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   starzoe | Dec 24, 2008 01:48am | #1

   If you want a lot of bias tape, say for a quilt edge or for cording, the barrel method is the one to use. If you need just a few yards for trim, make bias tape the easier way. I could tell you how to do either one, but first I am going to google it and maybe (most likely) there are good instructions somewhere.

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   Deborah15 | Dec 24, 2008 09:00pm | #3

   THANKS to you both!! I used the words 'Barrel Bias Tape' in google, and there the instructions were - after going thru one other site.

   http://pir8.freeservers.com/quilting/CBT/#directions

   This is exactly the pattern I was looking for.  This is the first time I've used the Threads online discussion, and it was a winner for me!  Thank you both - Happy Holidays.

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   paddyscar | Dec 26, 2008 10:56pm | #4

   Threads discussion is always a winner, so come back often!

   Frances

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   Sancin | Dec 28, 2008 04:40am | #5

   I hope you like your bias tape when you have made it. Personally, I have made bias tape by piecing ends and also by using a ruler and cutter flat on a quilting cutter mat. Missing varnish on my dining room table attests to the point that I used too small a mat at one point. I find I prefer to cut flat with a ruler on a mat. When I have made bias tape by the cylinder method I don't seem to be able to get consistent width tape. And I have tried everything. Cutting seems to get out of line when cutting through the seams.

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   starzoe | Dec 24, 2008 01:56am | #2

   http://www.savvyseams.com/techniques/biastape.php

   Here is the first that came up - I put cut your own bias tape
   into Google - there are more sites I didn't read.