Rose Cottage Box
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This is back of a panel after you have completed stitching one of the designs out |
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This photograph opposite showing you that I am about to lay over one of the panels the pellum (wadding) and lining fabric | |
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Over the top of the satin stitch border that is part of the panel. On the under side you have your pellum (wadding) and lining fabric
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Stitching the last side panel together | |
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Stitching the base to the front panel | |
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Once again stitch as much as the thatched roof together using your sewing machine, the same also applies to the the thatched roof, there comes a time when you have to hand stitch the rest together | |
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Trying desperately to get that machine to stitch as much of the thatched roof :) It was not that bad doing the hand stitching, I sat back and watched a movie and found it very relaxing To help get the needle through the layers of stitching I used the end of a plastic clothes peg. |
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Rose Cottage Bag |
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Follow the Instructions for making the Rose cottage box. You do not have to do the thatched roof for the bag as the thatched roof is part of the design. I used pale blue silk to make the bag For the lining I used a pretty floral cotton fabric |
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Instructions for making the Handle for the Bag For the handle of the bag I used fine cording. I bought the cording from my local haberdashery shop I cut the fine cording into 3 lengths. Bound one end with cellatape as seen in the photograph opposite put the cording into a good solid draw and slammed the draw shut on the cord Make sure you have a dog clip handy Start plating |
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I found when plating the cording it is best to plat 30cm or 1 foot at a time. Stop Put the dog clip at the end of your plating and unravel the end of the cording |
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As you can see in the photograph opposite you end up in a tangle at the end of the cording Unraveling the cording |
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The cording finished I made the cording 210cm or 3ft 6ins Find the centre of the cording and where you would cut the centre with your scissors, put cellatape around the cording. Once you have put the cellatape around the cording, cut with the scissors. The reason for putting the cellatape around where you are going to cut the cording, the cording will unravel slightly. |