Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 61

 Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 61

I have now finished the Ears. I decided against any further decoration as I wanted to move on.

Gone Sideways

 

Nope you are not looking at the above photograph wrong. This is what really happened. This is a far more complicated process than I realised. First, I have to remove the Green Inner Bag. Then I Flip the Flap so not in the way.

Next, I have to put my hand inside the Bag. I have to take the Pocket on the outside with my other hand. I try to place it in position. Then I have to take a Needle with the Wool push through both the Bag Layer and that of the Pocket. Conclusion. I do not have enough hands.

This Time Pin

One of the major problems is that I cannot see what I am doing. I am either looking at where I am putting the Needle through or where I am holding the Pocket.

This Time I have Pinned the Pocket roughly in place so I can concentrate on what I am doing with the Needle.

Got it Straight

 

Got it Straight. Hmm. Well not exactly Straight as the Pocket is more Bowl shaped than Rectangle. That is due to the way I picked up the Stitches and how it has Stretched during Sewing. At least it is Vertical and not Sideways this time.

To give the Pocket plenty of Strength I Sewed it using a Backstitch. Then when I got to the Top, I turned and went over the Stitches I had already done.

Start Bright Red

With the Pocket now Sewn in place I can continue. My next step is to add Leaves. I have started with a Bright Red one. This shows up nicely against the Golden Yellow of the Pocket.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 56

 Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 56

Still not sure, what is up with my phone/laptop. At present, I am having to message my boyfriend and he sends them back to me so I can edit them. This is going to slow down things considerably. In addition, there is the risk that one or other may die.

Bag Width

Before I can do anything, I need to check the Bag Width. I want to make sure that I start Picking Up in the Centre.

First Pick Up

Having measured and found the Centre point. I needed to work out how High up the Bag to start. I need the Pocket to be a reasonable Size. What I do not want is it to fail to leave room for the Flap

Tough Work

Picking Up is far Tougher Work than I anticipated. The fact that all the Colour Changing I have done has made the Stitches very Tight. I am really struggling to try and Pick Up any Stitches.

Wonky

As predicted things did not go well. If you look at the above photograph, you will see a distinct Slope in the Stitches I have picked up. This means I will have to start again.

Half Stitches

I have redone what I had originally Picked Up. There is still a slight Slope but I feel that it is the best I am likely to get. Now I have to add the other Half of the Stitches.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 40

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 40

I really feel like I have finally turned a corner and the Bag is coming into its own.

I-Cords

 

I had a couple of I-Cords left over and rather than Unpick them I had hung on to them. Now I can put them to use.

Sew on Cords

 

I Sewed the I-Cords approximately an Inch in from the Edge.

Lip Folded

 

I Folded the Lip of the Flap Over and Secured the I-Cords by Sewing across. Roughly, a centimetre either side. Then I Sewed all the way from one side to another.

Toggles Completed.

I had Two Large Toggles which I Sewed approximately a third of the way down the Bag. This is so there is a little give in the Flap for when the Bag has things inside it.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 37

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 37

This week I am struggling with a wracking cough and cold. However, I have managed to get some work done on the Flap.

First Strengthener

 

In the last blog, I had completed my first Strengthener, which by the red lines I am getting in the text leads me to believe that I have invented a new word.

Part Hemmed

 

I have Part Hemmed the second piece of Material. I have left one side Unhemmed.

Double Thread

 

To make it a stronger bond I used Double the Thread. I started to attach the Material with a Blanket Stitch. I know I used a temporary Tacking Stitch on the other piece but I simply forgot.

Excess Amount

 

I have completed Sewing one Side. As you can see in the above photograph, there is quite an Amount of Excess Material.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 36

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 36

I am moving on to Strengthening the Flap.

Flap

 

I have quite a large Flap to Strength. I am not sure if I have enough Material.

Green Material

 

I have found the Green Material and I measured it against the Flap. As I suspect when allowing for Hemming it may not be enough. I am going to have to divide into sections.

Green Pinked

 

I have Hemmed all the way around the Material. However, I find that it Frays quite Badly. I have had to find my Pinking Scissors to do the edge.

Needle Ends

 

Hm. I think that by turning the Material around that I now have too much. It is not easy the way the Wool keeps Stretching. I have decided to Sew using a Tacking Stitch. I am going to do this using a Needle from both Ends.

This way I can Judge how much Wool to Material there is and make adjustments accordingly. Otherwise, I might end up with a big Bunch at one end.

Top Attached

The Top is now fully Attached. It has a little bit of Bunching here and there but nothing I cannot manage.

Green Pleat

I have now Sewn the Top and both Sides with a Tacking Stitch. It has helped stop some of the rolling. However, there is definitely too much Material.

I am solving this by adding a couple of Pleats. I am not going to Sew these in place yet. Nor am I going to Sew across the Bottom.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 32

 Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 32

I am going to continue with the Embellishments

Flap Join

 

I had started adding Leaves across the Flap Join. This not only covers the Join but also Strengthens it.

More Gold

 

I searched through my pile of Coloured Leaves. I realised that I was short on Gold so had to make some more. I also made a few Orange Leaves.

Flap Leaves

 

I have now Covered the Flap Join with a variety of Coloured Leaves. I can now move on to something else.

Hole

It is difficult to see but there are quite a few Holes. This is where Stitches have Stretched. I placed a piece of paper underneath to spot them easier. In the photograph above, there is one in the Brown towards the bottom.

Hole Gone

I have tightened the Knitting by Sewing in some extra Red. The Hole is now Gone. Unfortunately, there are more I need to do and it is a thankless task.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 29

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 29 

Nice to be doing something different.

New Part

I am now moving on to one of the Side Pieces. What I am going to do is make a Flap

Adding Colours

I am continuing with the Colour Leaf Pattern. I simply add a few Colours at a time Knitting in Stocking Stitch.

Tail Mess

As I have done several inches, I am finding it hard to work out what is current and what are Tails. I need to sort out the Mess before I continue.

Tidy Time

I have now Sewn in all the Tails and now it is Tidy so I can continue on. I will have to do quite a bit more before I can move on to the next part.

Another Evening - Another Mask 2020 Part 3

Another Evening - Another Mask 2020 Part 3

On to the difficult bit.

Add Sequins

 

I couldn’t leave the Ovals as they were because it lacked something. Therefore now I had all the Ovals in place I had to add the Sequins.

This was exceptionally difficult as I had to work out wear the Sequins need to be placed.

Oval and Round

 

It took a great deal of time and patience to get the Sequins so they looked as if they were joined to the Ovals. I was quite happy with the end result.

Add Back

 

I already had a Hemmed cloth that I intended to use as another Mask. However I decided to use this as the Back.

Black Pouch

 

This is a different way of creating a Pouch for the Tissues. Rather than two pieces of material I am only using one. You can see in the above photograph that I have not Trimmed the Material to fit.

Envelope

 

Instead of Trimming and Re-hemming I have decided to make a Flap. I Folded the Corners and Sewed in place.

Perfect Back

I then Folded the Flap inside to make a Perfect Back

Wearable Mask

I now had a Wearable Mask.

A Comfy Candy Cane Christmas 2019 Part 2

A Comfy Candy Cane Christmas 2019 Part 2

One thing I don’t think I have touched upon is how difficult it is to blog my projects. Although I upload and label the photographs at the time sometimes it is weeks before I write the actual blog.

This means I have dozens of similar photographs to go through and it can literally take me hours to work out which ones were in a particular order. After that I have to sort them into some kind of understandable format. This is one of those blogs.

Fold Over-Pin Near Edge

I am quite confident this should be the first photograph. I have trimmed and shaped the top part of the material. Then I have glued and smoothed it. In order to keep it taut I have Pinned it near the Edge.

Hem Length of Cane

Next I Hem the Length of the Cane

Hem Curve of Cane

After I have Hemmed the Length I can begin to Hem the Curve of the Hook. I could not Hem this in one section as I needed to cut the material so it would Bend to fit the Curvature.

Cut and Hem Underside

I can see what Length the material on the top has taken since it has been Hemmed. Now I can work out how much material is required to meet it. I therefore Cut and Hem the Underside material.

Pin Sides

I then Hemmed, Glued and Pinned Side in Place. You may notice that in the above photograph the Tip of the Hook has been part Sewn in order to hold those pieces of material in place.

Pin Hook

Once the Glue was dry I Folded the Hook Part over Glued and pinned.

I would like to apologise at this point as the photographs of the Bottom of the Cane didn’t come out. I am hopeful that you can extrapolate the process from the information so far.

Sew Hook Flap Together

Once all the Gluing was finished and now completely dry I began to Sew all along the Length. I then Sewed along the Hook of the Cane.