18-06-2020, 08:42 AM
Practice, common sense, a slow machine, a piping foot.
There must be plenty of help on You Tube these days, I was self taught.
Get some spare fabric of around the same weight, and practice, find out how the top and bottom thread tensions affect the stitch.
Then look at how adjusting the pressure on the foot/feet affects the work's progress, and is the driving dog - the bit that actually doing the moving of the fabric - set at the right height.
Keep the right bits oiled.
Let the machine do the driving. If you start pulling, rather than guiding, you will break needles. Talking of which, look up needles and make sure you are using the right ones, and have a box of spares.
Having got to know the machine a bit, practice with 4 or 6 thicknesses - do you need to adjust things for the best results?
Then practice a few piped corners - if you can do those, you are ready to go. (Some piping cords are easier to work with than others.)
Soft pencil or tailor's chalk lines to follow if you want it straight on the flute lines in the seats. (if you do it that way, which purists don't......)
There must be plenty of help on You Tube these days, I was self taught.
Get some spare fabric of around the same weight, and practice, find out how the top and bottom thread tensions affect the stitch.
Then look at how adjusting the pressure on the foot/feet affects the work's progress, and is the driving dog - the bit that actually doing the moving of the fabric - set at the right height.
Keep the right bits oiled.
Let the machine do the driving. If you start pulling, rather than guiding, you will break needles. Talking of which, look up needles and make sure you are using the right ones, and have a box of spares.
Having got to know the machine a bit, practice with 4 or 6 thicknesses - do you need to adjust things for the best results?
Then practice a few piped corners - if you can do those, you are ready to go. (Some piping cords are easier to work with than others.)
Soft pencil or tailor's chalk lines to follow if you want it straight on the flute lines in the seats. (if you do it that way, which purists don't......)