My 1st attempt at piping.

[toxo]

OK, just to clarify a few things. As you can see on Brian's stills, the piping cord is attached to the good side of the leather. Good lob on the piping cord join @RockyAussie. On the video you're looking at the flesh side so it's right side to right side. There's a piping foot on the machine which has a tunnel underneath to trap the piping cord. If you look closely you can see the impression of the cord under the leather as the foot travels over it. If you're making a bag you are doing all this with the bag inside out and you have to leave an opening somewhere to be able to turn the bag rightside out. The binding is happening on the inside of the bag which not everyone bothers with because it's not seen. Just another piece of class from Brian.

My Adler 69 is virtually the same as the Pfaff 335 and I have all the binding stuff for it including the main plate which is why that machine has to stay along with the new one.

[toxo]

46 minutes ago, Doc Reaper said:

I have been wanting to do piping, but I don't know where to find affordable setups for a cowboy 4500, I'm open for suggestions 

You could just buy piping feet in different sizes Doc but lots of people do it with ordinary feet, usually a zipper foot for the second stitch because that needs to be real close to the cord else the stitches will show on the finished job.

The piping cord you can buy ready made but most of it is fabric or faux leather. You get more satisfaction if you make your own. Try this..  Cut a piece of thin leather or skive it say a foot long and about 1 1/2 inch wide. Take a length of weedwacker nylon (or anything else that resembles a cord hard or soft the same length. Put a line of glue down the center or use double sided tape. put some on the WW as well. Place the WW down the center and fold the leather over. You now have some piping cord. Take a piece of scrap same length. On the good side glue or d/sided tape or even just clips and get em edge to edge as in @RockyAussies vid and run a stitch to keep everything together. This stitch doesn't have to be close. Take another piece of scrap and clip it on top right side to right side edge to edge. Now run another stitch but thjis one needs to be as close as you  can get it to the cord with that zipper foot. You'll be surprised and impressed when you open it up.

Edited April 11, 2024 by toxo

[DieselTech]

Cheap weed eater/string trimmer line works good for making piping. 

[NatesLeatherGds]

Thanks all! I get it, useful, decorative -- depends  

[Doc Reaper]

14 hours ago, toxo said:

You could just buy piping feet in different sizes Doc but lots of people do it with ordinary feet, usually a zipper foot for the second stitch because that needs to be real close to the cord else the stitches will show on the finished job.

The piping cord you can buy ready made but most of it is fabric or faux leather. You get more satisfaction if you make your own. Try this..  Cut a piece of thin leather or skive it say a foot long and about 1 1/2 inch wide. Take a length of weedwacker nylon (or anything else that resembles a cord hard or soft the same length. Put a line of glue down the center or use double sided tape. put some on the WW as well. Place the WW down the center and fold the leather over. You now have some piping cord. Take a piece of scrap same length. On the good side glue or d/sided tape or even just clips and get em edge to edge as in @RockyAussies vid and run a stitch to keep everything together. This stitch doesn't have to be close. Take another piece of scrap and clip it on top right side to right side edge to edge. Now run another stitch but thjis one needs to be as close as you  can get it to the cord with that zipper foot. You'll be surprised and impressed when you open it up.

Thanks, I'm thinking of longer lengths of piping, I got ripped of by a posting on FB, but now I poke the grass to look for snakes

[toxo]

6 hours ago, Doc Reaper said:

Thanks, I'm thinking of longer lengths of piping, I got ripped of by a posting on FB, but now I poke the grass to look for snakes

A quick vid. It's fabric but apart from the first bit about bias it's exactly the same for leather.

Upholstery Basics: How to Make Single Welt Cording/Piping (youtube.com)