Now that we're over at the sewing machine again, now, we're ready to go ahead and insert
the piping cord into the piping casing. This is the fabric that we just sewed three pieces
together and it's really stretchy, which isn't a big deal at all, especially with our piping
foots, and the cording which just goes in between the fabric and just folds over like
a sandwich. Before I started doing that make sure that you have your piping foot on when
you're ready to sew this in. So, the first thing I'm going to do is turn my fabric face
down. Let me get my cord. I'm going to leave a tail out. I want to fold it over just like
it were a taco or something like that. Remember when I showed you the bottom of this foot.
There was a groove in the bottom and that's where the piping sits in. It just sits right
on top of it. See, it's kind of squished in there and I can still pull it out a little
bit. What this foot does is it keeps the needle right next to the cord inside all the way
down. All we need to do is just hold it in there and start sewing. I'm going to back
up a little bit just to catch the seam so it doesn't come apart. Okay, here we go. Now,
all we need to do is hold it and make sure these two seams meet on this side. If they
get a little bit out of hand, just readjust them and hold them in there. My piping foot
is made where the cord stays inside. Some have a little slit where the pieces of your
sewing machine thread come out on the side. Mine don't do that. Okay, now I'm just going
to... Here we go. Now, I'm going to come upon this seam here in just a minute and you'll
see the way it goes right over it. It's like it's just a regular piece of fabric. Okay.
Remember to keep it pinched in your hand just like this. So, when you get here just make
sure that they're still opened up from the pressing you gave it. It's folded over just
like that. When you go over this, go over it just like the seam wasn't even there. There
we go. We're almost done with this. Okay. If you wanted to you could make as much of
this as you wanted. That one piece of fabric I had could produce yards and yards of piping.
Here's over that seam. It's so easy. There we go. It's almost easier to make it at home
then to travel to the store and get it. Then you'll have the color and kind that you want.
A lot of stores don't carry too many options for piping. Maybe just some basic colors and
that's all. Okay, we're coming up on the tail end. Just make sure you backstitch when you
get to the very end and then you'll be done with the piping. Okay, there and I'm going
to backstitch. That's how you make the piping. I'm just going to cut this little thing off
and make sure you leave a tail so it doesn't fall inside.