From f177165ac97ae31295dfd4a6b627e55e3c3b16cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 09:23:45 +0100 Subject: Finished instructions for the shoulder sack --- .../accessories/bags/shoulder_sack/0101-hems.jpg | Bin 0 -> 1231350 bytes .../bags/shoulder_sack/0102-center_seam.jpg | Bin 0 -> 654975 bytes .../bags/shoulder_sack/0103-end_seam.jpg | Bin 0 -> 663853 bytes source/accessories/bags/shoulder_sack/index.rst | 37 +++++++++++++++++---- 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) create mode 100644 source/accessories/bags/shoulder_sack/0101-hems.jpg create mode 100644 source/accessories/bags/shoulder_sack/0102-center_seam.jpg create mode 100644 source/accessories/bags/shoulder_sack/0103-end_seam.jpg diff --git a/source/accessories/bags/shoulder_sack/0101-hems.jpg b/source/accessories/bags/shoulder_sack/0101-hems.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c570c1d Binary files /dev/null and b/source/accessories/bags/shoulder_sack/0101-hems.jpg differ diff --git a/source/accessories/bags/shoulder_sack/0102-center_seam.jpg b/source/accessories/bags/shoulder_sack/0102-center_seam.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1083781 Binary files /dev/null and b/source/accessories/bags/shoulder_sack/0102-center_seam.jpg differ diff --git a/source/accessories/bags/shoulder_sack/0103-end_seam.jpg b/source/accessories/bags/shoulder_sack/0103-end_seam.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fa10271 Binary files /dev/null and b/source/accessories/bags/shoulder_sack/0103-end_seam.jpg differ 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. -- cgit v1.2.3