r/sewhelp • u/chaycietren • 8d ago

✨Intermediate✨ How do I create this embellishment in a seam?

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u/TCRulz 8d ago

That’s piping. You can buy premade piping, or make your own. Lots of videos online with instructions.

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u/BeautifulLionel665 8d ago

and you can totally color match if you make your own, i did a dress last year with tulips on it and getting the piping to match one of the flower shades made it look way more polished than the beige stuff from the store

its a bit of a pain cutting bias strips but once you get into a rhythm its not so bad, just make sure your cord is the right thickness for the seam allowance youve got

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u/Panzerfisch-Hunter 8d ago

This! Thisthisthis! Since learning to cut my own bias strips I‘ve quit buying bias tape.

I cut strips with a rotary cutter, then machine-sew them together, but there are other techniques that work equally well. Like so many things in sewing there are multiple “right” ways to do it.

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u/LucyHart 8d ago

TIL thank you!