How to add piping to a dress

Learn how to sew piping to use it in any seam. It's a great detail to add to clothing. You can sew piping with or without a piping foot.

In today’s video, I’ll be showing you how to sew piping into a seam. Piping is a great way to add an extra bit of detail to your garments or home decor items. Plus, it’s fairly easy to do. In this video, I’ll be showing you how to sew piping using a zipper foot to a flat piece of fabric and one that is in the round. Alternately, you may be able to buy a special piping foot to use when stitching piping.

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Did you know that you can use piping in place of a facing? This is a technique I learned from inspecting a vintage dress. It's especially well suited to anything sheer, like eyelet or lace, because it provides clean, minimalist finish. Here's the inside of a piping facing: It looks like a bias tape finish from the inside, and provides a decorative touch on the outside. It's a good choice for unlined dresses (as almost all vintage dresses from the 40s and 50s are). Because piping is made with…

Froo had a cute dress from Target with a piped hem. The finishing is horrendous, but I guess that’s the way it goes with store-bought clothing on the cheap. When I made Froo a skirt awhile ba…

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Applying piping to the princess seams of a garment such as the Women's Pathfinder Vest or Fable Dress is a simple and effective way to highlight the lovely shaping. A relatively quick detail to add, use tonal piping for a subtle detail, or contrasting piping to make the seams really stand out. Materials: Piping (store bought, or learn how to make your own here) Zipper foot The technique is demonstrated here using the Women's Pathfinder vest, but can be used for any garment with princess…