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Title: "Cotton Filler Cord" or flexible tube
Post by: sewingj on April 14, 2017, 11:41:52 AM

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Title: Re: "Cotton Filler Cord" or flexible tube
Post by: Efemera on April 14, 2017, 12:40:38 PM

Piping cord any good?

Title: Re: "Cotton Filler Cord" or flexible tube
Post by: sewingj on April 14, 2017, 12:52:45 PM

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Title: Re: "Cotton Filler Cord" or flexible tube
Post by: Catllar on April 14, 2017, 13:19:38 PM

How much do you need? I might be able to help  - I use it for weighting down the hems of bata de cola skirts - I'll go see if I've got any left.

ETA: Sorry, my mistake - I've got 1/2 centimetre not 1/2"  But have you considered trying your local friendly DIY merchant? That's where I get a lot of my cord from and it's where I got my last lot of bag piping cord from - polyethylene rope comes in all seizes and colours!

Title: Re: "Cotton Filler Cord" or flexible tube
Post by: DementedFairy on April 14, 2017, 14:29:03 PM

Tightly rolled 'sausages' of scrap knit fabric?  If you pull on the end of strips it rolls obligingly...

Title: Re: "Cotton Filler Cord" or flexible tube
Post by: Efemera on April 14, 2017, 15:37:24 PM

Old fashioned washing line or sash cord that they use for windows... both from a hardware shop

Title: Re: "Cotton Filler Cord" or flexible tube
Post by: sewingj on April 14, 2017, 17:33:30 PM

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Title: Re: "Cotton Filler Cord" or flexible tube
Post by: Efemera on April 14, 2017, 18:15:14 PM

Sash cord would be smooth...
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p60404?mkwid=sL1n7YjKE_dt&pcrid=142465636922&pkw=&pmt=&product=60404&gclid=CPqNlqW5pNMCFWYq0wodtC4HDA

Title: Re: "Cotton Filler Cord" or flexible tube
Post by: Catllar on April 14, 2017, 19:48:27 PM

Snot half inch though is it?? Or is it?? :S

Title: Re: "Cotton Filler Cord" or flexible tube
Post by: Efemera on April 14, 2017, 21:38:39 PM

Quote from: Catllar on April 14, 2017, 19:48:27 PM

Snot half inch though is it?? Or is it?? :S

If you mean the sash cord.. its not far off..

Title: Re: "Cotton Filler Cord" or flexible tube
Post by: sewingj on April 15, 2017, 10:12:26 AM

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Title: Re: "Cotton Filler Cord" or flexible tube
Post by: Catllar on April 15, 2017, 18:18:54 PM

Quote from: Efemera on April 14, 2017, 21:38:39 PM

If you mean the sash cord.. its not far off..

That's useful to know as it's more flexible than the polypropylene cord!

Title: Re: "Cotton Filler Cord" or flexible tube
Post by: sewingj on April 28, 2017, 08:10:18 AM

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Title: Re: "Cotton Filler Cord" or flexible tube
Post by: Vegegrow on April 28, 2017, 08:50:06 AM

Quote from: sewingj on April 28, 2017, 08:10:18 AM

As an update - I used the flexible plastic tube and it was a blooming nightmare - very difficult to put in place - I won`t be using that again.

On the other hand - in another post, HollyBerry recommended using headliner scrim as a stabiliser and that was great - very easy to work with and cheap!  I`m now going round the house looking for things to do with it.  I bought some cake forks from Ebay as a birthday present - very pretty forks but tatty box so I am using the scrim plus a bit of silk and some textile glue to reline it.

Headliner scrim seems to be available in different thicknesses.... what did you buy please?

Title: Re: "Cotton Filler Cord" or flexible tube
Post by: sewingj on April 28, 2017, 09:14:47 AM

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Title: Re: "Cotton Filler Cord" or flexible tube
Post by: Vegegrow on April 28, 2017, 11:04:27 AM

Thank you  sewingj