Originally Posted by
kimv44
I've looked at those machines that make and iron binding strips for you... they advertise "no more burnt fingers!" but the reviews are not that good.
Anyone have luck with them?
I have the Simplicity Bias Tape Maker, which makes bias tape and binding (with the right size tip). Here's the one I have:
http://www.joann.com/simplicity-bias...r/xprd1025267/
I really like it and it has saved me a lot of time. I don't mind ironing binding, but this spits out, in about 20 seconds, binding for a king size quilt. The hardest part about it is feeding the first part of the binding into the tip. That takes an additional 20 seconds. So in the space of a minute your binding is ready to go.
They now have a deluxe version which also does piping -
http://www.joann.com/simplicity-delu...prd_10865723a/.
The rotary cutting machine -
http://www.joann.com/simplicity-rota...e/xprd1025269/ - is a completely separate machine for strip cutting. I do not have one and can't speak to how well they work.
Hope this helps!