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05-18-2011, 07:48 PM

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Flying_V_Goddess

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Originally Posted by roseOfsharon

The 1/8 would be cut at 3/8 .... what I had done with making the bias for my Celtic block ... was to cut a strip from card stock or 3x5 card at 3/8 and placed in the middle of the 3/8 cut and iron each side to the center. Making the 1/8 bias....

I am not sure what to tell you for the 3/16.... 5/16 and do the same I am guessing.

I used the mini iron by Clover to press my bias. Used a small ironing mat and sat and ironed away. I cut my bias from fat quarters/ you get quite a bit from one.

You may find it easier to work with short pieces than a really long one. Hide your starts and stops at a point where it is covered by an overpass or under another bias piece. I hope that makes sense.

It makes sense. But there's longer pieces of leading that are uninterupted and can't be worked in smaller pieces.

Here's an example of what I mean. This is the Ruto window I was talking about a couple posts ago. I marked some of the longer pieces of leading (I did miss marking her other arm). The leading I marked in red is the one I measured to be more than 40". Its 3/16" leading and I wonder if I pieced two strips together to get the desired length if the seam from joining them together would create too much bulk since the bias tape will be so thin.

[IMG]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/RutoLINE.png[/IMG]

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