Instructions for the Spring Meditation Bag
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Stitch out the following designs for the bag
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Stabilizer
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Opposite all the designs stitched out for the bag |
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Cut away carefully all the satin stitched borders |
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Cut out a large piece of Stitch and Shape and mark the centre |
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Pin the Stitch and Shape to your black fabric |
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Mark the centre of your black fabric with chalk |
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Place your stitch out Colour_01 in the centre as shown in the photograph |
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Stitch a zigzag stitch all around the stitch out Colour_01. Do not satin stitch the design at the moment |
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Stitch a zigzag stitch all around the stitch out Colour_02, Colour_03 and Colour_04. |
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Now that you have zigzagged all four panels together and happy with the position, satin stitch all the four panels down on the black fabric |
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Place all the colour_bord stitch out around the panels and work out how they will all sit nicely together |
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I used this glue to place all the border designs around the panels, I used very small dabs on each of the borders so I could fiddle and get the borders nicely positioned, then zigzag all the borders once the glue had dried |
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This was the glue I used but you use what ever you have on hand. This is what I had on hand |
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All the borders satin stitched to the black fabric |
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Back of the front bag |
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Using tracing paper design the pattern for the front and back of bag and make allowances for your seams |
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I cut the black fabric from the tracing paper and then cut the Stitch and Shape on the seam line due to the Stitch and Shape is to thick |
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Back of bag cut to the same shape |
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Stitch and shape cut to the shape of the bag back |
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Cut the seam allowance away from the Stitch and Shape |
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Cut Black fabric and Stitch and shape for the bag side panels. Simber helping :) Notice I cut the seam allowance away from the Stitch and shape |
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Mark a straight line down the centre of the bag back in chalk for making straight stitch lines. This gives the back of the bag a nice finish |
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All the lines stitched out for the back of the bag |
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Pin and then stitch the side panels of the bag to the front and back sections |
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Front, back and side panels stitched together |
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Another view of the bag stitched together |
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Looking inside the bag, looks dreadful at the moment :) |
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Font view of the bag unfinished |
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Using the same template you used for the front and back of the bag cut the lining out. I like to use a bright lining for this bag |
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Lining front, back and sides stitched together |
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I like to use a straight stitch around the top of the lining as this helps stop stretching when applying the lining to the bag. I then zigzagged the top of the lining to the top of the bag and then satin stitched over the zigzag which gives the top of the bag a nice finish |
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Cut four straps for the handles only if you are using this type of handle for the bag (Sorry I have no idea where I purchased these handles, I forgot) |
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in the four straps with the two handles to the bag, making sure all four straps line up with one another and then stitch to the bag |
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| Instructions for making the Spring Meditation Cushion | |
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Stitch out the following designs for the cushion
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Stabilizing
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Follow the instructions from photo No. 6 to 14 of the black bag for placement of the all the panels and borders Before you satin stitch all the panels and borders down place the thick wadding with a backing fabric |
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The back of the cushion showing the backing fabric and satin stitch of the borders and panels |
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To give the cushion a lovely finish and look rather professional. I cut 3.5 times the length of the cushion into lengths of silk as you can see in the photo opposite |
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The thick rope I will be using to make the gathers |
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With the lengths of silk I had just cut I then folded the silk over the rope I then zigzag stitched the two ends |
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Photo showing you the one end of the length of silk with the rope and the rope and silk stitched at one end |
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Gathering the silk using the rope |
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Once I managed to get the length of gathers right, I then hand stitched the gathers onto the cushion I then stitched as close as I could to the rope using a zipper foot on my machine |
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Stitching the rope gathers using my zipper foot and a plastic pointer to help keep the gathers down for easy sewing. I sometimes use a bamboo stick |
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Back of cushion with a zipper |
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Pinning the back of the cushion to the front of the cushion |
