I am making slip covers for the couch with Crypton fabric. http://www.cryptonfabric.com/ I saw it advertised in a dog magazine a few years ago and found some on line. I bought the fabric three years ago. It's time.
The material is backed with a waterproof substance which gums up the needle.
I cut 1.5 inch strips from an old sheet and used them as basting tape. It helped some. But not enough. I switched to a smaller needle, a little bit better. I cleaned the needle off with alcohol every few inches, definitely a PITA. Finally I saw this in my stuff drawer in the loft:
I realize that I did not write about my solution to the gummy needle problem. Wax paper.
I could not come up with one appropriate joke...
ReplyDeleteAwww c'mon. The Dutch word to sew is naaien. Really.
DeleteWhat were they thinking?? I wonder if it might help if you put the fabric in the freezer first. Then sew fast 'cause it will warm up in 5 minutes. Or run some beeswax or a crayon along the stitching line first? Or maybe waxed paper on top or bottom? Just some wacky ideas that may be more of a pain than lubing the needle. Thanks for posting this -- I will never buy that fabric.
ReplyDeleteWax paper on the top. On the bottom it starves the dogs.
Deleteha ha. Starving the feed dogs. I was wondering about that -- too slippery, you're right. You need a liquid CO2-dispersant attachment that spot-cools the line of stitching just before the needle gets to it. It should come with every order of Crypton fabrics, and be magically designed to work with any machine.
DeleteNo, no, no. What you need to do in a case like this is use that material for something else (like e.g. lining the dustbin until collection day) and buy some material with no waterproof backing on it to make the covers. Sometimes it's best to just admit the mistake and save yourself the problems before getting in too deep.
ReplyDeleteSorry Roger, I spent over 200 dollars on that fabric and there is no way it is being used in the dustbin. The slip covers are done, I used wax paper between the presser foot and the fabric and that solved the problem.
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