Bias Tape Star Tree Topper

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

• Rotary Cutter and Blade
• Cutting Mat
• Clear Acrylic Ruler
• 1/2 yard cuts - 5 or more cotton fabrics
• Coordinating Thread
• 1" Bias Tape Maker
• 1/2" Bias Tape Maker
• Basic Sewing Supplies
• Fabri-Tac
• Iron
• Ironing Surface
• 2 bottles Liquid Fabric Stiffener
• Plastic Container
• Drying Rack or Clothes line
• 22" x 28" foam board
• Straight Pins

DIRECTIONS:

1. Cut and press 40 (24 - 1/2" when double folded, 16 - 1/4" when double folded) strips of double fold bias tape following the instructions included with the bias tape maker.
2. Sew the folded strips using coordinating thread color along the open edge.
3. Trim bias strips to 22"
4. In the plastic container, saturate the strips in the liquid fabric stiffener. Squeegee off the excess liquid with your fingers. Hang to dry for several hours.
5. Once dry, iron strips straight and flat.
6. Divide strips into 8 piles of 3 wide and 2 narrow strips.
7. See video for how to weave the star together. Use pins to hold the pieces in place until you are ready to glue.
8. Once star is glued together, trim ends.
9. Nest two stars together and tack together in the center.