Footstool cover

[Bodgeitandscarper]

I'm making a cover for a footstool that I'm giving to my daughter.  Lovely fabric, embellished stretch cotton (very short pile) velvet.
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It fits nicely, but I can't decide what to do with the seam allowance around the top - should I overlock it, therefore trimming it narrow?  I think that would probably be best, any other thoughts?  The seam allowance needs to go down the sides, and I did wonder about overlocking (without trimming/ losing any width) each edge  and then topstitching just the side fabric down onto itself and leaving the top circle to find it's own way down?  I do rather like the no stitching showing around the seams though...
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[coffeeandcake]

@Bodgeitandscarper I recovered a long footstool last year to match some bedroom curtains and I just left the top seam allowance unfinished.  This was because I messed up my measurements and didn't have enough seam allowance left to finish   If I'd had enough SA I had planned to overlock once I snipped into the allowance. 
 

[Bodgeitandscarper]

I plumped for overlocking the seam allowance, it seems fine.

Postiepants has just been, and brought me a box - a veritable cornucopia of greenness, and not one matches my fabric 


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[Acorn]

   That's amazing... and it's not as though your green is an unusual colour.

[wrenkins]

I LOVE GREEN! ALL GREEN, EVERY GREEN.

I'd have it everywhere. 

Just sayin'. 

Lowe's far away right?!?!?! 

[Bodgeitandscarper]

@wrenkins I think we're safe, Lowena is away in some strange remote foreign parts isn't she? 

@Acorn It is a slightly odder green than it looks in the pics perhaps - it has a yellowy tinge to it, rather than the perhaps more common blue tinge.

[wrenkins]

Because it's made up of mostly yellow and blue it can be a booger to match.

Good luck!

[Bodgeitandscarper]

I'm hoping there will be something suitable in Gutterman ...

[Ellabella]

Will the overlocking be visible @Bodgeitandscarper ?

[Bodgeitandscarper]

@Ellabella I've done the overlocking already, that's hidden.  I just need some thread that's a better match for the hem.  I don't do blind hemming 
Also the hem edge is stretchy, so hand stitching could easily be snapped when the cover is taken off or put on.

[Ohsewsimple]

@Bodgeitandscarper your problem matching green thread is no surprise.  It’s the one colour I always had problems matching for people at work.  There are so many different ones.  I probably have a bout 2 dozen or more different green machine embroidery threads and they always give me a headache choosing. 

[coffeeandcake]

@Bodgeitandscarper Will the hem be visible or will it be tucked underneath? 

[Bodgeitandscarper]

Unfortunately, it will be visible...