How To Make A Bias Tape Maker

This printable bias tape maker by carla from the scientific seamstress blog is a perfect example of what can happen when you bring a science based skill set into the studio.

How to make a bias tape maker. Fat quarters are perfect to make this tape. I just need the narrow strips with enclosed raw edges. The bias tape maker takes your open fabric and sort of folds it over onto itself and this folded piece comes out of the narrow end. To do this first mark your cutting lines on the fabric using chalk pencil or dressmakers pen.

Whenever i buy them in bulk and i dont like a print for my crafts i use it to make bias. You can use an awl to pull the fabric trough if necessary. Cut out strips of fabric for your bias tape. To begin with you will need to have the fabric of your choosing a sewing machine and a good pair of scissors.

You can cut the strips vertically horizontally or diagonally. Bias tape maker clover or prym fabric strips cut on bias iron on steam setting pin optional. Step 1 cutting the bias strips for this tutorial im making 1 tape or 12 double folded tape so the measurements used here are for this particular. Using a bias tape maker is not only so much fasterit saves you from many burned fingers.

As you pull the bias tape out of the narrow end you press in the creases with your iron a little at a time. Bias tape makers are handy tools that are so simple to use. If you want to make a bias tape then cut it diagonally on the bias using 45 degrees angle. Plus it comes in a variety of sizes so its easy to adapt to whatever project youre working on.

Once you have the right maker you feed the well pressed fabric for the bias tape into it. I will use the tape maker to make some fabric trims on my table runner. Take the bias tape maker that you need depending on the width of your bias tape. So i am going to cut vertically.

Making bias tape from fabric without a maker. By thinking through all of the details required to make even usable bias tape she created a simple straight forward tool that anyone can makeand it only requires. Using your bias tape maker. Decide how wide you need your finished product to be how long you need it and whether or not you want it to be double fold or single fold scroll to the bottom for pictures of both.

I dont want to make a bias tape. Put the point of the strip into the wide end of the tape maker. Grab your fabric and place it on a table or a large cutting mat fold one edge over the other cut along the fold trim the extra fabric to the.