Mini Pudding Puzzle 2024 Part 7

 Mini Pudding Puzzle 2024 Part 7

The next Section of the Pattern calls for Ladder or Invisible Stitching. I have never done this before so I had to look it up. I will try to explain as I go along. You might want to read this a couple of times. Or do what I did and google it.

Knot

I am going to show you it along the White part so it can be seen better. First make a Knot. Then put your Needle through the White material.

Stitch Along

In the above photograph it is Showing you the White Section. In fact this the second time I have done this .( I did the knot. Then came across and put Needle through the Brown then returned across to the White)

Push the Needle Along the White Material a short way. Then Crossover and put the Needle through the Brown.

Forming Ladder

I kept repeating the process and as you can see the Thread is forming what looks like the Rungs of a Ladder. I did this until the End.

Difference Between

In the photograph above you can see the Difference Between my normal Blanket Stitch and the Invisible Ladder Stitch. I repeated this process for the other three Seams.

Remove Tacking

With all the Stitching done I could now Remove all the Tacking Stitches. I trimmed any threads that were awkward and wouldn’t come back out.

Bakewell Museum Link

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Oh What a Busy Sewing Bee I Am – 2018 Part 5

Oh What a Busy Sewing Bee I Am – 2018 Part 5

This project is taking slightly longer than I anticipated. The fact that although the instructions said use a Running stitch I didn’t leave it at that.

I have a tendency to overfill my Bags therefore I thought best to strengthen the stitching. I did this by adding another Running stitch that ran in between the original stitches.

Pulling Through the Straps

Now I have strengthened the stitching to my satisfaction I pulled through the Straps and the rest of the Bag through the 10cm gap.

Ladder Sewing

To complete the bottom section I closed the gap using a Ladder stitch. I again strengthened the stitching by repeating the Ladder stitch.

Creating the Handle

I could now move on to making the Handle. I took two of the Straps from one side of the Bag. I made a small fold and pinned together at the top.

I then proceeded to sew the pinned material together. This leaves the original 10cm gap on the Straps on the outer side.

Pressing the Straps

The next instruction was to press the Straps. However the diagram and instructions didn’t really explain it properly. It was only when I began to sew using the Ladder stitch that I understood what they meant.

What they were trying to say is press the fold to make it easier to sew together as it wouldn’t keep trying to unfold itself. In the end I managed and completed all the sewing.

Bag Light Blue Side Complete

The Bag is now complete however the stitching at the where to two Straps meet is a little untidy and I may have to do a spot of covering up.

Bag Navy Side Complete 

I think this is my favourite side. Now time to fill the Bag.