Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 15

 Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 15

I have had fun (not) trying to sort out the photographs for this blog as taken quite a few in one go.

Pin Strap

 

I Pinned Strap to Material again.

Trim Strap

 

I now Trimmed the Material around the Strap. I make sure that I have left enough room for a Hem.

Pin Template

 

Before I go any further I am going to use what I have cut out as a Template. I placed and Pinned the Material on top of the Offcut and then Cut out. I have put aside for later.

Pin Middle

 

I take the Template and I Pin from the Curve to roughly the Middle of the Material.

Blue Hem

 

I now Hem what I have Pinned. I am using Blue Thread for this. Normally I would match the Thread to the Material. However the is not going to be seen so going to use something easily spotted and use up some spare Thread I have left over.

Pin Beginning

 

Now I have the Middle Sewn I am now Pinning the Beginning of the Strap and Folding over. I need to match the Ends to make this work.

Mark End

 

At the Folded End I take a Pencil and Mark it. Again I have to remember it will need Hemming.

All Hemmed

This Template is now fully Hemmed. I will now be able to use it for more accurate copies.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 14

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 14

Time to try something new.

New Toy

 

Knowing that I Hand Sew everything my friend kindly gave me a Magic Stitch machine

Read Instructions

 

For once I am going to Read the Instructions. Also I thought if I lose the Instructions in hardcopy at least I will have some on the Laptop.

 Fold Hem

 

Before I start trying to use the Machine I am going to make a Hem by Folding over the Material

 Not going Well

 

This is Not going Well! I appear to be going in every direction but Straight. I am going to have to Undo

More Holes than Hem

 

I have Undone the Stitching. I now have More Holes than Hem. If you look at the Photograph above you can see my Kamikazi Stitching path.

Workman’s Tools

 

I know the old saying a ‘Bad Workman Blames His Tools’ but I think in this case I can be forgiven. I was just about beginning to get it straight well straighter when the Thread ran out.

Now I am going to have to go back to the Instructions and try to see how to Rethread the Machine.

Redo in Red

 

Naturally I am doing this late at night and I am not going to go hunting for Bobbins. There are some Pre-Thread colours in the Box. I am going to Redo in Red.

Conclusion. I am really far from trying to use this on a Project. I will have to practice. In the meantime back to the Hand Sewing.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 13

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 13 

A short and snappy blog this week whilst waiting for the material to dry.

Got to Unpick

 

Before I can do any Sewing of Material I need to finish the Strap. This means changing the Shape. Since I do not want it really long I need to Unpick the Wool. Though looking at the Pile that I ended up with I would say this is more in the region of Unravelling.

Increase Stitches

 

Having taken several inches of Wool off I then had to put the Stitches back on to the Needle. At least this time I knew how many to put on. I slowly Increased the amount of Stitches thus Mimicking the Pattern at the Bottom of the Strap.

Final Cast off

 

Finally got to the End. Well of this particular Strap anyway.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 12

 Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 12

In order to stop the Bag from Stretching when things are put into it I am going to have to Line it.

Pin Strap Material

 

I had some Green Material left over from a previous project. My first problem is that I have not yet finished Knitting the Strap. This is because I decided to add the Buckle. So I am going to have to only measure part of it.

Pinning the Strap was a nightmare. I had to do it several times before it was right. I needed to get the Bottom of the Strap correct as that would be the Template for the top.

Cut out Strap

 

I finally managed to Pin it reasonably straight. I have let enough Material at the side to form a Hem. I am not bothered too much about the Length as I will be doing the Strap in more than one piece.

Measure Material

 

Time to measure the Material for the Bag. I have Folded the Material in half so I will only need to Sew up the Sides. I don’t need to Pin it as it is reasonably flat and stays in shape.

Pin and Cut Bag

 

I haven’t Pinned the Bag but I decided to Pin the Material so it doesn’t move around too much when Cutting. I have moved in a little when Cutting the Top Layer of the Material.

This is so I get as much Excess as possible for the Second Strap. Careful as I was I still managed to slip a little when Cutting.

Offcut for Strap

 

The Offcut with a little luck should cover a majority of the Second Strap. Now I need to wash and Press the Material.