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There are many beautiful cords and pipings on the market
today that don't have a tape or flange attached, but this
shouldn't eliminate our ability to use them as pillow trims.
There are three ways to utilize these types of cordings when
making pillows or other decorative edges.
1.Attach your own flange
to the cord.
Use a strip of thin material,
such as netting or tulle, 1"-
wide sewing tape (such as
Seams Great), or a piece of
lining fabric or cotton. Cut
the strip 1" wide.
Attach a cording foot—a foot that has
a cutout groove on the bottom—to
your machine. Center the cord over
the fabric strip, and set the machine for
a wide zigzag stitch. Zigzag stitch over
the cord to attach it to the fabric (4).
Use monofilament thread if you don't
want to see the stitching.
If the cording foot is too small for the
cord size, use a zipper foot to straight
stitch the cording to the fabric, setting
the foot so the stitches barely catch the
edge of the cord.
After the cord is attached to the fabric,
fold the strip in half and use it as the
flange that's attached to the pillow and
hidden in the seam (5).
2. Use a blindstitch foot and blindhem
stitch.
Nestle the cord next to the finished
pillow edge.
Position the blindstitch foot so the guide
blade is between the
pillow edge and
the cord.
Set the stitch (you may need to reverse
the stitch) so the straight stitches are
sewn on the pillow edge and the
zigzag stitch reaches over to catch the
cord about every fifth stitch (6).
3. Hand stitch the cord in place using a
whipstitch.
This method is preferable to using
glue. It's not the most durable method,
but it certainly gets the job done.
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