Make your own Piping. Sewing techniques. Sewing skills.

How to make your own piping to use in your sewing projects.
If your sewing machine didn't come with a piping foot, use your zipper foot. (Move your needle position as necessary to get your stitch line close to the piping)
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[@jaynewebster2484]

Thank you just what I needed as I am planning to use piping on my cushion covers I am making .

[@SpencerOgg]

Glad it was helpful!

[@hilaryshannon4226]

Genius, thank you.

[@mchaves7663]

In another channel, an upholstery professional said to leave some slack between the seam and the cord, so when you sew the piping to the fabric that seam is hiden. I guess that requirement depends on project as well. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@SpencerOgg]

Absolutely! When you stitch the piping into your project, you do want to make that line of stitching on or fractionally closer to the cord in the piping. I didnt include a full section on adding the piping to your project in this video, I might have to add a second video 😃.

[@Mindfulnessification]

Thank you so much! This was awesome and very helpful!!!! ❤

[@SpencerOgg]

You are so welcome!

[@ToriLynnH]

Oh man! You made that look so easy. I may have to try.

[@SpencerOgg]

You can do it!

[@bsrcreations2126]

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[@corinnamueller7548]

Thank you so much, it was a great help indeed

[@SpencerOgg]

Glad it helped!

[@janedrews3255]

thanks Diane, no stopping us now x

[@SpencerOgg]

You are so welcome

[@bsrcreations2126]

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[@pureoracles684]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you

[@SpencerOgg]

You are welcome!

[@ancilnoel2200]

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[@sallystapleton4237]

Thanks Diane that was very useful..😊

[@SpencerOgg]

You are so welcome!

[@bsrcreations2126]

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[@sutela2060]

Thank you so much, now i must try piping😊❤

[@SpencerOgg]

Have fun!

[@clarethornley4508]

Thanks, very useful. I don't have a standard piping foot for my Janome but I do have the adjustable zipper /piping foot which should work well. If possible I'd love to see more of you adding the trimmed piping to projects.

[@SpencerOgg]

I might film another showing you how to attach and achieve your required seam allowance next xx

[@sandiegal2070]

@@SpencerOgg yes, that is my question.. that looks pretty wide and your seams are 3/8th

[@SpencerOgg]

@@sandiegal2070 Yes, we would trim the piping down after making it to the required width/seam allowance for our project

[@helenparker1870]

I bought a piping foot for my overlocker (serger) and never looked back, it creates the piping and trims the edge at the same time.

[@bsrcreations2126]

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[@danatingey9903]

This may cause an eye-raise to many, but I really want to understand this. When you say, “if you need a 1/2” piping”, is the piping width suppose to match the seam allowance for the project? Also, is the cord supposed to be included in that width or just the fabric next to it. I hope that makes sense AND that this is not too stupid a question. Thank you for the video!

[@SpencerOgg]

Its not a daft question at all, I was thinking of maybe doing another video about that! It depends if you want the piping 1/2" in total or you want to use a seam allowance of 1/2". Make your piping up as shown, then if you need 1/2" piping, trim so the total width of the piping is 1/2". If you have something where you are required to have a 1/2" seam allowance, trim the piping so it measures 1/2" in width fromthe stitch line to the raw edge. Hope that helps

[@danatingey9375]

Thank you so much! Yes, that clears it up!

[@suegeese6339]

Can a zipper be installed with piping on either side? I like to make zipper bags/pouches and think it would look nice to have piping in contracting fabric along the sides of the zipper. I enjoyed your video.

[@SpencerOgg]

Yes, absolutely you can add piping to a zip edge - it would look stunning. Just insert it at the same time as the zip

[@suegeese6339]

@@SpencerOgg Thank you for your reply. I will try to do that. If you ever do a tutorial on adding piping to a zip edge I would love to see it.

[@JC-mh3ze]

What is the diameter of the cord?

[@SpencerOgg]

I used 3mm (1/8")

[@BabatundeOgunremi]

Where can I get this cord

[@SpencerOgg]

Any good habberdashery will stock piping cord. let us know where you are in the world and we may be able to help more or post your question in the Facebook group where we will have members local to you