So you know how to applique and you know how to make a pillow. Do you know how to do piping? (yes? Okay…just humor me.)
Supplies:
Applique
Fabric for pillow
Fabric for piping (fat quarter)
Pillow form or stuffing
Cording
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| To do a name, I printed out the name from my computer in a ginormous font |
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| Then I used the printout as a stencil for my adhesive-backed fabrics |
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| I wanted some zebra stripe, but not to overpower the applique, so I fused it to some muslin |
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| So you can see the zebra through the muslin. Then I sewed the applique on and sewed a zigzag border |
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| Now onto the piping: First make the casing for piping using the Continuous Binding Tutorial (or you can just sew some strips together since you don’t need that much.) |
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| Get out your cording…this is what it looks like. |
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| Get out your zipper foot |
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| To sew the piping, shove the cording in the fold nice and snug. Then sew a seam right next to the cording (the zipper foot allows you to get really close to the cording so it’s super snug.) Sew enough piping to go around your pillow. |
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| After you’ve sewn the piping, pin it to the top of your pillow, lining up your raw edges. Leave a few inches of overhang. |
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| Clip the corners to make it easy for pinning |
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| To join your piping, unpick a few stitches and fold back the fabric to expose the cord. Clip the cord. |
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| Line up the cords, and fold your fabric under. Then pull the fabric back over the joint, covering it up. |
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| Pin it! |
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| Sew the piping on. You can actually put the back on here, but I never do because I’m worried it will turn out horribly. As always, stitch right next to the cording. |
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| It should look like this. |
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| Pin your back on, right side facing in. Then sew a seam on the outer edge of the piping (feel it as you go.) Leave an opening so you can turn it inside out! (You can also make this a pillow case, but you need to see this tutorial.) |
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| Trim the edges and corners and then turn it right side out. |
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| Put in your form or stuffing night and snug! Then whipstitch it closed. |
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| There you have it! I love piping! |
And speaking of which…how are your applique projects coming for:
I know the deadline is still a couple weeks away, but I haven’t gotten very many entries yet.
Come on, don’t let me down, guys!
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What a great tutorial. I didn't know how to do piping so this is great! Thanks so much.
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That was great, you just showed me a better way to do piping. I've avoided piping for so many years, maybe I can try again!