Sewing with Corduroy...any tips?

Sometimes when I sew slippery fabrics, I put a strip of tissue paper between the pieces at the seam. Tissue is very easy to tear out when finished; other times, I pin well inside the seam line, placing them horizontal, so they can be left till the garment is completed. I'm sure other readers will have different ideas. Emily

Dear Fiveda,

Corduroy can be sewn the same as velvet. First, make sure that you've cut all the pieces in the same direction. It's very obvious is they aren't, as the pile catches light differently. For sewing, press the two layers together, and rub them tightly together. This will cause the pile to lock together, no pins needed. In fact, pins will cause you grief. After you lock the layers together, hold the bottom of the layers together, and keep lifting your work as you sew, so that the layers will ease together. If they begin to slip, about half way down the seam, take the work out of the machine and turn it around, and sew from the opposite direction. The rubbing of the layers together is the trick.

Teri

It helps to put the pins exactly in the stitching line, with the points toward the needle so that they can be pulled out at the last minute. Sometimes I'll hold a pin with tweezers and let the machine pull the fabric off it while the point is actually inside the presser foot. (This is NOT something to be done with the pedal to the metal!) Joy Beeson

I often find a walking or even feed foot helps too. :)