Pleather (that's "plastic leather" or "leather-looking vinyl" to you and me) is a rather cranky material. It is sewing-machine-sticky. In essence, it doesn't like to slide underneath the foot or across the plate. It likes to hang out there, drink a margarita, and soak up the sewing machine light as though it were vacationing at some ClubMed resort. Pleather likes to take up roots. Pleather likes to stop and smell the roses. Over and over again.
I didn't know when I took on the challenge that it would require special Teflon feet, special Teflon plates, and the patience of a saint. I am not ready to invest in Teflon items. I am not sure how I exactly feel about pleather just quite yet. On the bright side, I did figure out a cheat method: if you sandwich the pleather in between pieces of paper, it feeds through like normal fabric. Of course, you then have to painstakingly pick out all the little pieces of paper that gets trapped in the stitches with a pair of tweezers and a sewing pin, but then I never said it was a good cheat method.
Besides the huge pile of miscellaneous failures, er, um, "learning curve items," I managed to make a wallet. I will master pleather. I will be queen of pleather. I am seamstress, hear me roar!
I didn't know when I took on the challenge that it would require special Teflon feet, special Teflon plates, and the patience of a saint. I am not ready to invest in Teflon items. I am not sure how I exactly feel about pleather just quite yet. On the bright side, I did figure out a cheat method: if you sandwich the pleather in between pieces of paper, it feeds through like normal fabric. Of course, you then have to painstakingly pick out all the little pieces of paper that gets trapped in the stitches with a pair of tweezers and a sewing pin, but then I never said it was a good cheat method.
Besides the huge pile of miscellaneous failures, er, um, "learning curve items," I managed to make a wallet. I will master pleather. I will be queen of pleather. I am seamstress, hear me roar!
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