I asked this question of my book club (all ladies of a certain age, like me): "Does anyone have a sewing machine with a presser foot for sewing welting cord?"
Here was the response from most of them: "What's a sewing machine?"
Kidding. Of course they knew that but only one actually knew what a presser foot was. I'm puzzled - didn't we all take Home Ec in grade school? I think I took it in 8th grade, or maybe I was a freshman, I'm not sure, but I remember sewing the world's ugliest apron.
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| Presser foot |
Anyway, do you know what a presser foot is? It's that pronged silver piece in the picture on the right, and it holds down the fabric as you sew.
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| Super-duper welting foot |
And then there's the super-duper welting presser foot which my 40 year old machine didn't come with but I found (where else?) on the Internet. Amazing what you can find online.
Why I needed this is because about a year ago I redecorated: new sofa,
new rug, new colors...and I bought fabric to recover pillows and my
dining room chairs, just because I can do that kind of thing, and enough to also make a slipcover for an ottoman. I did the
chairs and did the pillows, but the ottoman's been sitting there all
this time, with its little disguise. Not that I was fooling anyone.
So when I finally got my new presser foot it was time to get started.
"Do you know how to slipcover?" you may ask. No. But the Internet does. I
looked on YouTube for a video and of course I found one and voila! I
slip-covered an ottoman, complete with welting cord. I'm so proud!
See how that Home Ec paid off?
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| Old color scheme |
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| Thinly disguised ottoman |
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| Here's a good start |
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| Close-up of the fabulous welting |
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| Almost there... |
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| Cool, right? |
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