Originally Posted by DeafLamb
Sewing the trim on is a pain. Was wondering if you guys had any suggestions for sewing trim, or is just practice. I'm hoping the next bag I make will be a bit easier as I will use sunbrella bias tape, which is a little bit wider than the trim I used for those two bags.
A binder can help a lot, although they're still tricky on sharp corners, and they're not much help at all for inside curves. Check out
http://www.atlaslevy.com/binders.htm and scroll down to the "Type 100LS" (it's the third one on the page). That bolts onto any machine that has a couple of properly placed holes in the bed, to the right of the foot (a lot of home sewing machines have at least one mounting hole in the right place -- two is better).
A walking foot helps somewhat, as does not using too long a stitch length (I sew binding with about a 4.5 to 5mm stitch length). Other than that, practice practice practice
