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   suesew | Jan 25, 2007 05:31am | #1

   Wanda, I just looked through the book and the chapter on piping and I don't see what you are asking for. She is using filler for the piping she shows there. I have seen others use just a folded fabric that works as a kind of flat piping that is very striking in the right application. Sue

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   WandaJ | Jan 25, 2007 06:30am | #2

   Thanks Sue for taking the time to look for the information I asked about. I 'believe' I used that book to make this type of piping years ago for a dress neckline and an accompanying jacket's edges. Perhaps I need to take it loose in an inconspicuous spot to see how I made it.

   In the interim...you wrote, "I have seen others use just a folded fabric that works as a kind of flat piping that is very striking in the right application."

   Can you tell me more about this process?

    

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   suesew | Jan 26, 2007 05:21am | #3

   It is the same idea as piping without the filler. Say you cut a two inch strip of fabric, fold it in half - now you have a one inch piece with one folded edge, press it flat and insert into a seam. If you use a 5/8 seam you will have a flat 3/8 piping showing. Something like this could be inserted in a pant side seam or in between gores of a skirt - or use your imagination. It could be made really tiny or really large.

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   WandaJ | Jan 26, 2007 06:39am | #4

   Thank you for providing the information I was looking for. I took a quick look at the garment (dress and jacket) that I used this technique on and decided that I still would take it loose to see what I did. I also now think that I'd like to practice your technique before doing so in order to see if it will do what I have in mind, which is to have the edge on it that fits into a seam and still have the rope-like bulk. As you can interpret I'm not much of an abstract person, I have to do it to get it!