Hello Fashion Sewers, in today's tutorial I'm going to be showing you how to sew with piping. I'm Colleen Gilly and this is Fashion Sewing Blog TV. Here we have what we call piping and what it is is a cord that is actually inside this bias ribbon bias fabric and I'm going to show you how to sew the piping cord into the bias itself and then sew the bias onto a seam. Here we have a couple of examples of piping cord and they come in different thicknesses or widths and you will know which one to choose for your sewing project and I'm going to show you a quick tip on how to kind of judge the width of your bias strip in order to cover them. Here's a quick tip for you for judging the amount that you need for the width of your bias strip is to put your piping cord at 45 degree angle at the corner of your fabric, fold it over, put a plain in place and from your pin you measure 1.5 cm or 5-8 cm of an inch whichever is your preferred measuring tool and then you cut across and once you've cut across you'll have the measurement for the actual width for example of your actual bias and I'll have my bias strip cut to the required width. I've now got my cord and I'm going to put down the center of the bias strip and then I'm going to wrap the bias over making sure the raw edges meet and then pin into place and then once I've done that I'll take it over to my sewing machine and then also a straight line from one end to the other. I'll just put one more here, take a good idea of what it looks like and then do make sure that you do have sufficient at each end so your cord doesn't get lost in the actual tubing. I'm actually using my zipper fork than this, you can actually buy feet for a cord and they do come in different widths but if you don't have one then this is a great way to do it so you put your needle down and remember you're just going to sew a straight line all the way down as close as possible to your actual cord or as close as your actual zipper fork will allow you to go. So it should be able to see my stitching so I've kind of got my work to an angle so that to make sure it gets as close to the cord as possible. Pull my pins out as it go along, I'm going to continue going all the way down and then I'll come back to you and show you how to put it into a seam. The cord is now secure in the biostrip and the next thing to do is to take it to my seam, got my fabric piece here, place it on my seam and I'm just going to put it a little bit just up off that area because it can always cut that bit away. So I've got the right side of the cord facing towards the actual garment and it's on the right side of the garment itself and then I'm going to get top piece and sew it in between. And then pin it into place and then I'll be doing my second row of stitching. And I'll do a corner as well. I'll turn a corner for you so you can see how that's done. There's a little trick I can show you there. Okay, I'm going to take it over to my machine. And now I've gone to sew my seam. Continue going straight down. So I've got making sure that the cord is pressed against the feet and making sure I've got control so I'm pushing it against there so it stays as close as possible because remember we're doing this with a zipper foot. You've got a lot more control if you're actually using a piping foot. Now I'm going to show you how to come around the corner here. So what you need to do is get your scissors, snip into the bias, not too close to stitching mind you and then place your finger on top. Bring your bias round like so. Keep sewing to get some point there. Now you should be able to feel your work at this point. Even though you can't see your bias by and you should be able to see that there is a curve happening here. So I'm going to get as close as I can to curve this. Right there. Needle down my work. Foot foot. I'm going to come to my work at about 45 degree angle. Hand foot down. I'm going to do a couple of stitches forward. Needle down. One more stitch I think I'll do. Yep. Needle down. Foot up. Turn my work. Get my bias, my bias strip with my cord in. Between, trap that. Quick lock under there. And if you wish you can put a couple of pins in there and get my feet up. Get my happy with that. And then start sewing. Just go slowly because you are coming around the corner here. Especially if you can begin in, you haven't got any pins in as well. Keep going there. So you should have a nice shape there. Nice L shape. And then I'm going to keep on sewing until I get to the end and I come back and show you what it looks like. Now here we have it. The L-stapes ditching that I've done in order to get my bias strip and my cord to produce piping. What I should really do is to cut away the bulk. So I'm going to get my scissors trim that much out of the way. Then turn it to the right side. And there we have it. PIPING to a seam and I've given you a curbs seam there as well. So you've got to show you. See it that way. And then OK. I hope you found that video tutorial helpful. Remember you can use piping cord in any particular sewing project you like, such as areas such as collars, pockets, hems, hems on dresses, skirts, other so many different areas in the garment in which you can actually do that. It's also a great opportunity for you to create your own style by producing your own bias strips and coordinating it with your fashion fabric. So if you have any questions or queries, please put them in the comment box below and I'll see you next time.