bias tape tutorial (all by machine)
Here it is! There are many ways to sew bias tape on and here's a method I don't describe in my book. It's all stitched by machine and is how I trimmed hem and pockets on this skirt. Enjoy, and hooray for totally unprofessional video making!
**if this video is unavailable, check back in a few hours, okay? I don't know what is up with You Tube, it was working fine before. . .I will keep checking it. You can also try this link here.
Thanks for posting this helpful and hilarious video! I taught myself how to sew, so it's neat to see how I'm *supposed* to be doing stuff!
Posted by: Beth | March 22, 2008 at 04:32 PM
That was fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing this great technique. Please do more of these!!!
Posted by: Allison | March 22, 2008 at 04:38 PM
hah! and it really, really works!
Posted by: Grammie | March 22, 2008 at 04:44 PM
This is the most awesome and hilarious tutorial. The popsicle stick narrator thing was so perfect. Thanks for sharing!!
Posted by: Kelly | March 22, 2008 at 04:45 PM
Awesome !!! love the narration - just love it !
Posted by: jodie | March 22, 2008 at 04:50 PM
Amy, this is awesome!! [high five!]
Posted by: sally | March 22, 2008 at 04:59 PM
Thanksyou - great tutorial!
Posted by: Kate | March 22, 2008 at 05:01 PM
Thank you! I'm going to make a summer dress soon, and I want to trim the hem with bias tape... now I can! Thanks again. :)
Posted by: Jenna | March 22, 2008 at 05:01 PM
Thank you for this! Encore!
Posted by: Nicole | March 22, 2008 at 05:01 PM
Hilarious and yet totally useful! I would love to see a whole series of these...
Posted by: lina | March 22, 2008 at 05:07 PM
Well, your tutorial was so much fun, I want to go finish an edge with bias tape right now! Great job. (The popsicle stick narrator was a hoot!)
Posted by: Cheryl (Copper's Wife) | March 22, 2008 at 05:07 PM
Ok, so I have known how to do this for years, but I still watched because I knew you would make it hilarious! Thanks for the laugh! And love your stick Amy. She is a great actress. A very clean non-swearing actress. I think she should be a blog regular!
Posted by: Samantha | March 22, 2008 at 05:07 PM
Why is this no longer available to see? I was so looking forward to seeing it.
Posted by: Deanna | March 22, 2008 at 05:12 PM
i LOVE it. hilarious and VERY informational! thanks. :)
Posted by: lorena | March 22, 2008 at 05:13 PM
Heeheehee, that tutorial is great, very informative.
I HATE pinning, if I could sew everything without pinning I would be one happy camper. Thanks for showing me how to sew on bias tape!
Posted by: Dani | March 22, 2008 at 05:14 PM
It says the video is no longer available!!
Posted by: Steph | March 22, 2008 at 05:15 PM
Yep. I'm getting the "no longer available" message too.
Posted by: Sarah | March 22, 2008 at 05:18 PM
that was wonderful! too cute!
Posted by: mar | March 22, 2008 at 05:24 PM
Oh no! I am getting that it is unavailable too. The tragedy! (I guess it's not THAT tragic, it's just that I had been hoping for an easy way to do that for a while. ;) )
Posted by: Leah | March 22, 2008 at 05:31 PM
hmm-not sure what is up with you tube, it was working fine before, I will check it out. . .hang tight!
Posted by: amy k. | March 22, 2008 at 05:32 PM
no longer available.
i'm so sad :(
Posted by: *mindi* | March 22, 2008 at 05:34 PM
Oh no! Not available and I really would love to learn an easier way!!! I'm going to keep checking back in hopes that it was just a problem with the nut behind this comp!
Posted by: barb | March 22, 2008 at 05:34 PM
Hmm same here. I've never uploaded to youtube. Does it expire?
Posted by: jennie | March 22, 2008 at 05:58 PM
Great! I loved the skirt, but was intimidated by the bias trim.
I love your choice of fabric, by the way!
Posted by: Nicole | March 22, 2008 at 06:40 PM
so, there is too much traffic on the video right now-check back later and it should work. . .
Posted by: amy k. | March 22, 2008 at 06:43 PM
dude. we're all chompin at the bit for that video and it's all flooded out! ;) I will wait. Patiently.
Happy Easter, girl. And to all your peeps too. xoxo.
Posted by: amanda | March 22, 2008 at 07:06 PM
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I've always wondered why one side was different than the others. However, I would LOVE for you to show me a curve or a mitered corner. Those kick my butt everytime.
BTW, loved the video and the stick Amy.
Posted by: Cindy | March 22, 2008 at 07:16 PM
too funny, amy!!
Posted by: jessica | March 22, 2008 at 07:20 PM
Thanks for posting that--I'm a cursing-under-my-breath sewer, so this was a nice little tidbit--I always thought the bias tape was just annoyingly uneven, LOL!
Posted by: Kim (McClellan) Mercer | March 22, 2008 at 07:21 PM
That is sooo great! Thank you. I love the real time aspect.
Posted by: Alison | March 22, 2008 at 07:24 PM
Hilarious! And educational to boot. Who knew the two could go together so well?
Posted by: Stephanie | March 22, 2008 at 07:37 PM
cindy-
you can do curves the exact same way, because it on the bias, it will curve, I promise!
and posy gets cozy has a great tutorial for mitered corners:
http://rosylittlethings.typepad.com
/posie_gets_cozy/2008/02/binding-
tute.html
Posted by: amy k. | March 22, 2008 at 08:34 PM
thank you, thank you!!! since i don't have a serger, i plan on sewing on a lot of bias tape edges! :)
Posted by: delena | March 22, 2008 at 09:41 PM
that was brilliant. brilliant! i am completely in awe that you put that together with three children hanging around somewhere. i now worship you as an even more accomplished accomplisher.
Posted by: tifanie | March 22, 2008 at 09:42 PM
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Seriously....THANK YOU!!!
Posted by: Michele | March 22, 2008 at 09:46 PM
I love it! I smiled through the whole thing! You are a wonderful teacher. I love your book and I love your blog.
No longer lurking,
Linda
Posted by: Linda Nichols | March 22, 2008 at 10:16 PM
OH MY GOD IT'S ANGRY CHICKEN: THE MOVIE.
Posted by: erin | March 22, 2008 at 10:30 PM
haaa...you are AWESOME and that was hilarious. thanks for the lesson.
Posted by: amy lowrey | March 22, 2008 at 10:36 PM
That just about made my week. Heck let's just say you made my month. I had an ear to ear smile through the whole clip. Ha Ha Ha!
Must make popsicle stick picture heads now.
entertaining yet informative, 2 thumbs up!
Posted by: imapicklepinpal | March 22, 2008 at 10:42 PM
Hee hee, that was cute and funny! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Posted by: strikkelise | March 22, 2008 at 11:00 PM
thank you for this. now i am gonna try this with a lot more confidence!
(and this tutorial is so adorable. you are such a delight.)
Posted by: liz elayne | March 22, 2008 at 11:07 PM
Oh so hilarious!! And yet so insightful! Great tutorial...what a great Easter present you gave us all!
Posted by: Amber | March 22, 2008 at 11:17 PM
You had me with, "I don't pin, because I don't want to." OH MY. This is freaking brilliant. I especially love how you "demo" the sewing part.
This is brilliant. I'm on hiatus this week, but will be linking this on Monday. Blessings.
Posted by: Wende | March 22, 2008 at 11:45 PM
I think this is my favorite tutorial of all time..... and I already knew how to do this!! I love entertaining tutorials, and this is the best I have seen! :)
Posted by: Nicole | March 23, 2008 at 12:55 AM
Thank you for that. I love the part where you "step away" and you just hear the sewing machine going. :)
Posted by: Kuky | March 23, 2008 at 01:12 AM
Finally, someone explains why the bias tape has wide and narrow sides! I have been sewing for over 20 years, and never knew that. Loved it, and just made my sewing life that much easier. Thankyou!
Posted by: heather | March 23, 2008 at 01:15 AM
Thank you Amy, tutorial on video rocks! of course we want more of that! happy Easter to you x
Posted by: fanja | March 23, 2008 at 01:23 AM
I love it! Can we have more tutorial videos, please? Could you show us how to put in a zip without crying?
Posted by: Friendly Flamingo | March 23, 2008 at 02:04 AM
So funny! I love it. This is the best way to do bias tape. The only thing I do different is to actually "stitch in the ditch"...stitch at the point where the two fabrics meet and that way you don't see any stitching on the front side.
Posted by: Suzanne - The Farmer's Wife | March 23, 2008 at 02:49 AM
Your tutorial is sooo great, I love your humour!
Posted by: Kate | March 23, 2008 at 03:51 AM