Thursday 3 March 2016

Making your own piping

A handy tip for you, I teach this technique to all my students and once they know how to do it they are very enthusiastic to use it, it is not difficult, just a series of simple steps to follow.

1. Cut bias strip about 5cm wide (bias strip is cut diagonally)

2. Sew right side ends together at right angles to create one continuous strip

3. Press open and trim so that the seam allowance is around 3mm wide

4. Using woven (wound will unravel) cotton piping cord wrap the bias strip around, right side out, and pin

5. Using a concealed zip foot, as in the photo (there is another type of concealed zip foot that is a block with grooves on the underside that I personally would not give house room to!) sew along the side of the encased cord, the closer the better, but not sewing the cord intself.

6. After sewing, trim down so that the remaining flat fabric is around 1cm wide, this is what you will trap in the seam allowance when sewing it in to your project

Instructions on how to set in piping to follow at a later date. 

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