How to Sew Tuck & Roll Channeling

Learn how to sew tuck and roll channeling in this tutorial video. Tuck & roll channeling is often use in car, boat and even home upholstery applications. Mostly made using a high quality seating vinyl like EverSoft from Sailrite. Tuck and roll channeling has a deep channel look because individual foam pieces are cut to size to fit into each pleat or channel. While most channeling materail is simply sewn over the sew foam compressing the foam to almost half its thickness. The next time you need a deep looking channeling for your upholstery application check out this video tutorial and the supplies to make it from Sailrite.
If you prefer shallow depth channeling consider using the Blind-Stitch Channeling approach instead: • Mastering the Art of S...
0:00 - Intro
0:48 - Calculating Pleat Size & Number
2:08 - Calculating Backer Fabric Size & Marking
3:32 - Sewing a Test Piece
8:16 - Calculating Vinyl Fabric Size & Marking
9:26 - Sewing Pleats
14:42 - Adding Adjacent Fabric Panel
Materials List:
Fabric Backed Sew Foam 1/2" - SKU: 124306 www.sailrite.com/Fabric-Backe...
Upholstery Decking Tan 67" Fabric - SKU: 123529 www.sailrite.com/Upholstery-D...
EverSoft™ Indoor/Outdoor 54" Vinyl Fabric - we used SKU: 124477 www.sailrite.com/Fabrics/Mari...
Tex 90 Polyester Thread from Sailrite www.sailrite.com/Notions/Thre...
Template Plastic Plain A4 (2 pack) - SKU: 123106 www.sailrite.com/Template-Pla...
Seamstick 1/4" Basting Tape for Canvas & Upholstery (36 yds.) - SKU: 122065 www.sailrite.com/Seamstick-1-...
Tools List:
Sailrite® Clear Acrylic Ruler 6" x 24" - SKU: 102400 www.sailrite.com/Clear-Acryli...
Sailrite® Deluxe Fabricator® Sewing Machine Package (110V) - SKU: 400600 www.sailrite.com/Sailrite-Del...
Scribe-All® Black Marking Pencil for Vinyl - SKU: 121977 www.sailrite.com/Scribe-All-W...
Suisei Magnetic Sewing Guide - SKU: 102983 www.sailrite.com/Magnetic-Sew...
Clear Acrylic Ruler 14" x 1" - SKU: 123094 www.sailrite.com/Clear-Acryli...
Zipper Foot Left for Sailrite® Fabricator®, 111 & Big-N-Tall - SKU: 400311 www.sailrite.com/Zipper-Foot-...
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[@Reuben-]

I've always heard about tuck and roll, so it's great to see you put together an excellent video about how to sew it. For a product that has really nice looks, it sure is a bit labor intensive to execute. It's great to have this in the tool box!! Thank you!

[@SailriteDIY]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm glad you found the video helpful and that you appreciate the effort that goes into sewing tuck and roll. It's definitely a skill worth having in your toolbox!

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Excellent video

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Love this video👍

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That was awesome. Thanks!

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[@remikmskmsk4160]

I know an easier way to do this