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Posted by Val on December 4, 2006, 6:54 pm
> Kitty In Somerset, PA wrote:
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>> thank you all, I finally could picture it and found a chart for how
>> wide to cut and what length you can get from what size of fabric which
>> I saved as well.
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>
> Kitty, would you please post where you found the chart.
> Thanks,
> Juno
http://www.fiber-images.com/Free_Things/How_Tos/how-to_make_bias_tape.htm
Val
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Posted by Juno on December 4, 2006, 8:13 pm
Val wrote:
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>>>thank you all, I finally could picture it and found a chart for how
>>>wide to cut and what length you can get from what size of fabric which
>>>I saved as well.
>
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> http://www.fiber-images.com/Free_Things/How_Tos/how-to_make_bias_tape.htm
>
> Val
>
> Thanks Val. That one shows how to make it,
but not how to figure how much you'll get from a certain size fabric
piece.
That's what I'm looking for. Kitty said she found a chart for that. Am I
missing something.
Juno
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Posted by Val on December 4, 2006, 9:42 pm
news:wI3dh.425188>> Thanks Val. That one shows how to make it,
>
> but not how to figure how much you'll get from a certain size fabric
> piece.
>
> That's what I'm looking for. Kitty said she found a chart for that. Am I
> missing something.
> Juno
I misread your post, sorry.
Val
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Posted by Kay Lancaster on December 5, 2006, 5:42 am
> Val wrote:
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>>>
>>>>thank you all, I finally could picture it and found a chart for how
>>>>wide to cut and what length you can get from what size of fabric which
>>>>I saved as well.
>>
>>
>> http://www.fiber-images.com/Free_Things/How_Tos/how-to_make_bias_tape.htm
>>
>> Val
>>
>> Thanks Val. That one shows how to make it,
>
> but not how to figure how much you'll get from a certain size fabric
> piece.
That's easy... figure the number of square inches (or square cm) in the fabric
piece. Reduce that by about 10% for big pieces of fabric, maybe 20% for
smallish pieces (like fat quarters).
Divide by the width of the bias you're cutting.
Answer is the number of inches or cm you can cut.
Example: 42x17" piece of fabric = 714 sq inches
deduct 10% for seams, wastage: 714-71 = 643sq"
And I want to cut 3" wide bias strips: 643/3 = 214" linear inches of
bias can be cut.
To figure the length of fabric for a length of bias needed:
Take the cut width of the bias and multiply by the length. Add 10%.
Divide by the width of the fabric.
Example: I need 1200 cm of bias 7 cm wide: 1200x7= 8400 sq cm
Add 10% for seams and waste: 8400 + 840 = 9240 sq cm
Fabric width: 136 cm
9240 sq cm/136 cm = 68 cm length of fabric needed.
Kay
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Posted by Kitty In Somerset, PA on December 5, 2006, 12:19 am
Juno wrote:
> Kitty In Somerset, PA wrote:
> >
> > thank you all, I finally could picture it and found a chart for how
> > wide to cut and what length you can get from what size of fabric which
> > I saved as well.
> >
> >
>
> Kitty, would you please post where you found the chart.
> Thanks,
> Juno
Here it is Juno
The Dread Pirate Rodgers Continuous bias tape page
http://pir8.freeservers.com/quilting/CBT/
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