unbiased

changed my mind on the kitchen curtains – feeling pretty happy about it

however…

made a mistake early on in the process of making bias tape for finishing them

here’s how it went:

first things first: fabric grain

the lengthwise grain (warp) runs the length of the fabric and crosswise grain (weft) runs the short direction with selvedges along both lengths

the bias runs 45-degrees to the warp and weft grains and provides stretch

here’s where i messed up

folded the fabric in half along the cross grain (weft) to cut strips instead of on the bias grain

pappardelle nest of 1-inch muslin strips

next: sewed strips together to make a single, continuous ribbon of fabric

since the strips weren’t cut on the bias they lack stretchiness

and, what they lacked in stretchiness they more than made up for in frayed threads…

after sewing i trimmed, hand creased, and ironed the nearly 20-foot length of fabric into 1/4-inch double fold unbiased tape

for good measure, here’s one possible approach to preparing fabric for actual-factual bias tape

lived and learned…

along with becoming re-acquainted with autumnal sunlight

afternoon light can be real pretty, but wasn’t quite what i was looking for when photographing the spool of unbiased tape yesterday

got up early this morning for the sunrise light

s’pretty nice

et voilà!