Bias tape
Under bias tape is meant an about-degree angle cut at 45 to the selvage, two to four centimeters wide fabric ribbon . The edges are sharply pinched towards the middle. In individual cases, this can be done with a bias tape former. Due to the angled cut, it is stretchable in the longitudinal direction. In tailoring , it is used to border edges, as a push and for applications.
In order not to get any attachment points, however, it is usually cut out of a round fabric . The cut edges are strengthened against fraying by an adhesive.
It is traded in roll form.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Alfons Hofer: Textile and Model Lexicon. 7th edition. Volume 2, Deutscher Fachverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-87150-518-8 , keyword “Bias tape ”.