colee's butterflies bow tuck
11-21-2011, 06:48 PM
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but how do you make the actual piping?
Originally Posted by colleen53
doing the piping is easy.. just lay it between your two pieces and pin and sew.. I happen to have a foot for my machine that has a ridge in it for piping and it makes it smooth going.. but I use to do it without one..
11-21-2011, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Lorettan
but how do you make the actual piping?
or I make mine if I forget to have some on hand.
i cut about 3" wide of a fabric strip that i need to length.
i use cotton rope for the piping itself. I have gotten some from the meat dept at my local grocery store.. just tell them you are making a few roasts.. they give you alot ! I have purchased it from joann's also.
you lay the cotton rope in the middle of your fabric and fold it in half. then you sew along the rope side to hold it in place.. then i cut the raw edges back to either 1/2" or 1/4" depending.. on my bow tucks I cut it back 1/4".
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