So i found this by mistake LOL
I do not have any fray check and I hate having stiff tape on the edges of my fabric. I usually just leave it naked but on big projects it frays.
My Granddaughter had to go to the ER last night due to a BAD ear infection. I brought along my cross stitching to pass the time. Well there was a roll of cloth tape sitting there. It is an inch wide and very soft just like fabric. SO I used it to edge my fabric and it works perfect!!! it is like nothing is there It is just the right width so that it covers about 1/2 inch after you fold it over. And a roll would last forever!
A tip!!!
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annastasia76
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Re: A tip!!!
sounds like a good idea, I don't think I would have thought about that even if it was right in front of me, lol. I surge my edges on my larger items, on my smaller items I just leave bare.
question, (for anybody who uses tape not just OP) doesn't taking the tape off make it fray??? I mean, wouldn't the stickiness of the tape pull the threads when you are taking it off??
question, (for anybody who uses tape not just OP) doesn't taking the tape off make it fray??? I mean, wouldn't the stickiness of the tape pull the threads when you are taking it off??
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Nanna2Five
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Re: A tip!!!
There is enough extra room that if I have to I can cut it off. I do not know about taking the tape off
Re: A tip!!!
Yeah, I think that people who tape the edge cut it off once the work is done. So they measure a little extra on the sides for the tape.
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Re: A tip!!!
I edge mine with masking tape and have never cut it off, but that's just because I'm lazy 
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Re: A tip!!!
makes two of us!BizzieLizzie wrote:I edge mine with masking tape and have never cut it off, but that's just because I'm lazy
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Re: A tip!!!
I can beat both of you in the laziness stakes - I don't even get as far as tapingrcperryls wrote:makes two of us!BizzieLizzie wrote:I edge mine with masking tape and have never cut it off, but that's just because I'm lazy
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I just make sure I have enough allowance and start stitching. Even the little time taping takes is too much away from stitching time Never had a problem yet either.WIP
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Same here Lessa 
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Re: A tip!!!
I use masking tape also, but I usually cut it off because of the bulk. I use tape because I'm too lazy to overcast or stitch. It seems to ravel pretty badly if I don't do something. I think it's funny that we all do things because we are "lazy", but we don't all find the same things too much trouble. 