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Page 1: Compagnie M. how to make your own pipingmake*piping,*put*the*piping*cord*perfectly*inthe*middle*of*the*bias*binding.*Sew*nextto*the* cord*with*a*zipper*foot*to*close*the*biasbinding.**

© Compagnie  M.  2013.  All  rights  reserved.     1  

H O W T O M A K E Y O U R O W N P I P I N G  Sometimes  it’s  better  to  make  your  own  piping,  for  different  reasons.  You  don’t  find  the  right  color,  you  want  some  special  piping  (like  jeans  piping)  or  you  need  some  stretch  piping  (that  is  hard  to  find  in  the  shops).  Here  I  explain  how  it  can  be  done  in  a  very  easy  way.    You  can  start  just  from  a  piece  of  fabric  or  if  you  don’t  want  to,  from  bias  binding.      W h a t y o u n e e d

Fabric:  you  can  do  this  with  any  type  of  fabric  basically:  from  cotton  to  jersey  (Or  bias  binding)  

Piping  cord   Coordinating  thread   Sewing  scissors   Tailor’s  chalk   Ruler   Zipper  foot  

 

M a k i n g y o u r o w n p i p i n g  Cut  2cm  fabric  strips.  Make  sure  to  cut  them  in  the  bias  direction  (45°)  of  the  fabric.    

   We’ll  attach  the  short  strips  to  each  other  in  order  to  make  the  piping  long  enough.      

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To  do  this  perfectly,  I  like  to  iron  the  1cm  seam  allowance  first.      

   Match  the  ends  like  shown  below:  place  both  creases  perfectly  on  top  of  each  other.  Sew  at  1cm  from  the  edge  (in  the  crease).  Open  the  strip  and  cut  away  the  small  triangles.  You  can  repeat  this  step  to  add  more  strips.  This  depends  on  the  length  you  need.    

   Cut  the  end  of  the  strip  straight.  Actually  at  this  point  you’ve  created  bias  binding  (without  having  it  folded).      Start  here  if  you  bought  some  bias  binding    To  make  piping,  put  the  piping  cord  perfectly  in  the  middle  of  the  bias  binding.  Sew  next  to  the  cord  with  a  zipper  foot  to  close  the  bias  binding.      

   Finished!