Anyone sewn with foam?

[FlyMeToDunoon]

I am wanting to make a foam liner for a pushchair but have no idea if I need a specialised bit of kit or what. The foam would be quite thin. I think I asked this before and Pebbles was going to try it but Pebbles seems to have namechanged or disappeared.
Pebbles are you there?
Anyone else worked with it?

I have created seat pads with foam before - yes you do need a special bit of kit - it's called a carving knife - no seriously that's what I used.

In terms of buying foam you can buy seating foam on ebay, pick one which is the 15 or 20mm thick.

lol. I have used the bread knife to cut it before but can I sew through it with an ordinary machine and needle?

Yes, but it needs to be a very sharp (ie new) needle. I used upholstery needles (Sainsburys/ebay/Tesco sell them) - you can get curved ones - much easier if you have thick materials to go through. It is hard on your hands.

Sorry to be clear the curved needles are for the hand sewing finishing. I used a heavy gauge sewing needle for the machine - again a new good quality needle will do the job.

Oho that's helpful thanks.

Hi, sewing with foam is fine for domestic machines as it will squash down as you sew.

If its sewn between two fabrics then thats easiest as it will go through the machine. (I would big tack along the sewing line first by hand).

If sewing with fabric only on the top then I would use a strip of scrap fabric to enable the foam to move along. you need to use something underneath as the dog teeth will mash the foam up.

Be sure to brush out the workings after this project and oil.

thanks