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Maybe this should be in the advanced category:
Can anyone help me with this? I have a contract to recover some kitchen stools. It's my first paying gig! so I'm super stoked but also nervous as hell and now i'm more worried cuz I have to do a french seam on the tightest side curve ever! See pix below. I've looked for videos for this sort of thing but haven't been able to find anything.
AND before you say "do a fake french seam" (which I may do as a last resort), I took this cover apart already and this was an actual french seam on both sides. no evidence that this was done by hand and no evidence of starting and stopping (knots tied on the inside).
Has anyone heard of a pressure foot attachment for this purpose?

I attempted to do this blind and fighting with the fabric, the second picture shows my first attempt. Third photo shows my second attempt this time starting and stopping trying to resink my needle where I left off, but I was just as blind as the first time and guesstimated where the needle should land (I got pretty close!).
About to give it another try without stopping, maybe I just need to keep practicing...

Woof! That's a tough one.

I was dang impressed with the job you did on the Burberry plaid shift knob with your 145.

This is a job I can't imagine doing with anything but a cylinder bed walker, and a narrow one at that. Something like a Consew 277 would be the ticket.

But a flatbed? I am sure that, at some point, I'd sew straight through mein Finger.

If I had to do that (and there have been things like that that I have had to do) I would grab my trusty SpeedyStitcher, wind up its bobbin with my thread, chuck up a sewing machine needle, and do it by hand. www.speedystitcher.com

Wish I could be more help.

I did another practice and it turned out really well. I steamed it to soften the seam allowance, then glued it down. I just took my time and used the hand-wheel in the tight turn.

I'm going to look into all those things! Thanks!

souperdoo wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 2:21 am Woof! That's a tough one.

I was dang impressed with the job you did on the Burberry plaid shift knob with your 145.

This is a job I can't imagine doing with anything but a cylinder bed walker, and a narrow one at that. Something like a Consew 277 would be the ticket.

But a flatbed? I am sure that, at some point, I'd sew straight through mein Finger.

If I had to do that (and there have been things like that that I have had to do) I would grab my trusty SpeedyStitcher, wind up its bobbin with my thread, chuck up a sewing machine needle, and do it by hand. www.speedystitcher.com

Wish I could be more help.

Michelle_Trillium wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 3:57 am I did another practice and it turned out really well. I steamed it to soften the seam allowance, then glued it down. I just took my time and used the hand-wheel in the tight turn.

Lady, you're a better man than I am!

LOL well i figure if I can master this it will make my life a lot easier! but also I have to work with what I've got for now. HOWEVER I did order the speedy stitcher from my local supply store! This will be a game-changer, so I'm very grateful to you for letting me know this exists!

souperdoo wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 4:33 am
Lady, you're a better man than I am!

You're getting it. It's a tough one. Sort of sewing at the bottom of a "bowl"of material while stretching out the seam and trying not to get a finger. Go slow, then go a little bit slower

Wow Im impressed. Thats really difficult. I would have probably tried to convince the customer to eliminate that seam.

Here is the latest, (third practice attempt). Big progress each time! I'm doing the real thing tomorrow! There are 4 of them, luckily it's a small amount of vinyl so if I screw up I can still cut myself some replacement pieces...