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.

A Comfy Candy Cane Christmas 2019 Part 1

A Comfy Candy Cane Christmas 2019 Part 1

If you remember in my blog ‘A Comfy Candy Christmas 2019 Part 1’ I had cut out two Foam pieces. This blog is about continuing with the Candy Cane.

Candy Cane Canvas

I found a piece of Canvas that is large enough to cover both sides of the Cane.

Candy Cane Corner

I start by putting the Foam as far over on the Canvas as possible then Pin the Corner.

Candy Cane Trimmed

I Trimmed off the excess material to make it easier to work with. I also Trimmed off a few extraneous pieces of Foam.

Glue Foam

 

I flip the Foam and Glue along the Back and Side prior to Covering.

Pin Edge

I make sure that after I have Covered the Edge I Pin it tightly so it doesn’t slip

Pin Folded Material

I then Fold the material and put it smooth. I then Pin and leave to dry.

Dis-Mask-Trophy 2020

Dis-Mask-Trophy 2020

We have all had problems with projects. However this one was such a corker I felt it deserved a blog of its own. I have entitled it ‘Dis-Mask-Trophy’. This is a play on the word Disastrophy. According to the Urban Dictionary it is a slang word devised from the combination of the words Disaster and Catastrophe.

Circles for Starters

I started with the basic Mask shape and wanted to embellish it. I decided that I would use Circles.

Full Circle Hemmed

 

I cut out and Hemmed the Circle. So far so good.

Circle Parts

Next I cut out the remaining Circles. I cut two in Half and one into Quarters. I then Hemmed them as I had the Full Circle.

Pinned Full Circle.

 

I folded the Mask in Half. I then found the Centre and Pinned the Full Circle to it. I made sure that the material on both sides was Equal.

Pin Half Circle

I slipped one of the Half Circles Underneath the Full Circle at the Top.

All Half Circles

I then slipped the rest of the Half Circles Underneath. It took quite a while to get them aligned how I wanted them. Once I had I decided to Pin them in place before the next step.

Sew Full Circle

I Sewed the Inner Edge of the Full Circle with a Tacking Stitch removing the Pins as I did so. This left the rest secure but still mobile.

The Quarters I was going to add in-between the Half Circles. In case you haven’t worked it out yet I am endeavouring to make a flower. I will be adding Embroidery detail once I have finished the Sewing.

Dis-Mask-Trophy

Glad I checked how it looked before continuing. It is one of those ideas that is great in Theory but Disastophic in practice.

Leg-End Recycling 2020

Leg-End Recycling 2020

A quick blog about adaption.

Beyond Repair

A pair of trousers are after originally trying to Repair have now gone Beyond Resewing. Therefore I am going to adapt them into something new.

Pin to Cut

I have cut off the Top and Curved the edge to remove the gusset. I have saved the rest of the material to remove the Zip at a later date. (Incidentally as there are two Legs I am simultaneously copying this process on the other.)

I have a good Inch of material earmarked to use for Hemming. I took this into consideration whilst Pinning.

Initial Hem

I Hem the Top of the material in two Sections. The first section is above the Pocket which I have managed to save as they are always useful.

The second Section is the rest of the Top of the Leg. I started this with a small gap between the two.

Strong Cord

I have Folded the Initial Hem over and Sewn another Hem. The reason I left a small gap between the two Sections was so I could thread a Cord through.

Since I intend to make this the weight bearing area I choose a Strong Cord. In truth what I found was more of a plastic than a material thread. I tied the Ends into a Loop to make a Hanger.

Drawstring

I threaded a piece of Elastic through the Second sections Hem. Since this had a lot more material to go through I used the old trick of putting a Safety Pin in one end of the Elastic to help.

Once I had the Elastic through the Hem I pulled to gather the material. I left some excess Elastic before cutting. I then Hemmed both Ends to prevent fraying and Sewed them together.

Leg-End Result

I now hung up my new Bag ready for use. Luckily it already had a Drawstring bottom. If it hadn’t I would have used the same technique as the Top.

There you have it Leg-End Recycling. I am going to use it as a Plastic Bag Holder.

A Comfy Candy Christmas 2019 Part 6

A Comfy Candy Christmas 2019 Part 6

The next part of making the Cover is adding the Press Studs

Add Press Studs

I started at where the Top of the Cover will be. I Sewed the Right Hand Press Stud part on first (Photograph Facing). I then added the Left Hand part on the other side. There is a reason for this which I will explain later.

Press Stud Mistake

 

Another mistake due to not paying attention. When Sewing the Press Stud in place I went through both parts of the material. I had to unpick and redo.

Triple Press Studs

I have now Sewn three of the Right Hand Side Press Stud Parts onto the material. The reason I am doing it this way is if you look at the above photograph you can clearly see the slope.

This meant that the other side could not be in a straight line. The further down the other side of the material I went the more to the Left I had to place the rest of the Press Studs.

End of Slip Cover

I have now all the Press Stud Parts Sewn on to the material. Next I have to deal with the End of the Slip Cover.

Fold Canvas Bottom

I have quite a bit of material left at the Bottom. I either could cut off and Re-hem or try to Fold the material to make it smaller. I decided on the latter approach.

I pushed the Sides in towards the Centre. This is a bit like wrapping a present.

Sew Fold Together

 

I then Sewed the Fold together.

Sew Bottom Edge

 

After I Sewed the two pieces together I Folded the remaining Edges together and Sewed those making a nice Flat Edge Bottom.

Lollipop Finished

The Lollipop is now finished and it needs to be wrapped in time for giving for Yule.