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[Mike C]

New here. I discovered John's Youtube videos on doing old-fasioned stuffed pleats and have been practicing with my SInger 111. Many thanks to John for creating a great resource! I have made several practice panels with some vinyl material and am trying to match the look of the original seats in an antique car I'm restoring. The pleats are 3.5" and I've settled on RA of 3/4", BS of 3/8. I'm pretty comfortable sewing up the pleats and am now ready to experiment with making the corners on the front seat cushion (see photo of example). The corner radius is around 4 - 4.5 " and my question is, is it better to cut the radius before stuffing or after? It seems like doing it after will give a more accurate result but then you do have to deal with the 1" thick cotton.

[Rhonda]

after , i cut to pattern and re measure !!
good luck! good looking sample !

[BigRig]

@John , good wuestion for you here. This guy has no room for error now.