Sewing guimp/gimp trim?

[gem]

I've found the perfect trim for my English fitted gown (or Flanders gown, per Arnold)! It's a thick guimp/gimp, about 1/2" wide:


(It's picking up the light a bit better than the velvet, but it's a dead-on match for the duck green.  <--happy costumer. And also, it was $0.75/yard!)

Any suggestions for the nicest way to sew this down? I'm leaning toward tacking it by hand, but I thought I would consult the communal knowledge font....

Gramercy!

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

I would sew that gorgeous trim close to the edge on each side by machine. Hand sewing will take you forever.

Just my 2 cents worth.

[gem]

Thanks, Lady K! It is gorgeous, isn't it? I found it at Hobby Lobby, reg. price $1.29/yard. They also had it in a grey-with-yellow colorway... and JoAnn online has several different colors, too (although they're charging a lot more). They all have really pretty names; wish I knew what mine was called!

[Rowan MacD]

  Sales are great aren't they? 
   I have sewn this type by machine, just stay close to the edges as possible-like Lady K said.
   You will find the machine stitching blends in well with the weave.
   I know the edges are very narrow, but try to avoid sewing into the center area where the ribbon like pattern is. Go slow and it will turn out lovely.

[isabelladangelo]

I'd hand tack it down.  It wouldn't take long.  Just watch a movie and sew it with a whip stitch on the edges.  Hand sewing doesn't take as long as people seem to think.  Often, I can hand sew something quicker and more neatly than when I machine sew it - figure out I sewed it down wrong, have to take it completely apart, and then sew it up again.