Sewing the Boxing, Piping, and Plate Together
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- Published: Tuesday, 21 November 2017 00:00
The cushion cover consists of a plate and boxing (that's the top and sides - or is that side since it's a circle?) From what we've read, you want to cut the plate slightly smaller than the foam, that way you fill the cushion around the perimeter giving it a "full look" rather than ending up with a saggy top - and you don't what that!
With the piping sewn to the plate, the boxing is then sewn on sandwiching the piping between it and the top plate. When nearly complete the boxing is marked, cut, and sewn to length, then the sewing of the boxing to the plate is finished. YouTube videos make this job look really easy! And in all fairness, after three or four cushion covers it starts to get easier. One thing YouTubers fail to do is to mention all the