Piping not nice and tight to top and border

[Edsbear]

Hi, any tips for getting leather piping nice and tight to top and border, just can’t seem to get the stitch close enough.
Piping is 1/8" nylon, I tried 5/16" and 1/4" piping foot but the piping still doesn't seem close enough
Making a car seat cover, luckily just using scraps of leather at the moment

Thanks

[nylonRigging]

People can maybe pickup what the likely small problem is with little more info ?

what machine . Maybe give Pic. of your inner/outer press feet set-up on machine also . Is this a compound feed, or a drop feed walk ?

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[Edsbear]

Its a Brother LS2-B837 compound feed. Please pictures

Many thanks

[kgg]

13 hours ago, Edsbear said:

just can’t seem to get the stitch close enough.

Personally I would try:

i) Right Welting / Piping Cord Foot which a set of left and right is fairly inexpensive at $21.40 CAD. Example:

 https://www.amazon.ca/Left-Right-Zipper-Foot-Brother/dp/B07X2YXZSW/ref=sr_1_2?crid=BT74CEMIYEZI&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.yM4JEjVQFcUsazrhU5yXS-8hXMWw_WCiJlVXbIFnF-06FGJeUWxJCpdJS7D1mUIPCaRPiq_R0AiDCwwbDpTk-0TJfAar-omIHh9Fg6xLexz8yTgzDdvLPDrA0Vo0Rp1tn9sLTTph0Oxbm8giE3kMRWpHT-b3G5Ku-QfRfh5MjypgU3vorAJxaX9Mz22FolHwEvP6WSWb39WPbVz153tPP2NehCkOJ_45mLaBI5PRu80.8yXbwxcQE469d1W-1TFKBifFt0P2tu8OaX07DkyAVqs&dib_tag=se&keywords=right+Welting+Piping+Cord+Foot+Single+Toe+for+Brother+B837+TACSEW+T111-155&qid=1773320921&s=kitchen&sprefix=right+welting+piping+cord+foot+single+toe+for+brother+b837+tacsew+t111-155%2Ckitchen%2C86&sr=1-2

ii) grind your existing presser foot to look similar to the above example.

kgg

[Edsbear]

The foot in your link is a zipper foot, my feet are in the pictures above

Thanks

[kgg]

2 minutes ago, Edsbear said:

The foot in your link is a zipper foot, my feet are in the pictures above

If you need to get closer they will allow a closer seam.

kgg

[friquant]

21 hours ago, Edsbear said:

Hi, any tips for getting leather piping nice and tight to top and border, just can’t seem to get the stitch close enough.
Piping is 1/8" nylon, I tried 5/16" and 1/4" piping foot but the piping still doesn't seem close enough
Making a car seat cover, luckily just using scraps of leather at the moment

Are you stitching the leather around just the piping first? That's what I've seen people do.

Do you have photos of the pieces you've stitched?

[Edsbear]

yes stitching the piping first with a big stitch and not close to the piping

[friquant]

2 hours ago, Edsbear said:

yes stitching the piping first with a big stitch and not close to the piping

Are you purposefully stitching far away from the piping? I've only used piping a couple times, but I stitched as close as I could to it on the first pass, using a piping foot (just piping and cover material) which gives a nice, tidy package. You can even aim the piping through the foot at an angle so the foot is almost to climb up over the piping, that's how I got really close.

As for stitching the now-covered piping to the actual seam of the bag, I don't remember the details of that.