Quote Originally Posted by Sherry
On another note, after looking more carefully at Rick's method, I think that I would just sew or serge the strip of fabric (width of finished flash x 2 + seam allowances) into a tube, leaving a long thread tail for turning (trim the seam allowances to about 1/4" if they are wider than that). This makes all the stitches hidden on the inside. Press the tube flat with the seam in the middle back. Then you can turn down the top & trim the bottom just as Rick describes.

Sherry
Great minds must think alike. I just purchased some wool fabric that is too light of weight to make flashes by the method I described. I was thinking about doing it as you suggest.

My new Hector Russell kilt just arrived and it included tartan flashes. They simply serged the edges with a thread colour that matched the line in respective line in the tartan. This looks fine. However, I only have a straight stitch sewing machine.