Well it's been a long time since i blogged and i hadn't realised!!! October was the last time i connected with blogger!.
So.....here's what i'm going to blog about
I thought i'd go through stage by stage by stage so you can see from start to finish how one of my designs are made so here i start with 'Ducky'.
First of all I chose the fabric, size and colour and design
Taking one of my patterns i cut out the correct size in the outer fabric and lining fabric.
Taking my letter templates i cut out the name it's being personalised in, in this case it's being personalised with the word 'Piglet's' (it's going to a nursery) and the chosen design is 'Ducky'.
All cut out and ready to be placed
The design and letter and measured from side to side of the bag i.e. say...4" from the side so they're equal and not one sided etc.
I then pin them in place and sew
Once the design and personalisation is finished then i sew in the hook to the back side of the outer fabric but first of all it's pressed into folds and then it's stitched.
The sides and the bottom of the outer and lining including placing the label which i usually sew into the side of the outer fabric are then stitched and pressed open but a gap is left 3/4 of the way along the bottom of the lining so i can pull the outer fabric through...This will make sense in a mo...
After seams are pressed the outer fabric is now sewn to the lining placing the right side of the outer fabric inside to the right side of the lining.
Then the outer fabric that is now inside the lining is then pull through the gap i made when sewing the bottom of the lining..remember i said this would make sense in a mo? This then allows the top of the bag to have a neat unraw edge and also the hem lining inside is neatly tucked away.
The lining is tucked inside and the gap sewn. The top of the bag is neaten by pressing with an iron.
I then take a measuring tape and measure from the top edge of the bag where i want to make my first line of stitching to go around the bag to form the first stitching of the cord channel. This is then bar tacked at both the seams for security and again a measurement below is made to then stitch the second line of stitching around the bag to form the channel and again bar tacked.
A cotton cording is then threaded through the bag from one slit and then again from the opposite side slit, this then forms the pulling action needed to draw the bag to a close.
The finished product is now ready to be fully pressed, wrapped and sent!!
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