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From: Bellerose
Date: 02-28-2005, 07:47 PM (1 of 10)
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I am about to make a denim jacket for myself. The pattern is from Linda MacPhee's Workshop and there is a front & back yoke in addition to insert panels in the front & back (so you could add contrasting fabrics if desired). I am doing mine in one fabric, because I don't go in for all that frufru stuff. I was thinking of adding a small piping where the yoke meets the body of the jacket and also at the inserts -since my fabric is a print. I think this will help the flow of the pattern. My question is, should I do the piping in the same print fabric or in a solid coordinating fabric? Do I purchase cotton cording? And how hard is it to line up the piping inbetween the fabric layers when seaming? ~Dolores |
User: Bellerose
Member since: 01-20-2005 Total posts: 10 |
From: Dede
Date: 03-01-2005, 08:23 AM (2 of 10)
| The choice of fabric is totally yours. I would put very small cording to ensure consistency. When adding piping you first sew it on one of the pieces of fabric preferably with your zipper foot then assemble the other piece as indicated. Sew on the same seam and you should be OK. |
User: Dede
Member since: 03-23-2001 Total posts: 469 |
From: Bellerose
Date: 03-01-2005, 10:29 AM (3 of 10)
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Dede, I'm glad you mentioned the 2-step sewing because I didn't think of that. It makes sense, and I've seen it done on TV programs -but I forgot all about it. Thanks for refreshing my memory! ~Dolores |
User: Bellerose
Member since: 01-20-2005 Total posts: 10 |
From: paroper
Date: 03-01-2005, 11:51 AM (4 of 10)
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Be sure that if you make your own piping you use bias strips. If you don't they don't look as pretty and they tend to really wrinkle in the corners where the piping turns.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: Bellerose
Date: 03-01-2005, 12:26 PM (5 of 10)
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Thanks, Pam. Since my piping only needs to be in straight strips (no curves), would it make a difference if I didn't cut my strips on the bias? ~Dolores |
User: Bellerose
Member since: 01-20-2005 Total posts: 10 |
From: paroper
Date: 03-01-2005, 12:40 PM (6 of 10)
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It won't be anywhere near as important. I think that the bias still looks prettier but the difference in this case is subtile. (Just for reference only, I almost always use straigth of grain piping if I am gathering the fabric onto the piping for pillows or somthing of that nature).
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: Bellerose
Date: 03-01-2005, 06:05 PM (7 of 10)
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Well, if I have enough fabric left over to get decent lenghts of strips I'll cut it on the bias -if not I'll just cut on the grain. Thanks for all your help. ~Dolores |
User: Bellerose
Member since: 01-20-2005 Total posts: 10 |
From: Dede
Date: 03-02-2005, 07:35 AM (8 of 10)
| If you are using cording, spray it and let it dry before use as it might shrink. DO NOT put it in the washer. Ask me how I know ... |
User: Dede
Member since: 03-23-2001 Total posts: 469 |
From: Bellerose
Date: 03-02-2005, 02:04 PM (9 of 10)
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Dede, thank you for that great tip. This will be my first time working with cording/piping so I didn't know about that. It would have been horrible to find that the piping shrunk the first time it went thru the wash and ruined the jacket I worked so hard to make! ~Dolores |
User: Bellerose
Member since: 01-20-2005 Total posts: 10 |
From: MaryW
Date: 03-03-2005, 06:07 PM (10 of 10)
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I have been there and done that, boy it makes me mad. Ruins the look of the whole garment.
MaryW
owner/editor of Sew Whats New |
User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542 
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