I'm making my daughter's costume. The main part of the gown is crepe-backed satin. It also calls for bias tape in several spots -- white (matching the satin) around the bottom and blue as an accent color around the front of the gown.
On the right: http://www.simplicity.com/assets/9902/9902.jpg
So here's my dilemma. I went to Joann and the bias tape that they had was a stiff, cottony, broadclothy material (think men's buttondown shirt) which I think would be totally awful and wrong against crepe-backed satin. It strains every essence of my being to even consider using it. The other binding they had was a satin blanket binding, but now that I think about it, I'm not sure that that is bias cut. And it's about 3 times the width that I need.
I'm not sure where else to look that would have different types of bias tape or whether it's something that's even made. Maybe I could make my own but I don't want to get into buying yardage of blue satin if I don't have to.
2007-08-27
01:51:10
·
4 answers
·
asked by
abzolut
3
in
Hobbies & Crafts