Someone please come over and slap me
09-01-2011, 06:06 AM
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Ok ... found another mistake. At some point I must have flipped my strips because not all of the seams go in the same direction (although they are all on the same side of the fabric now). So looking across the strip the 4 seams are oriented like this \ \ / \
I'm not fixing that.
AND ... I saw the tute that someone posted ... link to the continuous binding where you make an offset tube. GENIUS!! I must try that the next time.
Thanks everyone.
I'm not fixing that.
AND ... I saw the tute that someone posted ... link to the continuous binding where you make an offset tube. GENIUS!! I must try that the next time.
Thanks everyone.
09-01-2011, 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
AND ... I saw the tute that someone posted ... link to the continuous binding where you make an offset tube. GENIUS!! I must try that the next time.
Thanks everyone.
Thanks everyone.
09-01-2011, 06:15 AM
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Sorry to chuckle over this but I just did the same thing
last weekend. All I did was stitch and rip. It also was a fabric with no right and wrong side.
I thought, "what is wrong with you".
I couldn't believe that I kept repeating the same mistake
over again., LOL
last weekend. All I did was stitch and rip. It also was a fabric with no right and wrong side.
I thought, "what is wrong with you".
I couldn't believe that I kept repeating the same mistake
over again., LOL
09-01-2011, 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by kuseta
I was making a pair of pants for myself and somehow ended up with one giant pant leg instead of 2! I still don't know how I did that.
:lol: :lol:
09-01-2011, 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by dallen4350
Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie
How do you make continuous bias? Don't you have to seam sometime or another.
Start with a square of fabric. What size square? Determine the length of the binding that you'll need and multiply by the width of the strip. Then take the square root of the result. For example, if you were going to make binding for a 12.5" square quilt, the length that you need would be 50". If the width is 2", then 50 X 2 = 100. The square root of 100 is 10. Then add another some extra, so I would use 12" or so.
Mark the top with the letter A. The bottom with the letter B. The left with the letter C. The right with the letter D.
Cut the square diagonally from the corner CA to BD.
Match sides A and B with right sides together and sew a 1/4 inch seam. Press open.
Then mark lines on the resulting parallelogram from sides C to D, using the desired width of your bias. (I do this on the right side of fabric.)
Now, with right sides together match the top of side C to the 1st line on side D. Yes, this will get wonky. Each line should match up. You should have an extra row on top of D and the bottom of C. Sew 1/4" seam. Press open (this is hard). Turn so you can see the marked lines.
Then using a scissors, cut along the marked lines. You will end up with one long piece of bias.
Hope this helps.
The markings are different but the result is the same. :-D
09-01-2011, 08:35 AM
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I have found that if I line up, pin and mark all of my strips at one time it is easier for me. This way I can see if they are going the right direction before I sew. Sometimes I baste because it's easier to take out in case one is wonky. It's not fail-safe but it does help me.
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