to prepare your fabric for making your very own bias binding start off by taking best press give
it a good spray and press that way this will kind of give it a nice heavy starched feel and when you
start cutting your bias strips and sewing them together and feed them through the bias binder
they're gonna work great now notice how large a piece of fabric I'm starting with the larger
the better that's gonna make the fewer amount of seams it will take to make all your bias strips
people always ask me how do I get that first cut to go on the bias from our large pizza fabric and
for me the easiest way to do it is just look for the 45-degree line on the ruler place the ruler
along the edge of the fabric and that's going to give you your first cut all the way through once
you've made your first cut you're going to realize that this fabric is going to get longer and longer
every time you do it so sometimes what I do next is actually take the fabric and fold it down so
that edge you just cut that's the edge we're going to line up with the ruler but now we'll
be a little easier to handle as you make your different cuts now this has been the easiest way
that I have found to make a Kuras bias binding I know there's a variety of other ways but for
me every time I make this cut I know exactly the size that I am needing as I go ahead and make as
many cuts as I need yes you can measure it out and see how many inches you've actually are creating
Wow when in doubt though make as much bias binding as possible takes election time but boy having it
all done when you're doing another project down the road and having one that matches perfectly
is well worth that extra time the Janome bias binder has amazing amount of options here any
place that you might want to finish an edge you've got curves to go around we can make our very own
bias tape or you can purchase it in the store the single fold half inch size would be what will fit
into this foot but I usually like to make my own so first off we need to cut our strips to sew the
strip's together lay one strip side up and one strip right side down add a t and then angle
them into the sewing machine I've shortened the stitch length and made it nice and tight so this
seam it's very accurate and it will be held very tight as it goes through the bias binders what I
usually do is set my needle to stop in the down position and as I go to put the next strip in
or sew the next strip I'll just pull the end of the first one up put it horizontal put my next
strip right side down rotate it clockwise put the needle right to the V of that little part
there and sew to the next corner when I'm done I do usually just take with my scissors to do the
trimming here I'm going to separate trim about two about an eighth of an inch now these little
ears right here we're going to actually trim away that way when we press these open there's
no extra fabric sticking out this side and then do that to each of your seams this is great because
then you get exactly the fabric you want to bind your projects with time to press the seams open
give them a little shot of best press and press them flat now what I try to do is leave this so
it completely dries go to my next seam and work on it press that little shot of best press again
one more little press not by letting it dry it's really going to set that seam nicely and
continue with the rest of your seams the Janome bias binder is so easy to use I don't know why
we don't use it more often you know times where I sometimes reach for my serger I could almost
have a prettier bound edge when I was all said and done so I'm going to take my 1 inch strip
beat it down through the cone and notice that I'm doing this without the foot on the machine it's
actually a little easier to manipulate as you're getting it to come out the lower side here once
that little tail comes through you can give it a little tug and you'll see the fold is start being
started to make so once it's on there I'm going to go ahead and attach the foot to the machine
I'd like to take a few stitches first off to test my stitch length and my needle position
and see what I'm looking at here is I'm looking at how the fabric is coming right to the edge of
the comb now this cone here has a mouth whatever you can fit in that mouth now it's not very open
we'll be able to go through the bias binder so something too thick we're not talking batting
we're talking about one or two layers of fabric at the top and really getting that nice finished edge
so what I'm going to do is show you how we're going to go ahead and do this edge I'm going to
just slide this in if you need to you can move the needle position to catch a little bit more
or less of the fold depending on your settings here but once you're set up you want to hold the
main fabric in your hand and keep it hugged into the mouth as much as possible and then just going
to keep the bias binding flowing smoothly and as you do it's just going to do the work for you all
the way through now once I get it started I don't take it out so as it comes out the one side here
what I'm going to do is I'm going to actually trim it away and then oh my goodness look how
pretty that is and on the back side perfect so I can trim that right on down I'm going to show
you how easy it is to do a curve next I'm going to just take the same fabric slide it down the
cone lift up the presser foot if you need to but really once you get it started it kind of take it
in there for you get it started here again now the curve what you want to do is keep as much of the
fabric tucked into the little mouth as possible as it goes around the outside edge there and really
I always feel like I need to hold it more than I probably do but it kind of does the work for you
just keep it hugged in there so it can take it in when you go over a previously bound area you
might need to help it along if it is a little bit on the thick side but otherwise just keep on going
what I'm going to do is show you now this is going to be a rot not a riot a bias edge so
when you trim it that actually isn't going to unravel very much you can add a little bit of
fray check there just call it good and isn't that pretty how it goes around that curve you
could do some stitches decorative stitches you could actually do or insert a little bit
of ribbon or lace if you want to add a little accent so the bias binder should be something
that is in everybody's foot collection because you never know how easy it is to put a finished
edge along a project now if you're purchasing single fold bias tape in the packages all you
need to do is do the same exact things insert into the cone it will Center itself set up for
your stitch length and needle position and insert your fabric just like we did before
ready for a bonus pattern we have a double bind binding for your next quilt using your
brand new BIOS binders pick your favorite one now this one is using a 1/4 inch finish size
the free pattern is on our website look in the description below the YouTube video for the link
to this exact information and this is done all on the sewing machine I'm going to start by taking
your two and a half inch or two and a quarter inch binding that you usually make fold it in
half and then the fold you're gonna bind with the bias binder it's gonna look something like this
it's all kind of fun when you're doing it just a quick all the way through your bias binder then
you're gonna take your quilt and you're gonna go to the back side so flip it over and just
like you regularly put binding on you're gonna go ahead and start do your corners mitre them
just like you're used to everything's the same until you're done then go ahead and turn it to
the right side when you turn it to the right side here we're going to reach for a edge stitch foot
or a walking foot with the stitch in the ditch foot that allows you to move the needle over
as you move the needle over you're adding the second row of stitching you see on the finished
quilt here with the bias binding it's really fun just miter the corners and away you go now
that you know about the bias binders go find them use them and save yourself a ton of time