Review of Simplicity Bias Tape Maker 3/8-Inch Single Fold Tip

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Too many problems with this machine and the various tips. First, the instructions that come with the machine are horrible. The instructions with the machine for the 1" tip tell you to cut your strip 1-7/8" yet the Simplicity YouTube video states you cut your strip 2" and also says you have to spray starch all the bias seams so that they will feed properly. Gee, like I really want to have to starch every seam in my bias tape?

As another reviewer stated, the tips are too far away from the iron and unfold before getting to the iron. I agree! I haven't tried to hold the tip up closer to the iron, so perhaps that will work, that is assuming you have starched all the seams so they will feed properly.

I got a "deal" on a set of the extra tips, but am really disappointed. ZERO instructions came with these. Have spent way too much time cutting bias tape at "guessed" widths for the tips as they come with NO suggested widths to cut the bias tape. Doubling the size of the tip would make sense, but ONLY if you intuited that from having gone searching for the Simplicity video that says to cut your strip 2" for the 1" tip! The instructions coming WITH the machine and 1" tip say to cut your strip 1-7/8". UGH!

I also found the strips getting hung up at the end of the iron under the cover if the least little bit of a seam hung out or an edge was slightly irregular.

Next, you have 5" to 6" of bias tape that isn't ironed since that's the amount you have to first pull through before attaching the iron cover and turning on the machine that is IF you follow the machine instructions (written or Simplcity's YouTube video). Several other video reviewers have the machine turned on before they attach the tip....a really good way to get burned in my opinion.

In all, I can't say I can find a reason to use this machine. I'm sticking to my bias bars Dritz Quilting Bias Press Bars Set Of Five, and the Clover fusible bias tape makers: Clover Fusible Bias 1/4-Inch Tape Maker, 1 EA

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I am terribly disappointed with this machine and plan to return it. I've only 30-60% success rate in making a perfectly folded bias tape. For flannel, which is thicker than calico cotton, it's a bit better. I only have to manually re-iron 1/3 of the tape. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to work well for calico cotton. I have to manually re-flatten >50% of the tape, feed it through the machine again, and even then, have to manually fix, with the iron, another 1/3 of that tape. What's the point of a machine like this if there is so much manual work involved?

Read somewhere that people think the instructions are too sparse -totally agree. There's no troubleshooting guide, no tips on materials, feeding pattern, width of ribbon. The instruction assumes only the best case.

Not at all worth the money paid, and definitely cost me quite a lot of time to fix its failures manually. Machines are supposed to make life easier... a

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This will save me money in buying bias tape and now my binding can match my projects!!! Great idea for sewers!!

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This is an add on to the simplicity bias tape or piping machine. The machines come with only one width of bias tape making guides. The machine works slick! I recommend the machine for making the tape and the piping because it has an adjustable speed for feeding the material through for better control.

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Would highly recommend if you are using the Bias Tape Machine, great way to make the bias tape quickly, easily and in the color you need