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diff --git a/source/accessories/bags/shoulder_sack/index.rst b/source/accessories/bags/shoulder_sack/index.rst index 1848cfc..f31bd55 100644 --- a/source/accessories/bags/shoulder_sack/index.rst +++ b/source/accessories/bags/shoulder_sack/index.rst @@ -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. |