All Alloy Cup progress

["Slack Alice" Simon]

It is well worth getting a bit of practice on something cheap.

Try to get the "feel" of how the assembly goes round under the machine's foot, using any old fabric.

Not "any old" - it shouldn't have a pile and it shouldn't be stretchy.


You could get a bit of plastic to simulate the window from somewhere - a bottle maybe ----and it doesn't have to be clear to get the feel of the operation.


Then you need some material similar to the weight(s) of the final assembly, to get the "feel" again and, more importantly, the thread tensions correct.

Even offcuts of the final fabric will do.


How will you do the corners?  Right angled, spun on the needle in the down position?   Or a couple at an angle, turning the machine by hand?


How are you finishing off?   Backstitch?   Does the machine handle that motion with the thick material combination?

Is the machine foot the right one for the job?