Sewing velvet – to buy a walking foot or not?
I bought this great green velvet as a remnant at the discount fabric shp near my house. it was so pretty and I made this lovely pair of spats with it.
They turned out so cute that I went back and bought two new colors to try out. But this time I am having a hell of a time sewing with it. It’s sliding all over the damn place and making me crazy. The only advice I could remember about sewing with deep pile fabrics was to place tissue paper between the layers or to buy a walking foot.
I attempted the annoying tissue paper trick with mostly crappy results so I headed off to y local Bernina resaler to get a walking foot.
The walking foot for my machine is 125.00$. Um, ouch! I was almost willing to plunk down my money for it though but the sales clerk basically told me not to and that I should persevere with the tissue technique. And so I walked out… but now, I am sort of annoyed. I understand that she was trying to be helpful and to save me money. The outcome, however, is that I spent all weekend freaking out and beating my head against the wall and sewing wonky seams all over the place.
So should I just go back there and FORCE them to take my money? Does anyone have any other tips or tricks for sewing with velvet?
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October 13, 2008 at 9:07 pm
My mother sewed her velvet wedding dress on a treddle, with only tissue paper. They may not have been crazy.