This is exactly what I needed! Sewing tutorials are a bit different & explain it more complicated to me. As the intended purpose is often different from what we use as cosplayers
this is such a great tutorial! glad i found it for the cosplay I'm working on. do you have any tips of doing the mitered corners like on your madoka cosplay, i like the second method and I'm a little stuck on how to do those with the sewing machine
Your bias tape looks so clean! I have trouble with bias tape around curves and getting roping/warping wrinkles. I'm using the 3rd method with hand sewing on a reversible bodice with tie straps and waist curves if those are factors. I figure it might have something to do with not keeping the 2 sides totally in line with each other, but I'm not sure how to correct for that with stretching around the curves? Like probably the 1st topstitching method with pre-shaping the bias tape would probably have it happen the least but I figure there should also be a way with invisible stitching?
@@AnnieChieDesigns Does pre-shaping work for like a yard and a half of bias for the top of the bodice (back, front and straps is one line)? I'm worried it will change size while I'm sewing the 1st side on the machine and then some of the pre-shaped curves will end up in the wrong place?
@ReinaElizondo it should theoretically work for longer pieces of bias. Are the neckline to shoulder straps curved or is there a slight corner? It's hard to tell with just written word but if the shape is less gradual and is acting more like a corner you may need to miter the corner, which I unfortunately haven't covered here 😅
@@AnnieChieDesigns Thanks for the advice; I'll try it! The straps are curved. (The pattern is B4669 or reprint S9592 view C. In case you're curious lol.) The pattern does have a mitered spot in the back at the armscye/base of straps, but I drafted that out 😅. Some of the curves wind up kind of 'S' concave to convex to concave and the concave bits seem to be where the roping/wrinkling happened the worst.
@ReinaElizondo ah okay okay. Your best bet will likely be to take it very slow and don't pull too much when sewing on the bias tape. I find sometimes my bias tape looks a bit wobbly if I have forced it a bit too much
I love when you give actual examples on your costumes. Im such a visual learner and seeing the actual outcome of a technique is so helpful!
I'm so glad you think so. I also learn better that way and I think it's good to have actual examples so it's easier to understand how bias can be used
Very informative. I did not know bias tape even existed but now I do. Explanations and tutorials were done well.
And now you will never be able to unsee bias tape! You're welcome!
Thank you. This was very informative. I would like to see more videos like this.❤
Definitely hoping to make more!
This is exactly what I needed! Sewing tutorials are a bit different & explain it more complicated to me. As the intended purpose is often different from what we use as cosplayers
thank u, i've been struggling a little with bias tape, this helped a lot
I'm glad this video dropped at the right time! I'm a beginner at sewing and i really want to make my own cosplay, this is really useful! ❤
I'm so glad to hear that! :D glad this video could be of some help!
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this is such a great tutorial! glad i found it for the cosplay I'm working on. do you have any tips of doing the mitered corners like on your madoka cosplay, i like the second method and I'm a little stuck on how to do those with the sewing machine
you should also show how to make a "long strip" of biais ^^ like when you sew a loop together and cut it spiral and have a super long biais ^^
Not a bad idea if I decide to do a tutorial with even more bias tricks!
Your bias tape looks so clean! I have trouble with bias tape around curves and getting roping/warping wrinkles. I'm using the 3rd method with hand sewing on a reversible bodice with tie straps and waist curves if those are factors. I figure it might have something to do with not keeping the 2 sides totally in line with each other, but I'm not sure how to correct for that with stretching around the curves? Like probably the 1st topstitching method with pre-shaping the bias tape would probably have it happen the least but I figure there should also be a way with invisible stitching?
Pre-shaping and pressing the bias tape in a curbed shape ahead of time can really help! It can get the stretch to stay much better.
@@AnnieChieDesigns Does pre-shaping work for like a yard and a half of bias for the top of the bodice (back, front and straps is one line)? I'm worried it will change size while I'm sewing the 1st side on the machine and then some of the pre-shaped curves will end up in the wrong place?
@ReinaElizondo it should theoretically work for longer pieces of bias. Are the neckline to shoulder straps curved or is there a slight corner? It's hard to tell with just written word but if the shape is less gradual and is acting more like a corner you may need to miter the corner, which I unfortunately haven't covered here 😅
@@AnnieChieDesigns Thanks for the advice; I'll try it! The straps are curved. (The pattern is B4669 or reprint S9592 view C. In case you're curious lol.) The pattern does have a mitered spot in the back at the armscye/base of straps, but I drafted that out 😅. Some of the curves wind up kind of 'S' concave to convex to concave and the concave bits seem to be where the roping/wrinkling happened the worst.
@ReinaElizondo ah okay okay. Your best bet will likely be to take it very slow and don't pull too much when sewing on the bias tape. I find sometimes my bias tape looks a bit wobbly if I have forced it a bit too much