Years ago, I made a simple slip cover for my sofa, which is Danish Modern style with loose seat and back cushions. The actual covers are in dark navy hopsacking, and although I like them a lot, my white Shi Tzu like them even better. In order to cut down on the time spent getting dog hairs out of the weave, I made slip covers which are essentially a fitted sheet, using navy corduroy. Although this works well, and is easy to launder, the long edges were apt to work their way out from under the edges, and show. So this morning, I added a strip of black elastic about 10" shorter than the total length along the long edges, taut-sewing in place. Now the edges stay under the cushions.
Well, it's not exactly sparkly red fairy stuff, but it IS sewing. ;-)
I'll be adding a new section to my web site with pictures of all the remodeling and redecorating I've been doing all summer. I'm almost done and looking forward to some serious sewing soon.