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Member since 8/24/05
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Posted on: 2/19/06 12:50 PM ET
I would like to buy snap tape in bulk for some projects I'm working on. Create for Less dot com sells it in packages for about $4 for 18''. Is that a good price? I'd like to buy it bulk so I can cut it myself, but it's so expensive.

Has anyone found a good source for buying snap tape? I might wait for a discount coupon at Jo Anns and go in and buy it all up like I do with interfacing, etc.

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Member since 2/28/05
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Posted on: 2/19/06 1:46 PM ET
I have kept a supply of snap tape in my sewing room for years.....I can't remember what I normally pay for it, but it isn't $8 per yard. Whenever I see it on sale I get a couple of yards. I works great in baby outfits for the snap crotch, comes in handy as a close mechanism for tote bags, camera bags and the like. Since I use it on small projects a little goes a long way.

I was very frustrated with applied snaps in baby clothes pulling out so I gave it try -- and it works great. But make sure you rethink the crotch seam allowance -- I always cut the crotch with an extra 1/2 to a full inch and then trim to what I need to allow for finishing with the tape.


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2012 : starting stash 386, net additions 206, used 164, ending stash 428...I'm never going to get in front of this pile of fabric!
  
Member since 7/28/03
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Posted on: 2/19/06 3:45 PM ET
Joanns usually has white, black and navy snaptape by the yard, right by the nylon webbing etc (underneath the notions wall usually). Much cheaper than the pre-packaged stuff, I believe it's about $5-6/yd full price. Use a coupon, and it becomes WAY cheaper, lol! I got a few yds that way when I first started making babyclothes, still have some left but it was well worth the $$ I paid. hth!
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