hi I'm Sara from heirloom creations in Sioux Falls South Dakota and lately I've been playing with all
the Bernina bias binders to bring you the best information possible so you can make the right
choice in picking the right bias binder for you and your projects to watch this video from start
to finish to really understand all the different possibilities from the Bernina simple bias binder
that will deal one quarter-inch finish to their industrial sizes of using folded or pre folded
bias tape in different sizes so there's three with the folded three with the non folded and then
we're going to show you how to do curves how to do corners with the larger bias binders anything like
the home decks projects look at this casserole carrier this is the new pattern from Atkinson
designs called hot stuff and a bonus pattern will be featured at the end that will add accent bias
binding to your next finished quilt and in the information in the description of this video down
below there's a link for a free pattern of how to do this another little fun thing I found look at
this little strawberry it is actually a tote bag that you can take with you and I've added bias
binding around the edges of course this little bag could easily be the edges of a very cute
little girl shirt finishing your edges any place you'd use a serger these bias binders are ideal
and I really need to keep these in my collection and use them more often are you ready let's go
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 him through the bias
binder they're going to work great now notice how large a piece of fabric I'm starting with
the larger the better that's going to 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 piece of 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 as you cut more bias strips you may need to pull the
fabric down and match up your raw edges again and you'll easily be able to reach across the
whole entire strip with your ruler so we know the strips are a cinch when using the clearly
perfect angles sewing machine cling this is going to put a nice even guide so as I'm sewing
corner to corner on my strips nicely just put my presser foot down I've shortened the stitch
length and then all I need to do is actually just keep the corner I'm shooting for along
the centerline says we separate these out we're going to actually take and cut our seams down
to 1/8 inch also - if you clip off the little ears that's less bulk later as it goes through the bias
binders time to press the seams open give them a little jaw to best press and press them flat
the Bernina is simple bias binder is actually quite easy to use first attach it to the number
75 adapter so attached to the machine and then we're going to take our strip of fabric and it
slide it down the cone now I'd tend to do this with the foot off the machine it's a little
easier because I can then just get the stiletto right in there and kind of help it down through
the opening once I can kind of pull it out this underneath side I can go ahead and attach it to
the machine now we're talking to finer fabrics here we're not tacking real thick fabrics but
once we kind of get this started I'm going to go ahead and take a few stitches just make sure
my needle positions where I want it but the is the fabric that you're going to insert it needs
to be on the thinner side so as we get it going here just going to let the Machine kind of do the
work for us as we take it hold both the fabric and the bias and just keep it going through the
machine now I'm approaching a corner here you'll see how easy it is to continue around an area
just keep it inserted there
and then if you ever just need bias strips made you can continue sewing off the edge I usually
like to keep it connected in there and then just clip it off and as I need my next piece to be
inserted the bias that I've made lots of that is going to be all in there and see how pretty that
edges on both the front and in the back next we have the Bernina binder attachment number 87 now
this is a commercial-grade by a spine der and it comes in three different sizes depending on your
final size you want on your project so from 1/4 inch 3/8 and 1/2 inch so let's see what's
actually in one of these boxes when you open it up so you're going to find instructions and the
most amazing bias binder made for the home sewing machine market so this is actually going to attach
the machine I know it looks confusing but let me show you how easy it is going to be and how you
can put it on fabric that has been quilted you've got your batting and you want to have the ability
to get around thicker fabrics first you're going to want to match the correct foot for your machine
number 95 or number 95 see is required to use any of the Bernina bias binder attachments for those
of you with the 9 millimeter size machines your foot is actually skinnier on the side that the
bias binder is going to come and hug against on the machines that are 5 millimeters wide
your foot is going to have a little notch out of the side here and that again will be where
part of the unit is going to rest so put on your appropriate foot in with the accessories of the
bias binder there is a screw you're going to move the attachment till you can see the two openings
I always put it in the screw that is closest to the foot and that's how we're going to get it
to attach next you're going to slide the unit up against the foot if you do it while the foots down
it's a little easier so I get right up against I had to actually loosen the screws back here
to slide it just a little bit closer I can get it to be perfect and then make sure it's kind
of aligned with the lines on your throat plate tighten that down I like because you can finger
tighten that easily next you're going to take the unit and this is that little finger as it slides
up into that little knot it will stop right where it needs to be and then tighten it down with the
other screw right and that's easy to loosen later we're going to show you how to turn a corner you
can actually slide that out and back in awesome now this particular attachment is used with the
pre-folded bias tape here so we have taken a two inch strip fold it in half press it with
the clover tape maker size number 50 and now I'm going to actually slide it into the opening here
so up front and this is what makes this unit so precise it's just so smooth look how easy it is
to just slide it right in there and this mouth right here this sides is what's going to allow
us to do the larger projects as you start you might want to take a few stitches test out your
stitch length and once you're ready you could just slide your project right in there and then
let it go this is super simple it is it's easy as it gets just slide it in is you have a corner or
a curve I should say you just keep that right in there and it does the work for you we could also
be inserting some lace or ribbon as we go along here we've got plenty of room for extra thick
fabrics now I'm going to actually show you next how to turn a corner so we're going to come right
up to the corner right to the very edge the last stitch needs to go to the edge of your fabric and
if you'd like take us a few stitches to secure it backwards once you're done we're actually going
to take it out of the machine and cut the threads I found that was easier so just kind of slide it
through the bias binding is going to stay in the unit we'll pull it back later once we get it all
positioned perfectly so you just take your bias binding I'm going to set your fabric right into
the groove and what you're going to see on the front is what I'm doing with my fingers also on
the back so I'm just going to fold that over and put a pin in it because I hold it on the front you
can see the back has the same exact thing alright now when I put a pin in I'm really just trying to
hold it I got I do have to keep in mind that I don't want this pin to really come out very
far on the tip because it has to come back in where the unit is so you kind of have to just
kind of finesse it back into position there do a little flip back well I'll just back right on
up also - this would be easy if I wanted to slide that out which I think actually need to do to get
this - I'm back in there we go all right oh it's ready to be reset lower down the presser foot if
you want tighten that back down and then slide everybody back into position again that's how
nice and open it is we can bring that right back in there and I'm looking to set my needle down
right where the the mitre of the corner has all right needle down I'm going to sink that in a few
stitches even if you might take a stitch or two backwards just to secure and then start stitching
once you do this a time or two it's quite easy to perfect and really - if you ever
want to do just some nice bias ties just keep stitching right off your fabric and
then you can have the results that you're looking for again I kind of keep that all
in there so when I want to put my next piece of fabric in I can just go ahead and do that
and look at that corner and the more you do it the easier it's going to become they're perfect
the third Bernina bias binder in the family is binder attachment number 88 now this looks
similar to the one we just used except it is very different this time the opening or the mouth will
handle bias strips that are not pre folded so all you're doing is cutting fabric strips soem
together and they're ready to go now the final or largest size that this will sew and finish at is
3/8 of an inch but that still is large enough to go around some of your put fabrics thicker fabrics
either when we just use previous to this number 87 it's final size or largest size it will do is a
half inch so that one is the biggest one and then this one is the second largest one but you don't
have to actually do the folding of your strips so here's what we're going to do we're going to take
our strip light it down the opening help it with a little stiletto we're still using foot number
95 or 95 see depending on your machine take a few stitches and it has already tucked and folded the
fabric for us lift it up slide your project in and away you go test out your stitch length maybe move
your needle position over as needed and you can handle the corners and curves just like before
isn't that amazing and again all we've done is cut our strips
beautiful every single time this binder attachment comes in three total sizes
depending on your finish size this one I use the smallest size the 28 millimeter cut my
ships one and one-eighth bed it through the opening and how to finish size of
one-quarter wrench there's also number thirty two millimeter bias binder attachment number
eighty eight and it will finish out 5/16 of a size a little bit bigger than this and so
you have choices for all different weights of fabrics so the binder attachments yes
they are a professional grade but they also give you perfect results every single time
the first step is to take your binding and fold it in half this is your regular two and
a half or two and a quarter inch binding you put on a regular quilt but before we do it
we're going to add the accent bias binding so I've picked my favorite bias binder the
unfolded one and this is the 28 millimeter so it's finishing up about a quarter inch
and you're going to put the binding on the fold so the folds running through we're just
adding the little stitching and do your whole entire strip next up take your quilt flip it
to the back side and attach the walking foot you're going to do just like you're used to
sewing the binding on to the quilt except it's from the opposite side stop a quarter
inch from the end back stitch make your normal mitre corner and continue to stitch
the last step is the top stitching you're almost done just take your fabric take it to your iron
press it to the front side and start mitering the corners as you might or the corners are going to
get position themselves so they'll come right together when you're ready put your walking foot
on if you've got an edge stitch stitch in the ditch foot or just a regular edge stitch foot
will work as well I've got this pressed and stitching I've pinned the mitre in place so
it's held as I approached it I'm going to go ahead and stitch right up to the pivot point
and then turn and it will be perfect every single time now that's sewing on binding easy this is a
great way to use your bias binder and add a little extra accent touch to your next quilting project