I have watched SEVERAL tutorials on how to make biased tape, such a simple task right? WRONG! I've done it so many times and got it wrong every time. This tutorial was the most clear, most perfect demonstration I've ever seen! When I make my next batch, I'm using this tutorial, and I know I'll finally get it right!!!!
I was just getting ready to say the exact same thing. This tutorial is by far the best out there. The first time I made continuous bias tape I did it all wrong. I put both ends together as opposed to moving over that inch to begin sewing. This tutorial gets up close and shows us exactly where to begin sewing. Two thumbs up from me.
I discovered you in early Nov 2024 and now I’m obsessed with watching and rewatching all of your videos. I just became a Patreon subscriber. Keep posting!
Love clean finishes on the interior of garments. Bias binding finishes sewn t the outside give a lovely pop of interest to otherwise plain garments. Please keep these types of videos coming. Thx
OMG -- I never would have thought of flipping the bias tape making over and pressing it from the right side! That makes so much sense! Brilliant. Also, I've yet to meet a vest I don't love, but this one is SO CHIC! Someone needs to have a dinner party and invite you already. 😉
I have been making my own bias tape as well. When I saw the title I thought I already know how to do that but over my morning coffee I wanted to watch something. Surprise I actually learned several new tips that I can't wait to try. Thank you for another great informative video. The vest looks great on you.
I have always loved vests, aka “sleeveless jackets”. They are so useful, not only for fashion and art, but especially for camouflage and a source of pockets, and can be worn with a sleeveless top underneath in summer. Great new info on how to finish the armholes neatly with bias seam binding. Thank you so much. My favourites are reversible vests (and reversible jackets). Blessings! from Canada 🇨🇦
I watched and saved this video the day that you posted it as I knew it would be useful. Today I'm making some bias tape for a home-dec project and boy, is that chart you provided ever clever and handy. Thanks so much Casey. Your content is, as ever, spot on! Thinking of you regularly and looking forward to seeing you again soon.
I love this method for making bias tape. I appreciate the tip about flipping the bias tape make handle - I’ll give it a try next time. I save left over bias tape and have actually found uses for it many times….
This was a wonderful video I make and have been making my own bias binding for years. Before I had the tool, I was actually painstakingly folding in both sides. I recently purchased the same kit that you did of all the different size binding makers. I love the best. I love the vest with shorts. I think it’s a nice look much more attractive than a T-shirt and very cool. Meaning let the air flow through thank you for very well doneno cutie stuff just a very beautifully presented video. Thank you.❤
Classy vest styling. I have the pattern and you have now shown me so many different things I can do with it. Never thought of saving scraps for bias tape. Thank you for all the useful info.
I LOVE this project! I've been swooning over your Reformation inspo for more than a year. And thanks for the comprehensive bias tape tutorial. I think marking the 3/8" seam allowance is genius. I love to inject a little boho into my style and use homemade bias tape to create necklaces or tie some into my hair.
Thank you for this video. I have wanted to make my own bias binding for fun trim of my own. I have watched this technique on other channels but it just was not near as clear as you have been. Thank you I can’t wait to try it now.
First, I love, love the vest although it’s not for me-who wants to see my belly through the vee? Second, this method for cutting the continuous bias tape is pure magic. As a quilter, I have made bias binding from a square of fabric, but only to the point of cutting the strips. I would then have to seam the several strips together-not anymore! And third, turning over the bias tape maker is another fantastic tip. I really enjoy your videos and hope you are doing well.
Excellent instructions on making continuous bias binding! I have the tool and will try it out. Your vest lovely and so versatile. Thanks a great video.
Completely utterly superb video. Beautifully clear and very clearly explained. Thank you so very much. This will be my “go to” in future. I love bias finishes to garments.😊
I love to use silk ties, leftover Chiffon(starch is your friend), and other wovens for bias as well as cottons for pocket bags! And Hong Kong finishes. I love soft bindings. I like to use fold over elastic on my knits. So fun! Thank you for showing the ease in making this binding. When you wear a very well finished garment outside and inside, you feel great wearing it. Cut those dog ears! Sorry, quilter here.🪡☕️🧵👗❤😊 I am so glad I bought the Vito pattern. I have so much linen and I will add this pattern hack to my stack of lovely to do’s. Thank you so much.
Witam, przypadkowo obejrzałam ten filmik, jestem pod wrażeniem jak w przystępny, spokojny sposób omówiłaś i pokazałaś triki z taśmą, zostaję i daję subskrybcję, serdecznie pozdrawiam Magda z Polski.
i had a top like that from tristan & america lol...i loved it! waaaaaay back early 90's. I mostly stay away from 80-2000's but i think i need this back in my life! bias tape maker tip is brilliant and i had no idea you should be stretching the bias tape...great info, tfs:)
The bias tape maker tool is a game-changer, time-saver! Your instructions on creating bias tape were perfectly clear. I've been making bias tape for sewing onto bath towels that have frayed and it's been taking FOREVER. Love this video!
I was so inspired watching your bias tape instructions and your fabulous lengthen vest .You look so fabulous in the different views that you model.Thank you for sharing!
Yes!! Thank you! I was always under the impression that bias tape needed so much fabric so I've compromised on finding something that kinda matches. Great video
Hi , Your videos are sooo good. The explanation is very simple and nice. Iam also a sewist. Please make video on how you film the sewing videos. Its perfect. Thank you.
Omg, I love that vest and the short set.🥺 Is it the little slit mirroring the V at the neckline, as you said, or does your waist look that "snatched" in real life? I'm getting hardcore hourglass vibes!😃 I'm definitely going to try to do something like that now to attempt that visual - great inspo! It's what I've been looking for.... and so easy to do. 😊
Thank you for such a comprehensive tutorial on making bias tape! I've only ever worked with ready made bias tape or ribbon trims but have been interested in the process in case I ever have a hard to match fabric. A complete aside, but I'm curious about your accent! I know you said you're based in East Lansing, MI but you sometimes you remind me of a friend from Chapel Hill, NC--did you grow up in the south by chance?
I've done this once and did not know about stretching or shaping it!! Thanks 😊 I did not really enjoy the process, but I think I'd give it another go while re-watching this tutorial 👍 I love the top, looks fantastic! Definitely make it in cream/beige too! P.S My Vivi pattern is cut out, looking forward to sewing this weekend 😀😀😀
Cutting bias tape is so easy with this continuous method! The hardest part was figuring out how wide my seam allowance was. But my fabric doesn't iron well, so I can't get it to stay folded 😭 I had to lay my clapper on the seams for a few minutes after ironing to make sure they stayed how I pressed them, but I need just over two yards of binding, and when I ironed a short length that I'd put through my tape maker and put my clapper on it for ten minutes, it came unfolded as soon as I picked the clapper up 😭
Why don’t my lines match up when I sew the last seam? 😢 my brain is mushy right now trying to figure it out. I thought I got it when I off set the first line and went to the second but it’s still wrong 😅 help? *edit* I tried again and really focused on lining up the pins/intersecting seam lines and it worked beautifully!!
The stretching thing would definitely solve the problem I have where the 25mm/2" causes the fabric to overlap in the middle. I'll have to give this a shot. I agree the assembly is a little awkward with this method, but worth it! I finally made a little paper model to remind me how it goes together.
Such a great video! I never thought about marking in the stitch lines when doing continuous bias but it definitely made the matching up part look a lot easier than when I eyeball it! Also, what ruler do you use? I like the stopper thing at the end that seems to line up with your table. My ruler has lost a lot of the fine lines and it’s time for a replacement!
The results here confused me at first because I was waiting for you to enclose both sides of the raw edge with the bias tape (what can I say - I am a quilter 😂). It was only after re-watching several times that I realized that you are using the tape as facing - or at least I think I have that right?
Does the fabric type that you use for the binding matter? E.g. If you're making a linen top, does the binding need to be linen or could you use viscose?
As someone who mostly quilt I don't use bias binding, unless I'm making a round quilt like a tree skirt I just made. Anyway, bias cut or not I always use The Ultimate Binding Tutorial by Jenny from Missouri Star Quilt co (YT video) to sew the two endings together on the bias. Impossible to see where the two ends came together
another great video! i am wondering why you choose to draw lines and cut strips, rather than just use your rotary cutter to cut strips, then join them with a sewing machine after you rotary cut them? I see so many sewists use the technique you used, but as a life-long quilter, I am stumped by this choice. Thanks again!
Thanks! And I like this method because (even though it takes a little finessing to get it lined up at first) it is so much faster and easier for me to sew that one seam, rather than cut a bunch of individual strips and piece together. And it is more efficient to use a smaller square than cut a long bias strip through the center of my fabric, when sometimes I don't have a lot to work with. Really is up to personal preference though! :)
I, too, prefer to cut strips individually and sew each seam. That’s mainly because I have too often messed up the continuous binding method!😜 For me, it’s just so much faster and I don’t end up with the ends having seams close together.
I watch this. I usually like your videos. You’re very good. But this one not so much. I got lost. I have binding tools that are so simple to make my binding . And are cheap on Amazon.
I have watched SEVERAL tutorials on how to make biased tape, such a simple task right? WRONG! I've done it so many times and got it wrong every time. This tutorial was the most clear, most perfect demonstration I've ever seen! When I make my next batch, I'm using this tutorial, and I know I'll finally get it right!!!!
I was just getting ready to say the exact same thing. This tutorial is by far the best out there. The first time I made continuous bias tape I did it all wrong. I put both ends together as opposed to moving over that inch to begin sewing. This tutorial gets up close and shows us exactly where to begin sewing. Two thumbs up from me.
I agree!
I discovered you in early Nov 2024 and now I’m obsessed with watching and rewatching all of your videos. I just became a Patreon subscriber. Keep posting!
Thank you so much! I appreciate that! :)
Best tutorial for bias tape making ever. And I love, love, love the vest! I need this in my wardrobe. Big Hugs.
Thanks!! Glad you like it!
Love clean finishes on the interior of garments. Bias binding finishes sewn t the outside give a lovely pop of interest to otherwise plain garments. Please keep these types of videos coming. Thx
OMG -- I never would have thought of flipping the bias tape making over and pressing it from the right side! That makes so much sense! Brilliant. Also, I've yet to meet a vest I don't love, but this one is SO CHIC! Someone needs to have a dinner party and invite you already. 😉
Great info! Never knew to stretch before folding the bias tape. Or the tip for flipping it over & using that bar. I love making my own!
Thank you for the Bias tape chart. I never thought to search for something like that.
You're welcome!
I have been making my own bias tape as well. When I saw the title I thought I already know how to do that but over my morning coffee I wanted to watch something. Surprise I actually learned several new tips that I can't wait to try. Thank you for another great informative video. The vest looks great on you.
I have always loved vests, aka “sleeveless jackets”. They are so useful, not only for fashion and art, but especially for camouflage and a source of pockets, and can be worn with a sleeveless top underneath in summer. Great new info on how to finish the armholes neatly with bias seam binding. Thank you so much. My favourites are reversible vests (and reversible jackets). Blessings! from Canada 🇨🇦
I love your tip about pre-pressing the strip with a little stretch. It narrows going through the bias maker anyway so your tip totally makes sense.
I watched and saved this video the day that you posted it as I knew it would be useful. Today I'm making some bias tape for a home-dec project and boy, is that chart you provided ever clever and handy. Thanks so much Casey. Your content is, as ever, spot on! Thinking of you regularly and looking forward to seeing you again soon.
Oh good, I'm so glad!! :) Thank you so much!
I love this method for making bias tape. I appreciate the tip about flipping the bias tape make handle - I’ll give it a try next time. I save left over bias tape and have actually found uses for it many times….
This was a wonderful video I make and have been making my own bias binding for years. Before I had the tool, I was actually painstakingly folding in both sides. I recently purchased the same kit that you did of all the different size binding makers. I love the best. I love the vest with shorts. I think it’s a nice look much more attractive than a T-shirt and very cool. Meaning let the air flow through thank you for very well doneno cutie stuff just a very beautifully presented video. Thank you.❤
Bias binding is a wonderful way to utilize those precious scraps of Liberty cotton lawn.
Classy vest styling. I have the pattern and you have now shown me so many different things I can do with it. Never thought of saving scraps for bias tape. Thank you for all the useful info.
I LOVE this project! I've been swooning over your Reformation inspo for more than a year.
And thanks for the comprehensive bias tape tutorial. I think marking the 3/8" seam allowance is genius. I love to inject a little boho into my style and use homemade bias tape to create necklaces or tie some into my hair.
So glad you like it!
Wow…that really stepped up the professional finish. Very helpful never seen that method before.
Beautiful vest with bias binding perfectly matched.
Thank you for this video. I have wanted to make my own bias binding for fun trim of my own. I have watched this technique on other channels but it just was not near as clear as you have been. Thank you I can’t wait to try it now.
First, I love, love the vest although it’s not for me-who wants to see my belly through the vee? Second, this method for cutting the continuous bias tape is pure magic. As a quilter, I have made bias binding from a square of fabric, but only to the point of cutting the strips. I would then have to seam the several strips together-not anymore! And third, turning over the bias tape maker is another fantastic tip. I really enjoy your videos and hope you are doing well.
Very nice Casey, I hope you are hanging in there! Sending healing prayers 🙏🏽 💜
Love that you used contrasting print for the bias tape!
Thank you for all those tips, Casey! I learned so many new, helpful things 😊 also, the vest looks phenomenal on you!
This is timely!!! I’ve been watching a bunch of videos on bias binding. Your videos are helpful as always!
Ah, perfect timing! :) So glad it is helpful!
Love love love this little vest! And lovely bias binding. Thank you!
Great, clear, easy to follow instructions on how to create the bias binding. I am saving this video for future reference. Thank you.
Excellent instructions on making continuous bias binding! I have the tool and will try it out. Your vest lovely and so versatile. Thanks a great video.
Completely utterly superb video. Beautifully clear and very clearly explained. Thank you so very much. This will be my “go to” in future. I love bias finishes to garments.😊
Super cute vest! Love the contrasting bias facing!
Thanks for this tutorial, it was very clear and I appreciate the step by step instructions. Also love the vest/sleeveless top. Great pattern hacking!
Absolutely loved this in-depth tutorial! Also, i would not have considered wearing a vest until this video. Love it!!
Absolutely beautiful vest. Love your tips for bias binding too. ❤
Oh my, what a wonderful video! Now I want to practice with some scrap fabric. Love the finished pieces, thank you so much ❤️
Awesome make. Thank you for the bias tutorial!🌷
I love to use silk ties, leftover Chiffon(starch is your friend), and other wovens for bias as well as cottons for pocket bags! And Hong Kong finishes. I love soft bindings. I like to use fold over elastic on my knits. So fun! Thank you for showing the ease in making this binding. When you wear a very well finished garment outside and inside, you feel great wearing it. Cut those dog ears! Sorry, quilter here.🪡☕️🧵👗❤😊 I am so glad I bought the Vito pattern. I have so much linen and I will add this pattern hack to my stack of lovely to do’s. Thank you so much.
That is so smart!
Witam, przypadkowo obejrzałam ten filmik, jestem pod wrażeniem jak w przystępny, spokojny sposób omówiłaś i pokazałaś triki z taśmą, zostaję i daję subskrybcję, serdecznie pozdrawiam Magda z Polski.
i had a top like that from tristan & america lol...i loved it! waaaaaay back early 90's. I mostly stay away from 80-2000's but i think i need this back in my life! bias tape maker tip is brilliant and i had no idea you should be stretching the bias tape...great info, tfs:)
That turned out great and the style is so flattering. Will try one of those. Thanks.
Thank you for the tutorial. The gilet looks great on you 👌🏼🤗
Nice vest! Great bias tutorial.❤️
The bias tape maker tool is a game-changer, time-saver! Your instructions on creating bias tape were perfectly clear. I've been making bias tape for sewing onto bath towels that have frayed and it's been taking FOREVER. Love this video!
Best bias-making video on RUclips. Thank youuuuuuu.
The vest/shorts sets are perfect! And thanks for the tutorial on bias binding. I’ve never been sure if purchasing the tool would be worth it. Sold!👏🏻
So worth it! I use mine so much (they are also great for making straps and drawstrings)!
Too cute. Nice elevated look. Tutorial is excellent
I had no idea how to make my own bias tape, because I thought it would take so much fabric. I am glad you shared your method.
Your vest looks beautiful and very versatile ❤
Thanks so very much for sharing your knowledge! Great tutorial!❤️
I was so inspired watching your bias tape instructions and your fabulous lengthen vest .You look so fabulous in the different views that you model.Thank you for sharing!
Yes!! Thank you! I was always under the impression that bias tape needed so much fabric so I've compromised on finding something that kinda matches.
Great video
Great video, learned so much. Thank you for all you teach us.
Hi , Your videos are sooo good. The explanation is very simple and nice. Iam also a sewist. Please make video on how you film the sewing videos. Its perfect. Thank you.
Very cute top!! And how have I never heard of stretching the bias pieces before sewing them on. Does that just make it lay better?
This was a great tutorial. Thank you so much for posting this. You are a very good teacher!
Perfect tutorial and I love the vest 🎉
Somewhere on You tube I saw a tutorial showing how to get a lot of bias binding out of a small amount of fabric.
Omg, I love that vest and the short set.🥺 Is it the little slit mirroring the V at the neckline, as you said, or does your waist look that "snatched" in real life? I'm getting hardcore hourglass vibes!😃 I'm definitely going to try to do something like that now to attempt that visual - great inspo! It's what I've been looking for.... and so easy to do. 😊
This is my favorite way to make bias tape for finishing quilts. You don't need a huge square to make many yards of it! 😊
Thank you for such a comprehensive tutorial on making bias tape! I've only ever worked with ready made bias tape or ribbon trims but have been interested in the process in case I ever have a hard to match fabric.
A complete aside, but I'm curious about your accent! I know you said you're based in East Lansing, MI but you sometimes you remind me of a friend from Chapel Hill, NC--did you grow up in the south by chance?
Yes, I am from Mississippi! :) My southern drawl creeps in from time to time!
@@PatternScout Ah, nice! It's subtle but I hadn't heard it before in mid-Michigan. Thanks again!
Hope your health is continuing to improve ♥
Beautiful vest loved the way you could wear it with other garments. Looking good.x
Such a pretty vest!!!!
I've done this once and did not know about stretching or shaping it!! Thanks 😊
I did not really enjoy the process, but I think I'd give it another go while re-watching this tutorial 👍
I love the top, looks fantastic! Definitely make it in cream/beige too!
P.S My Vivi pattern is cut out, looking forward to sewing this weekend 😀😀😀
Hi! Thanks for sharing your tips ! Blessings
I bought some seam binding makers. Now I know how to use them! Thank you 😊
They are so useful! I started with one to see if I would use it, and bought the whole set shortly after!
Cutting bias tape is so easy with this continuous method! The hardest part was figuring out how wide my seam allowance was. But my fabric doesn't iron well, so I can't get it to stay folded 😭 I had to lay my clapper on the seams for a few minutes after ironing to make sure they stayed how I pressed them, but I need just over two yards of binding, and when I ironed a short length that I'd put through my tape maker and put my clapper on it for ten minutes, it came unfolded as soon as I picked the clapper up 😭
I love your little sleeveless vest of yours! It's so cool. I have the Vivi pattern and will definitely make a few versions including this one!
Thanks!! :)
Love, love, love this top….bias tutorial was amazing….i NEED to make this vest top.
Thank you! Yes you do! ;)
Fabulous video thank you for these great tips and directions 😊
Why don’t my lines match up when I sew the last seam? 😢 my brain is mushy right now trying to figure it out. I thought I got it when I off set the first line and went to the second but it’s still wrong 😅 help?
*edit* I tried again and really focused on lining up the pins/intersecting seam lines and it worked beautifully!!
The stretching thing would definitely solve the problem I have where the 25mm/2" causes the fabric to overlap in the middle. I'll have to give this a shot. I agree the assembly is a little awkward with this method, but worth it! I finally made a little paper model to remind me how it goes together.
I love the blouse that you have on ! It is so pretty! Is there a pattern for that one ?
Great video. Thanks so much!
I love the blouse you are wearing in this video. Is it the Poppy blouse pattern?
Oooooo, sharp looking vest!!!
Great video!
Why do you pre-stretch the tape? I've never heard that suggestion before...but I'm sure you have a good reason! Thanks.
Great tutorial.. Looove the outfit!!!🤩
Such a great video! I never thought about marking in the stitch lines when doing continuous bias but it definitely made the matching up part look a lot easier than when I eyeball it! Also, what ruler do you use? I like the stopper thing at the end that seems to line up with your table. My ruler has lost a lot of the fine lines and it’s time for a replacement!
great video
beautiful
Thank you soooo much. Bias tape is my arch enemy but not anymore 😂
Haha, hope this helps!! :)
Great video with very good instructions. Can I ask what was the blouse you ere wearing in the beginning int the block print? It is very pretty.
The results here confused me at first because I was waiting for you to enclose both sides of the raw edge with the bias tape (what can I say - I am a quilter 😂). It was only after re-watching several times that I realized that you are using the tape as facing - or at least I think I have that right?
Awesome 😊
So do you have a pattern for the blouse you are wearing? I would love to make a dress version of this top.
I hope you are feeling well.
Why stretch when pressing the tape? Doesn't that defeat the "give" when you apply it to curves?
I'm not sure exactly why it works, but I get so much better results if I stretch it first. :)
Does the fabric type that you use for the binding matter? E.g. If you're making a linen top, does the binding need to be linen or could you use viscose?
As someone who mostly quilt I don't use bias binding, unless I'm making a round quilt like a tree skirt I just made. Anyway, bias cut or not I always use The Ultimate Binding Tutorial by Jenny from Missouri Star Quilt co (YT video) to sew the two endings together on the bias. Impossible to see where the two ends came together
another great video! i am wondering why you choose to draw lines and cut strips, rather than just use your rotary cutter to cut strips, then join them with a sewing machine after you rotary cut them? I see so many sewists use the technique you used, but as a life-long quilter, I am stumped by this choice. Thanks again!
Thanks! And I like this method because (even though it takes a little finessing to get it lined up at first) it is so much faster and easier for me to sew that one seam, rather than cut a bunch of individual strips and piece together. And it is more efficient to use a smaller square than cut a long bias strip through the center of my fabric, when sometimes I don't have a lot to work with. Really is up to personal preference though! :)
I, too, prefer to cut strips individually and sew each seam. That’s mainly because I have too often messed up the continuous binding method!😜 For me, it’s just so much faster and I don’t end up with the ends having seams close together.
Beautiful make. How tall are you?
Thanks! I'm 5'-9"
Tldr; make a square then triangles then rhombus; mark lines; make mobius strip offset by one row; cut out continuous bias strip!! Mind blowing!
Way way way confusing to my old mind!!
I watch this. I usually like your videos. You’re very good. But this one not so much. I got lost. I have binding tools that are so simple to make my binding . And are cheap on Amazon.
So darn cute!