Silver bias tape

[mellymell]

Ok, a few months back when I was looking for it, I found plenty. Well, it wasn't just everywhere, but there was some to be had both on Ebay and various other suppliers. Joanns' didn't have silver, though they did have gold, making me think Wright's probably makes some, they just didn't have it in stock. But I can't find it anywhere. All I can seem to find is the really small fusible stuff for stained glass quilting (made by Clover). I want to bind the seams and neckline on my Angel undergown to keep the seams from being too scratchy and hopefully help them to hold up a little better. Now I can't find stupid bias tape in silver. *sigh* Well, I have bias tape makers. I guess I'll go order some swatches for some silver dupioni or something. A little more expensive than premade tape, but hey, then it'll be silk, right? Like it matters.

Comments

[belluthien.livejournal.com]

It matters. I highly recommend making your own. You will love it, and it feels great on the inside.
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[mellymel-cos.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I thought of you when that option popped in my head actually. I've got several swatches of silver colored dupioni on the way from fabric.com, all of which are around $12/yd. I noticed syfabrics has one as well if I don't like any of these. Do you think a yard will be sufficient?

[belluthien.livejournal.com]

Lol. I actually used a little self made grain tape for Ringo's chevron. ;p I don't think I've made an outfit without self made tape yet, although lately I've used less because of a tendency to bag line.

A yard should be enough. How many yards of bias do you need? I'm not too good at math, but I think it would be easy to figure out how many yards of bias could be made out of one yard of fabric. It also depends on how wide the fabric is...
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[mellymel-cos.livejournal.com]

The fabrics I'm looking at are all 54" wide. Off the top of my head, I'd say I need about 5 yards of bias, give or take.

Hey, look what I just found, a nifty little guide to making and figuring bias tape. Looks like regardless of how wide I want my tape, a yard of 54" wide fabric is going to be more than enough to do what I need. Thanks!