Test Trouble 2024

 Test Trouble 2024

I am about to start a Project that I have meaning to do for a few years. I always need Hair Scrunchies. Since I have lots of Material laid around I am going to make some. This will be my Test Run.

Thread and Elastic

First of all I need to collect my Tools. Since I don’t know which Material I will be using I got out my box of Threads. I also need Elastic and probably Scissors. Of course my straight pair had disappeared so I found my Pinking pair.

Bundle of Cloth

Since this is going to be a Test I do not want to use good Material. Therefore I selected these Combat Offcuts.

Unpick

In my wisdom I decided it would be best to Unpick the whole lot so I could get as much Material to choose from. This is going to take some Time.

All Unpicked

All Unpicked. Take some Time was an Understatement. It took me nearly 7 DVDs worth to get it finished.

Selected

I have sorted through all the Material and have Selected the pieces that I think would be best suited to the task.

Crikey Not Christmas 2022 Part 2

 Crikey Not Christmas 2022 Part 2

Did you work it out? I am going to make a Christmas Wreath.

White Strips

 

After sorting through my Hoard I decided on using White Strips of Material. Most of these are Offcuts from Pattern. Since quite a few have writing on they aren’t much use for other things.

Smaller White Strips

 

Now I have my Material I need to Cut it into Finer Smaller White Strips. Otherwise it is going to make the Process bulky and difficult to do.

Begin Wrap

 

Taking the Largest of the Three Rings I begin to Wrap. I am not bothering with using special Fabric Glue at this point. I Wrap all the way around at a slight Angle.

First Layer Complete

 

Here is the First Complete Layer. When I say Complete Layer I am not referring to once around the Ring. As you can see in the above photograph it has grown quite a bit in Girth.

This took several times around the Ring with gradually using Thicker Strips of Material. It is quite Time Consuming as you have to wait for the Glue to Dry. Therefore Layer in this case refers to the Finish of one Selection of Material

Chaise Longue Chat 2021 Refurbishment Part 4

 Chaise Longue Chat 2021 Refurbishment Part 4

A nice short blog this week.

Tabs Together

 

Remember the Tabs I removed right at the beginning of the project. Well now I am going to Sew them together using a Blanket Stitch.

Glue Rear Panel

 

I Sewed 16 Tabs together. I then Glued the Rear of the Chaise Longue and placed them En bloc across the Lower Part.

Glue and Patch

 

I had quite a few Offcuts left so I decided to use the bigger pieces to Patch the Top.

Edge Bottom

 

I had some Long Strips of material that were from part of the Hem of the Curtains. These were ideal to use as Edging.

Rear Patched

I Sewed another couple of Tabs together this time End to End. This Covered a great deal of the scrappy Patching and made it look neater.