Old 05-24-2011, 11:53 PM
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More questions relating to my stained glass quilting project.

Most of the things I read on the bias tape method of stained glass quilting says to use some sort of fusible to temporary attach the binding to the fabric until you sew it down. The problem is most of those instructions are for like 3/8" bias tape. The majority of my bias is either 1/8" or 3/16" and they don't make fusible bias tape that small. Or at least not that I'm aware of (and I looked).

I did a little bit of experimentation. I bought some 3/8" fusible tape (Heat n Bond), cut off 1/8" from it, cut a strip of fabric to 1/8", followed the instructions on attaching the tape to the fabric, and ironed the strip to another piece of fabric. And it actually worked. But I'd have to custom cut all my tape and it bonded to the fabric a little bit too well which would make it difficult to reposition. I really had to tug on it good to get that little strip off.

So here I am looking for suggestions on how to attach the super thin bias tape before stitching it down.
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