French seam with twin needle

[Edsbear]

I am trying to French seam the border(border and top plate) of a seat cushion which is square. The problem is that when I get to the corner the stitches end up misaligned and don't go around the corner parallel so look rubbish. I wondered if anyone had some tips on this, its easy doing a 90 degree turn on a flat piece but this driving me mad at the moment. I am using a twin needle with split bar 3/8" gauge.

[nylonRigging]

Sailrite did a couple good  examples, on doing two turn-corner techniques with French Seam.

Turn-Corner, French Seam

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Edited January 10, 2024 by nylonRigging

[toxo]

On 1/9/2024 at 1:08 AM, Edsbear said:

I am trying to French seam the border(border and top plate) of a seat cushion which is square. The problem is that when I get to the corner the stitches end up misaligned and don't go around the corner parallel so look rubbish. I wondered if anyone had some tips on this, its easy doing a 90 degree turn on a flat piece but this driving me mad at the moment. I am using a twin needle with split bar 3/8" gauge.

Anything upholstery, Cechaflo is THE maestro. If you can't find what you need here I'd be very surprised.

https://www.youtube.com/@Cechaflo/videos

[nylonRigging]

14 hours ago, toxo said:

Anything upholstery, Cechaflo is THE maestro. If you can't find what you need here I'd be very surprised.

https://www.youtube.com/@Cechaflo/videos

That guy is a magician with a sew machine.
Have you seen the Vid. of him making his own piping foot set for French Seam ? . Cut out of a hunk of scrap metal with hand tools, for his twin needle Durkopp&Adler 268 FA-373

French Seam piping, Scrap Metal Feet set

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[Edsbear]

Thank you, yes I agree both Cechaflo and Sailrite are great channels but I am trying to French seam the top plate where it meets the boxing, so basically a top stitch on the top and a top stitch on the side boxing with the twin needle, maybe its not possible