How to Sew Simple Corded Pintucks

Make Your Own Cording For Pintucks or Piping

Make Your Own Cording For Pintucks or Piping

Debbie Colgrove, Licensed to About.com

• Using 3 or more lengths of the thread, place one end of the thread lengths under the pressure foot and zig zag over the thread. This picture was taken using black thread for the length and white thread in the machine.
• If you would like to create a shadow of color in your corded pin tucks, use colored thread and matching thread in the machine.

• Materials
• Test the Fit
• Machine Set Up
• Sew the Pin Tuck
• Completed Pin Tuck
• Make Your Own Cording For Pintucks or Piping