripe ... it just doesn't happen.
2. Move your camera further away from your work surface. That way the viewer will have a better view of everything and everyone.
3. Before starting your video gather ALL the products you will be using and have them off to your camera right/left. It's more professional to
not turn your back to the camera. The information you provided was great!!!! Thank You for being so willing to share and I enjoyed very
much your chit-chat to keep us involved.
IMHO, 1. The striped fabric looks fine. You can really see the bias direction, which wouldn’t be obvious on a non-striped fabric. Besides, stripes are a very popular bias binding! 2. The camera distance was fine here, since she couldn’t zoom in. Yes, there are times you don’t see the whole piece of fabric, but she explains it so well (e.g. “corner-stitching to corner-stitching”) it was clear to me. You wouldn’t be able to see the drawn lines or ruler markings at a farther distance. 3. As for turning to grab the marker-not a big deal, it was close at hand. Sure, she could’ve had it in a pocket or something, but no problem here. I DO agree with Barbara and so many others that this is a brilliant method for making a lot of bias binding! And your demeanor was kind and reassuring and engaging. (I especially enjoyed the “crack” at the usual “quilters’ quarter-inch seams”!😆)
Love it, thank you, I'm a visual person too.
I'm glad you found it helpful!
Thankyou so much Patsy :) Very easy to follow and thankyou for using the dark marker for the obvious contrast lines. (I have two black fabric markers for exactly that reason) - just before lockdown hit I got a Bias maker, but I was stumped as to how I could get continuous bias. I have actually used the tube method to make t-shirt yarn, so this would really help in that regard as well. I have made so much Bias now and I am so happy.
Love this video! Thanks for posting this....I have tried the other way of making continuous binding and it is hit or miss and I can’t figure out why! I’m going to go and try this now!
Omg anytime I try it on my scrap fabrics my bias tape would come out nice, but as I try it on my nice materials, idk some how I keep messing it up, so I will try this method and see how it works 😊
Mind blowing!
Woooow! 😱 Thank you, let’s give it a try👍🏻
Thanks for sharing. with practice I could do this. Great idea. Thanks again. 19:11 19:11
Thank you! I needed a refresher on this method. When using 1 1/2 yards in this method, lining up all those strips can be frustrating. I have found that inserting two rods into the tube and pulling in opposite directions as lowering it to the table helps minimize twisting. This is so much easier to then draw the connecting lines.
Years ago Conso Trims had a print pamphlet describing this method. Included was a table showing X yards of fabric will make X yardage of bias. I have lost my pamphlet, and my search skills have not found one. Do you have such a table you can share with us?
Well after messing up a strange looking tube method. (Arghh) I’m going to use your method. Thank You 🙌❤️💜🙏💚💙
So neat. Thank you.
Thank you Shirley! I'm glad that you found it helpful!
Also, if you cut fabric strips for rug making on the bias you won’t have all the loose strings to deal with.
Thank you so much!!! Easiest ever!!!!😁
Glad you found it helpful! 😃