My method of doing cord trim makes the joint where the cords meet indistinguishable from the rest. Here’s how I do it. I sew the the cord in and leave it incomplete for 3 inches around where I need to join the cord ends. The trick is to get rid of the bulk and the bump where the cord ends meet. I cut back the canvas ribbon part of the cord so there’s no overlap. I untwist the ends of the cords on each end, say for around a 3 inch overlap length on each end. I cut out the cotton middle of the single silky strands to thin them out and pinch the ends with tacky glue to keep them from getting too frizzed out. Then twist these cords around each other a bit for a natural look. The overlap is only 1 inch or less and the part where I tuck into the seam is spread out to be thin. Then I pin it all together using long skinny pins and hand sew to finish. It’s a technique that is somewhat tricky but if you can master it, you distinguish where the ends meet from the rest of the cord.

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