Non-sewing sewing.

[Workingman]

I am trying to reduce a KS duvet cover to a double size. The length is fine it is the width I need to reduce, but I don't have a sewing machine.

I tried that iron-on tape but it does not hold, as soon as any pressure is applied it rips apart. I used to have this brilliant liquid in an applicator - sort of fabric superglue - but I have no idea what it was called or where to get it. Any ideas, please?

Once I get the 'envelope' made I can do a whipping stitch to secure it but I am not up to doing it 'freehand' with pins and all that malarkey.

Cheers.

[Diflower]

It's called fabric glue
http://www.amazon.co.uk/EXTRA-STRONG-QU ... abric+glue

I have some, think it came from the 99p shop.

[Rodo]

Haven't you got a pal with a sewing machine WM?

[Workingman]

It's called fabric glue
http://www.amazon.co.uk/EXTRA-STRONG-QU ... abric+glue

I have some, think it came from the 99p shop.

I FOUND IT!!!!

Thanks for the link Di. In the 'what other people were buying' section it was there - Bostik SewSimple. Mwah.

Rodo, why would I have friends with sewing machines? Lawnmowers, generators, motorbike bits, old immersion heaters - yes, but 'Sewing Machines'?

[Rodo]

Well when you want pant legs turned up or curtains made. Could be useful

[meriad]

Rodo, why would I have friends with sewing machines? Lawnmowers, generators, motorbike bits, old immersion heaters - yes, but 'Sewing Machines'?

[Kaz]

[Diflower]

When I was a teenager I had a friend who was quite a hard nut - worked on the roads - I'd been aware of him a long time because girls at school fancied the look of him no end He had the most gorgeous body, we'd walk through town hoping for a glimpse of his muscled, brown back, his beautifully firm bum and lean legs in his faded jeans...

...Where was I? Oh yes! Through a boyfriend I got to know him well and we were really good friends (never anything more, but sometimes it's better to keep the fantasy )
One day he asked me if my mum had a sewing machine - yes - and if I thought she'd let him come round and use it
He came the next evening with two pairs of jeans and 2 new zips, and very expertly sewed them in
My mum fell in love with him too

[Kaz]