you can cheat..go to the shop in the section where all the braids and ribbons are kept. Now how to describe this is the problem..you need it to be about an inch and a half wide and it is sold by the metre on rolls like ribbon. It is woven and I used it on a quilt as you go rag quilt for a baby and it worked brilliantly. Basically all you do is place it face up and sew along the edge and then fold over edge of the quilt and do the same on the other side.