As much as I would rather be using up scraps and playing on the Nolting, I must make slip covers for the couch and the two orange chairs. Admittedly the fabric I have is not much better than the orange, but it cost nothing. I am saving for retirement.
Mom used her Viking to make a cover for her studio bed. She used upholstery weight fabric and made piping, The full Monty, as it were. She had no problems with her machine. But I don't want to take my chances with it so I brought in my Necchi Super Nova.
In order for it to function as a flat bed, vs a table top, in the Horn Cabinet I had to adjust the airlift.
It was relatively simple: loosen the 13mm nut, slide it to the proper position, tighten said nut.
Steven fashioned an insert from a piece of luan underlayment. It isn't quite thick enough but it will do for now. I can use this same piece as a template for an acrylic one.
I am now good to go. I have picked apart the seat cover on one of the chairs. After the bike ride today I can think about cutting out the pieces. (Yes Dre, I see the typo in the watermark)
Seriously love your blog! Discovered it in my search for directions on mailing a VSM (without busting it up in the process) that I'd just purchased. Your posts are informative and inspiring, and your watermarks are smartly subversive.
ReplyDeleteI would love to try that machine sometime. It looks positively lovely and strong. I can't make anything 3D without issues- I should have learned it when I was young. Couldn't you trade quilting a quilt for someone in exchange for slipcovers? Happy biking- the wind is pretty strong here.
ReplyDeleteI used my Viking (Quilt Designer) to make car seat covers recently, but had no piping to deal with. I had no problems with sewing through several layers of outdoor canvas-type fabric.
ReplyDeleteI would have used Mom's Necchi, but I'm still in the process of re-learning her abilities. The one problem I had is that the needle pulled out of the clamp during a test run on heavier fabric. I'm wondering if the spring that keeps the needle clamped in is getting old or what. I know Mom had quite a spell with it being out of wack until she found someone who could fix it (this was a loooong time ago). I wonder if it was due to the needle being pulled out of the clamp then.