Most quilting books show how to add piping in one continuous strip around the outside of your quilt, and then overlapping when the ends meet.This causes your quilt to have rounded edges, because it is quite impossible to miter the corners of cording and in order to make them square.
In addition, you will have a double layer of cording where the ends meet, or you will have a gap where you fold the fabric over the cording to secure it inside.
Susan Cleveland came up with a brilliant way to add piping, and that is to simply cut strips the length of the sides of your quilt, and add them one side at a time. Your cording will overlap in the corners, creating a little extra bulk there, however you will have square corners, and your piping will be perfect!
Hear more of Susan's ideas and see a short video demonstration of how to use her piping tool:
How to add piping to your quilt
Happy Quilting!
Penny Halgren
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