Sewing with Intention - part 1a - French seam

Two of our seats - the port side and the galley side ones - have seat cushions that are too wide for the fabric that we bought. We decided to create a French seam to join two widths of the fabric together, giving us more than enough fabric width to cover these longer seats. I have always liked the look of French seams, and they can provide a really strong seam between two fabrics in this scenario. I could also have made either a flat felled seam or a full flat felled seam to join the panels together. And... about flat felled seams. At the time we filmed this, I had it in my Teflon-coated brain that the seam we were creating was called a flat felled seam. I mean, on some level I *knew* it wasn't, but I still kept saying the wrong thing. I've included an appropriate disclaimer at the beginning of the video and have put corrective text overlays every time I mess up. In case you're wondering, I mess up a LOT! We are not sewing professionals. This is offered simply as a documentary of the simple method that *we* used when *we* assembled a French seam. It's not intended to be any kind of autoritative reference on the best method for constructing this attractive and practical seam. For a better tutorial on how to do this sort of seam, see https://www.sailrite.com/french-seam-construction-tutorial?gclid=Cj0KCQjwlPWgBhDHARIsAH2xdNfZ0HtH4whJlMM8jwFcOsFRaC9wpZiGwT8JZylEaJKBYKPgVDWZFfUaAh1hEALw_wcB. We are very pleased with the look of these seams, and it gave me lots of good experience using our new Sailrite LSZ-1 sewing machine. I put a text overlay in the video stating this, but it bears repeating here. We are NOT sponsored by Sailrite in any way - we just love their products, and ESPECIALLY love their extremely informative videos on YouTube. Another great thing about their videos? THEY'RE FREE!! And who doesn't love free stuff? Not us - that's for sure... We only wish Sailrite had an easier Canadian shipping option. Oh well - you can't always get what you want, right?