Bias tape making fail…

Ok, I tried, but didn’t succeed…  I am so annoyed!   I have spent what feels like hours working on this bias tape.  And guess what? I still managed to mess it up and had to just sew the ends together.  If I had just done that to begin with, it probably would have taken 15 minutes.  I tried so hard, I studied several tutorials, I watched some on YouTube.  I still ended up with this…

Yep, 8 lengths of Bias tape sewed to themselves.  And that is after carefully measuring and drawing the lines in the wrong direction and sewing it the wrong way too.  I give up…

Next time I will just sew a few strips together or just use the store bought stuff, like I usually do.

By the way, I do have one of these, and it works great.  I had been coveting one of those new Simplicity Bias Tape Making machines.  I even considered spending my birthday money on it, boy I am glad I didn’t.  (See what I did get here: Birthday Swag

Here is the result of my 3-hour-turned-all day-project.

Here she is wearing it:

Came out darn cute!  It is just a pillowcase-style dress.  I shirred the top and added bias tape ties.

Now I am off to enjoy our last day of spring break…  Yesterday, we had a picnic in the yard, and probably will again today, the kids love it!

About the Author

Jamie Sanders is a wife and mom of 2, located in the heart of Texas. She founded Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom in 2011 as a place to share creative ideas and family friendly recipes. Her work has been featured on Martha Stewart, Woman’s World, HuffPost, TODAY, Pioneer Woman, HGTV, CNET, Good Housekeeping, Yahoo, Oprah Daily, and Redbook, plus many other publications. To date, she had given away just under a million free pdf sewing patterns.

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