When I was in college, I made a cover for my foot locker. (I now use my spouse's college foot locker for my sewing notions: just perfect! Pity they are only available in antique stores now.)
I bought gray and red (the school colors) Indian Head, and a sheet of foam an inch or two thick and the length and width of the foot locker. (Indian Head was a brand of heavy, high-grade muslin suitable for table cloths and art needlework. It was light enough for apparel, and heavy enough to fill in for linen, which wasn't available at the time.) Or maybe it was lightweight denim. I also bought "light cardinal" Coats and Clark embroidery floss, but I no longer recall what I did with it, aside from making tassels that I put somewhere in the ensemble. I covered the trunk with a simple gray throw, cut off at the corners so it wouldn't drag on the floor. (Maybe I sewed the corner pleats at the top and that's where the tassels went?) A red cushion went on top of the throw, so that I could sit on the trunk. I cut the red fabric the circumference of the foam in one direction, and half the other circumference in the other, plus seam allowance, and minus a little ease. Folded it in half and sewed around three sides, leaving a gap for stuffing the cushion in. Then I sewed across a triangle at each corner to make the corners square -- you can see the same idea at the bottom of a canvas grocery bag. Stuffed the foam inside and whipped or slip-stitched the gap. This came out with a seam halfway between top and bottom on three sides, and short seams at each corner. The short seams were a little shorter than the thickness of the foam, and the negative ease rounded the corners and edges slightly in addition to keeping the cover taut. It lasted four years. Then it was my sister's turn. Her colors were black and gold, so I don't imagine she used the same cover. I think maybe someone used the cushion for a dog bed. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's mostly sunny with highs in the eighties. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
