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authorElena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi <valhalla@trueelena.org>2024-03-13 09:23:45 +0100
committerElena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi <valhalla@trueelena.org>2024-03-13 09:24:09 +0100
commitf177165ac97ae31295dfd4a6b627e55e3c3b16cc (patch)
treed31893421904336e6766ed0c72cfca0279cf54e4
parent88dafa1408cde98b70d03970260cadf248d790bc (diff)
Finished instructions for the shoulder sack
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@@ -25,31 +25,42 @@ Materials
---------
* Less than 1 m sturdy linen or cotton fabric, or lightweight waterproof
- syntetics;
+ synthetics;
* matching sewing thread.
Pattern
-------
-This bag is made out of a rectangle of fabric as high as the lenght and
+This bag is made out of a rectangle of fabric as high as the length and
twice as wide as the width of the finished bag, plus sewing allowances
on all four sides.
-To hang confortably from the shoulder a lenght of about 1 m looks good,
+To hang comfortably from the shoulder a length of about 1 m looks good,
and if you're using narrow fabric (~80 cm) using the full width is
convenient.
Instructions by Hand
--------------------
+.. figure:: 0101-hems.jpg
+ :align: center
+
Fold down all four edges of the fabric by the sewing allowance twice to
form a hem, sew with a running stitch.
-.. tip:: for thick fabric that does not unravel folding the edge just
+.. tip:: for thick fabric that does not unravel folding the edge just
once may be enough.
-Whipstitch together two long edges for 3/8 of the length from each end,
-leaving a slit in the middle that is 1/4 of the full length.
+.. figure:: 0102-center_seam.jpg
+ :align: center
+
+Using either a strong thread or up to four strands of regular sewing
+thread, waxed, whipstitch together two long edges for 3/8 of the length
+from each end, leaving a slit in the middle that is 1/4 of the full
+length.
+
+.. figure:: 0103-end_seam.jpg
+ :align: center
Fold the fabric so that the long seam + slit is in the middle, and
whipstitch closed the short edges.
@@ -71,7 +82,19 @@ Instructions by Machine
silnylon.
Right sides together, align the long sides of the fabric and sew with a
-double sewing allowance 3/8 of the lenght
+double sewing allowance 3/8 of the length from each side, leaving a slit
+in the middle.
Fold down all four edges of the fabric by the sewing allowance twice to
form an hem, topstitch.
+
+Wrong sides together, flatten the tube so that the seam is in the middle
+of one side, sew the short ends at a bit less than one sewing allowance
+from the raw edge.
+
+Turn inside out, right sides together, and sew again the short ends at a
+bit more than the sewing allowance from the last seam to form a french
+seam.
+
+Turn inside out so that the wrong sides are inside and the bag is
+finished.