This post is part of the Sewing Back-to-School series, 30 days of helpful sewing articles by guest bloggers. Feel free to check out the original Sewing Back-to-School post for schedule and previous posts!
Kim from My Go Go Life is a very talented and generous seamstress; she made the above quilt for 100 Quilts for Kids. Love the pebble quilting! She has some super-cool, top-secret tutorials coming up on her blog soon, as well as (you didn’t hear it from me) possibly a (Accuquilt) giveaway soon!
Hi, I am Kim from My Go Go Life. Sara has been putting together some awesome and inspirational guest posts and I personally have learned so much from all the posters this past month. Many thanks to Sara for the invitation and huge thanks also to the bloggers that have shared their tips, tricks and wisdom!
I recently found out a little secret from my sweet and adorable sister. Cording, that I thought was difficult, is one of the easiest things you can do for a home sewing project to give it that WOW! that we all like.
I really am amazed at how simple and wonderful cording is for almost all home sewing. I have not tried it on a quilt yet but I do plan on some big sewing soon :o)
Sara, thank you again for the wonderful invite and I am looking forward to reading more tips, tricks and how to’s.
I had always sworn that I would never make or use cording — until I took a class to get acquainted with my new machine and its accessories. We made sample cording using the zipper foot, as you describe, then inserted the cording into the seam allowance to be sewed, with all cut edges lined up. Then we switched to a braiding/bulky overlock foot, with the cording running through the “tunnel” on the bottom of the foot and the needle moved to the right so it hit right next to the cording. While the zipper foot made the original cording cover fabric snug, the braiding foot made it TIGHT in the seam. It looked great and was effortless! Hope this changes someone’s mind about using cording, like it did mine.
Suzanne…that is brilliant!!!!! I have more to do and now I cannot wait to try that tip!
I love how effortless the cording is too. Thanks for your input, I love learning those little tips that make sewing more of a pleasure!!!!!
I too use a zipper foot. One thing that you didn’t mention which I learnt from the fabric shop where I buy my chord is to put the chord in a pot of boiling water for a few minutes and dry it prior to making the chording. This preshrinks the chord and means it won’t shrink and pucker your project when washed after completion.
I really like how easy the particular cording will be as well. Fat loss supplements Appreciate it for ones insight, I really like finding out those tiny suggestions that make stitches more of the pleasure!!!!!