Alternative to the Magic Piping Notion

by Anne

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(The notion probaby does a slightly better job, but this works in a pinch.) Here goes: I lay the piping up against the edge of my mat so the seam allowance falls on the cutting surface and the piped part is on the table. Then, I lay the see-through ruler on top of the piping and carefully line up the stitching line with the 1/4″ gridline on my ruler so that the piped edge lies under the ruler and the raw edge lies on the cutting mat. Then, you can trim off the raw edge lying on the mat.