I'm going to try to make a window seat cover from a very worn oriental rug. I'm planning on cutting the best part of it. I welcome advise on what to attach it for its underside; if it can be hand sewn ( I doubt my machines could handle it); what kind of thread and needles to use; seam allowances for the rug piece. The space it is going to occupy is
My only experience is using a small rug to make a loose cushion, simply folded it in half and hand stitched. For something like this, where you need to cut into the rug, IMO you should bind the cut edges before you do anything else. The widest commercial cotton binding might be OK, and your machine might be able to handle this part, since it's only 1 layer of carpet. Means you will have quite a wide seam allowance. (Maybe dry clean after binding, if necessary.) Then if you have carpet on both sides, you can do that part by hand. Roberta in D
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