Indications: When is underwear/padding appropriate? What problems can it solve/disguise?

Materials: What should you use?

Methodology: How do you apply the materials? Specify order, technique, etc.

Didn't know what it was supposed to look like when I was done (still not sure - examples?). I really was working blind, with 1" Dacron, quilting muslin, poly thread, and a curved needle. I did it in layers, stitching everything directly to the sofa as I went along (trying to soften channels on the IB and arms, and cover/smooth exposed decorative wood).

Also, a time frame - I know I took w-a-y too long, and I still wasn't happy with it.

slipcoverpress article topic for upcoming issue...what do you want to see ?

Oh, and I really want to see underwear with padding ("We stuff with cotton what Nature has forgotton.") - gotta love them Victorians... Seriously, it took forever when I tried it so surely there is a better method than mine.

Kim, I honestly don't know. The Pillow Lady (under "Basics") has an example labeled "butterfly corners" but that style could have more than one name. Or they're completely different - ???

I'd better do a mock-up before cutting COM - I think I gained an inch somewhere.

Dede, do you mean turkish corners? I bet your formula worked out fine.
Kim

Rivets and buckles and snaps... oh my! Could be i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-i-n-g in black with nickel hardware... :D

I posted yesterday but can't find it - so if this is a repeat sorry!
I'll take pictures of my progress but I don't know...my garage is crammed with stuff (also cobwebs and such in the corners...) and it all shows on the photos.
The pieces are either tufted or channeled so I'm adding a layer of batting on each inside back, also 2 chairs have a pattern that shows through the white. Instead of lining the slip (which I've never done) I'm making the underwear the lining.
About bringing real work to Shirleys - I'm so excited! I have 2 pieces that need to be slipcovered to be put on display in my new shop. We can have fun with it maybe...hmmm...how about faux suede with grommets and leather straps as closures!
Kim

Hmm... don't know then - for some reason, I really thought it was you (Shirley). I'll try my improvised method* and see how they turn out. She originally wanted knife-edge, but this is more in line with the soft, casual look she wants for her living room.

Thanks, though. :)

*Even though it probably isn't the One True Way...

wasn't me, I don't think I have ever used the word butterfly pertaining to a cushion.

If you mean the bendable ones, I guess it would depend on how you made that junction. Either making them as two with a piece added to bridge, or just making one envelope, pleating it at the center edges, and stitching that down.

In response to my own post...

I think I worked out a rough formula: Top and bottom of cover = measurement from one middle of insert width to the other (i.e., middle-of-one-side of insert to middle-of-opposite-side of insert). Measure 1/2 of width of insert away from each corner. Pinch together at that point and baste. When cover pieces are stitched together, the SA will eat 2" overall = proper insert:cover ratio.

I really hope this makes sense to me in the morning...

Hey Shirley! Was it you who posted how to determine pleat depth for butterfly cushions? Can't find it - losing mind...

eyelets are a curiosity that I could have fun with.

I just bought a Fasnap bench press for setting grommets, eyelets, snaps, rivets, and vents. Yes, there are many things I need more than this, but... I got a really good price on it, and the shipping wasn't too bad. Haven't bought dies or supplies, yet - not sure what sizes I'll need. I can bring it with me to Virginia - let me know if you need anything set (sizes, specifically, so I can have them on hand).

Dede (hmm... maybe I'll do Ren Faire bodices with all these grommets...)

If you drive you can bring real work. Maybe your DH wants you to have no worries. Ask your parents, they want you to get away too.

Husband is suggesting I drive to Virginia, rather than fly. Hmm... Grandmother had another TIA ("mini-stroke") - they're technically not strokes at all, but are often precursors of the real thing, and she's had A LOT of them. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, and if I fly I can get home a lot faster if I have to.

Just thinking out loud...

Me too !

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Kim... Are you taking photos as you do the work on this padded
undergarment? Why are you doing a padded undergarment?
Would make a great article for the slipcover press, which
I am putting together now for our Summer issue.

expensive fabric a little more scary though !

Kim, if it helps you get here, since you are driving anyway, bring real work if you like. We'll get it done.

Great for you Shirley! Fewer calls and more money, can't beat that! I've been swamped here too, upholstery and slipcovers. I'm doing a livingroom set all in white right now, with padded undergarments, whew!
Kim

this is a peculiar time around here ( Washington D C ). People seem to not care what stuff costs. Only thing I can imagine is that the housing appreciation makes them feel rich. Calico employees say pretty much same thing.

Not greater number of calls taking place, in fact maybe fewer. Larger jobs per call, and people buying unusually expensive stuff ( for my experience at least. ) Ralph Lauren and Pierre Deux in one case.

A couple sales here does not a trend make even if it fills out a month for me.

Anyone else finding big jobs and people loosening up about what it costs ?