The view and size on a bias-tape list

Read the packet as a set of choices

The maker lists A5 as sizes 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14; E5 contains 14, 16, 18, 20 and 22. Size 14 appears in both. Neither packet label is itself the selected garment size. Writing only “M6959 A5” on a shopping note therefore leaves the person buying trim without enough information to select the tape quantity.

View is another independent choice. In the description, A has cap sleeves and purchased bias binding; B has a pointed collar, narrow hem and self-belt. Those are not merely two photographs of an identical trim order. The following notes read the maker’s published notions text, rather than an opened pattern packet or a completed sewing project. They cover the named notions components, not every material required to make the dress.

First note: View A, size 10, A5

Write: “McCall M6959; packet A5; View A; size 10. Listed notions: 7¼ yards of ½-inch double-fold bias tape, plus 1⅛ yards of ribbon in the listed 3/8–5/8-inch width range.” That sentence preserves the connection between a length and the component it belongs to. The half-inch description belongs to the tape; the separate width range belongs to the ribbon.

The tape quantity comes from the group covering sizes 6, 8 and 10. The ribbon requirement is shared across A, B, C and D. Keeping those two scopes visible prevents a tempting shortcut: copying the first width and the first length on the page into a single unnamed trim order. Here, two different trims have two different dimensions to retain.

Second note: View A, size 14, still A5

Now write: “McCall M6959; packet A5; View A; size 14. Listed notions: 7⅞ yards of ½-inch double-fold bias tape, plus 1⅛ yards of ribbon in the listed 3/8–5/8-inch width range.” The packet and view are unchanged, but size 14 belongs to the tape group covering sizes 12, 14 and 16.

Subtracting the two listed tape lengths gives ⅝ yard: 7⅞ minus 7¼. This is the difference between these two source requirements. It is not an instruction to add a ⅝-yard allowance to either one. It also does not tell us how many retail packages to buy; a package count would require the actual length supplied by the selected trim product. A saved note for size 10 should be revised when the project changes to size 14.

Third note: View B, size 14, A5

For the third choice, write: “McCall M6959; packet A5; View B; size 14. Listed notions: 1⅛ yards of ribbon in the listed 3/8–5/8-inch width range, and one hook and eye. The published double-fold tape quantity is assigned to View A; do not carry its 7⅞ yards into this B note.” This is a view change, not a smaller tape allowance.

There is a wording limit worth keeping intact. The general description mentions hook-and-eye closing, while the specific notions line assigns one hook and eye to B, C and D. That supports the B note above. It does not support declaring that A has no closure, or that B can never involve binding in any construction step. Those broader statements would require information beyond this listing.

Take a component-labelled note to the supplier

The table keeps the three choices together without merging them into one universal purchase. If you change size or view again, return to the corresponding source line before ordering. Resolve fabric and interfacing from their own requirements, and check the actual pattern instructions for construction questions. These notions notes neither establish fit nor define the physical folded-width convention of every bias tape sold under a similar name.