Re: Should I or shouldn't I?

David said:
'I have seen slipcovers that looked pretty awful. The problem was,
they slipped. That is, they fit over the furniture fairly well
originally, but when someone sat on the couch or whatever it pulled
the cover down the back, off the arms, and generally made a mess of
it. Is there a way to avoid that?'

-If slipcovers are 'slipping' that means that they have not been fitted
properly. It's like making a dress, the dress can be perfectly sewn and
look like a dress but it may not fit the body. Unless you are making the
'shabby chic' style the slipcovers should be just to the point of being
taut, but not tight and stretched obviously. When I'm finished with the job
and I put the slipcover on the sofa and pull up the zipper or close the
velcro I have to pull very slighty to get that nice taut finish.

Try the paper pattern next time you'll be surprised how well the slipcover
will fit. And you can keep the pattern for next time.

For customers I make two trips to the home for slipcover. Once to make the
paperpatern. Then a second time for a fitting, and any small adjustments.
That's all. The most important thing for me is that I don't need to move
their big heavy sofa to my house!



"Karen Maslowski" <sewstorm@xxxxxxxxxx> skrev i melding
news:c1cf8$44513beb$42a1c86c$9341@xxxxxxxxxxx
Yes, you can wedge long rectangular pieces of foam rubber down in the
crevices. This keeps most of the errant slippage at bay.

You can find plastic pieces meant for this at home stores like Bed Bath &
Beyond, but it is much less expensive to just purchase a pillow form, and
then cut it up to make the wedge pieces.

Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati
www.sewstorm.com


David Harmon wrote:
I have seen slipcovers that looked pretty awful. The problem was,
they slipped. That is, they fit over the furniture fairly well
originally, but when someone sat on the couch or whatever it pulled
the cover down the back, off the arms, and generally made a mess of
it. Is there a way to avoid that?



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