CLOVER Loop Pressing Bars, Sewing Quilting - CV4052

CLOVER Loop Pressing Bars, Sewing Quilting - CV4052

Simply put Clover’s Loop Pressing Bars allow us to create more than professional-looking bias fabric tubes using any fabric we desire and we can do it in different sizes to meet our differing needs. Here’s how.

Clover’s Loop Pressing Bars are provided in a set of five sizes, 6mm (1/4″), 9mm (5/16″), 12mm (1/2″), 15mm (9/16″), 18mm (11/16).

Select the size fabric loop desired and then cut your fabric on the bias in a size twice the width of the Pressing Bar plus two 7mm seam allowances. For example, if we wanted a 14mm fabric tube we’d cut our fabric 28mm plus 14mm for the two seam allowances. We can then proceed to our sewing machine and, with the wrong sides together (I know, it’s weird and counter intuitive) sew our 7mm seam allowance. Now we simply insert our Loop Pressing Bar into the tube, trim the seam allowance and manipulate the seam to the center of the bar and iron the tube smooth. This can be done on the bar or, if we have a particularly long tube, on a separate pressing surface as we pull it off the bar. In the process the pressing bars may become warm but will not be too hot to touch. Now we’ve produced the perfect fabric bias tube for our project. All that’s left to do is attach it to your project and prepare to accept compliments for your amazing artistry.