Ahhhh ... our course Mel! If I'd put the pins in sideways that would have made a huge difference! I feel a bit silly now for not thinking of it lol.

When you say put the lunch wrap on top, do you mean on the right side of the fabric, or the wrong side? Actually, it would be the wrong side wouldn't it ... and then tear it off before I turn the whole lot inside out and topstitch? That sounds like a good plan. I could even try tacking the minkee to the PUL, and then treat it as a single layer when I'm sewing the rest of it together.

Lots of good ideas here. Thanks