Sarai Mitnick from Colette Patterns shows how to make bias tape. Sure, you can buy it in the neat little packages at the fabric store, but your choices there are fairly limited and making it yourself is actually a very simple process. Go to the tutorial.
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Scrap yarn is great to make a colorful pom pom Christmas tree topper
If you like making pom poms and looking for a unique tree topper why not make a big ball of pom poms out of all sorts of colored yarn to make a statement tree topper. After you have made your pom pom tree topper featured at the blog Sugar and Cloth why not use the scrap yarn to embellish the branches like tinsel?