tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post5550485441539958234..comments2024-03-28T03:17:28.911-04:00Comments on Art With a Needle: The good old days of bias tapeKathleen Loomishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05930922068379938756noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-78421933711358768132020-05-14T10:51:46.336-04:002020-05-14T10:51:46.336-04:00I was so excited to be able to use the bias tape t...I was so excited to be able to use the bias tape that I inherited from my aunt's sewing room. It was fun to have some good memories in the midst of mask making! Vicki Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06929340703066037054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-51379450100365363162020-05-14T10:19:51.362-04:002020-05-14T10:19:51.362-04:00I, too, dug into my old old stash of bias tape of ...I, too, dug into my old old stash of bias tape of various widths, some of it well over 50 years old. This must be the occasion I was saving it for -- masks! I did debate breaking into these vintage packages, but then decided that heck, you can't save everything. Just use itMarsha Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393301943891132797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-44232691978320988852020-05-13T20:11:08.432-04:002020-05-13T20:11:08.432-04:00That tiny decrease in width over the years reminds...That tiny decrease in width over the years reminds me of a story (or maybe it was even a commercial) about how the minds at an olive company were brainstorming how to essentially make more money per jar without actually raising the price. So this fine young male employee (not sure if gender is pertinent here but what the hey), staring at a jar of the company's olives, face all scrunched in thought, suddenly brightens up, finger pointed in the air, because he's hit upon the solution. By reducing the jar's content by just one olive, the company would save a small amount that in the grand scheme of things over time would save the company a substantial amount. And the customer would not be that affected (and we all know how often companies do this as if customers are too stupid to notice a change in content if the price point hasn't changed). And I think we who were watching were supposed to applaud this young man for this brilliant solution. Ha! I never could figure out why any company would want to reveal something like this to the general public. It certainly only increased my ire.<br /><br />I too have a bulging shoebox full of various widths of bindings, most only partial from the days when I sewed a lot of clothes (60's & 70's mostly), a few unbroken into packages passed on to me from my mil when she gave up sewing altogether, and I have held onto them for the same reason as you, you just never know when you might be able to utilize them. So it was with a bit of glee that I read the directions for different masks and found that they required the very thing I had tucked away in a drawer.These moments don't come often, but when they do, I feel vindicated for holding on to so much.The Idaho Beautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979439849662755082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-70967088548556958092020-05-13T17:07:18.845-04:002020-05-13T17:07:18.845-04:00This is a great post. So glad you saved it all t...This is a great post. So glad you saved it all these years and fought off those who wanted you to just ditch it. My stuff is only 30 years old and my helper is forever saying ditch it!Susie Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05893377527974815997noreply@blogger.com