Hello Cuties! I have a sewing question. I am making a slipcover case for 2 rocking chair cushions, The original upholstery, which I am leaving on, has a 3/8 in. piped V design on both sides of the back cushion. To soften the protrusion of the piped V from showing through my new slipcover, is there a type of batting that I could sew to make a case out of, to slip over the cushion before I slide the slipcover on? Any ideas will be appreciated. Thank you, Sharon
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In some of the shops I worked for used a heavy batting they just wrapped it around then put the new cover on. if this don't stay in place, do a couple of hand stitches
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27358Hmmm...is the back side plain? If so, could you turn it around? Or I think foam would do the trick as Linda has suggested...
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by AllRaggedy
13 Feb 2018
Unfortunately the piping design is on both sides. Thank you for your suggestion though. Sharon
318278There is an upholstery batting which I use and if your not able to find it you can use 1/2 inch foam. Linda
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by AllRaggedy
13 Feb 2018
Are you able to machine stitch the upholstery batting so as to make a pillow cover? If you use foam, how do you keep it in place without attaching it to the pillow underneath? I do not want to harm the original pillow fabric. Thank you for your suggestions,
by lin02
13 Feb 2018
yes you can stitch on the batting and the foam, just use longer stitches and some odd fabric for the backing mainly on the foam. I've made pillow covers out of both of them and stuffed them with poly fill for floor mats for the kids.
810Here is a pic of the cushion I am making a slipcover for.
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