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Fold-over clutch, metal zipper

Fold-over clutch, metal zipper
I'm hot for fold-over clutches. I love Clare Vivier's gorgeous leather ones (aside: what I wouldn't I do for a stack of leather and a belt driven Juki?) and I'm spying them all over the (interwebs) place. I have a personal policy of not spending more than $50 on a bag. I ruin them. Supplies: Metal zipper, at least 12"Exterior and lining fabric, at least 13.5" x 24" and a bit more for zipper bindingFabric for binding Cut both your interior (lining) and exterior fabric to 13.5" x 24". You'll need to cut your zipper (with it zipped) to 11.5". Next, you'll make the binding for the ends of the zipper. Cut two pieces of fabric 2" x 3.5" or so, I like to have it a little long while I'm working. Open the strip back up and line up one long-side raw edge of the binding with the raw edge of the zipper, right sides together. Next, attach the zipper to the fabric. Use a zipper foot to stitch closely to the zipper. Zippers can be trick with an interior and exterior fabric. Related:  Sy väskor

Pleated Clutch Tutorial I'm very excited for my first tutorial! I love making zip pouches, they are so fun and come together very quickly. But beware, they are very addicting! It's hard to make just one. This bag finishes at about 11"x6.25" with a divided pocket on the inside. It's nice and sturdy due to the fusible fleece attached to the lining. You will need: For the outer fabric- (2) 5.5"x18" and (2) 2"x11.5" Lining fabric - (2) 7"x11.5" and (1) 8.5"x8.5"(pocket) Light weight interfacing - (2) 5"x17.5", (2) 1.5"x11" and (1) 8"x8" Fusible fleece - (2) 6.5"x11" Matching Zipper - at least 12" (Mine was 14" because that's what I had on hand.) Optional:Outer fabric - (1) 2"x2"A .5" D-ring Alrighty, lets get started. Take the 2 large outer pieces and line them up on your cutting mat or use a ruler to mark it for the pleats. Starting from the outside fold the fabric on the first line and then match it up to the second and pin it. They should look like this. Now you need to round the bottom corners.

{Pack Licence} Cabôtin - Sacôtin Lorsque vous achetez un {Pack Licence} vous obtenez le droit de vendre 5 exemplaires cousus à partir du patron en question. Vous recevrez le patron en PDF par email.Vous recevrez par courrier 5 étiquettes « Modèle Sacôtin ».Une étiquette « Modèle Sacôtin » devra être cousue dans chaque sac que vous destinez à la vente.Si l’exemplaire du sac est destiné à être vendu en ligne, une des photos devra montrer l’étiquette « Modèle Sacôtin » cousue dans le sac. L’étiquette-licence coûte 1,70 € pièce. Elle n’est vendue que sous forme de pack et non à l’unité. Le prix du Pack (Patron + Licence) comprend : Le patron au format PDF5 étiquettes-licencesLes frais d’expédition pour les 5 étiquettes Ce sont des étiquettes tissées de 6 cm par 1,5 cm. J’ai choisi de créer des étiquettes relativement neutres et simples afin qu’elles s’intègrent au mieux à toutes les doublures.

Tutorial Cosmetics bag with pleats | After working hours As promissed in my previous post, here is the turorial for the cosmetic bag with pleats. It is easier than it looks, also if you are beginner in sewing, you should be able to make it. Material: 8 pieces (outside pleats) 2.5×7” of nice fabric which will be visible outside of the pleats 6 pieces (inside pleats)2.5×7” of fabric which will be inside the pleats (very nice is to have some contrast) 2 pieces 8×1.5” of fabric for the top of the pouch ( I choose the same like for outside pleats) 1 zipper 10” or little longer if you are sewing beginner For inside of the pouch: 2 pieces 6×8” of fabric and iron-on batting- I used quite thin, in Czech republic called vlizelin the same size, or ¼” shorter at each side (doesn’t need to be measured exactly You’ll of course also need iron, matching thread, scissors and sewing machine. As you can see from description of needed materials, you can use also scraps of fabrics and create nice colorful pouch. 3- Sew it together 9- Now sew on the zipper. Like this:

#Sureau sew-along# Coudre la toile | Deer&Doe - le blog Aujourd’hui, c’est le moment de se faire une toile ! Si vous avez lu le premier article du sew-along, vous savez maintenant que faire une toile est plus que recommandé (surtout si c’est le premier patron Deer&Doe que vous réalisez) et vous avez acheté votre tissu. Pour réaliser votre toile, vous n’êtes pas obligé de respecter le sens du tissu, par contre respectez toujours le droit-fil, c’est très important car le tombé et le fit ne seront pas les mêmes si les pièces sont coupées en biais ! Vous n’êtes pas obligés de couper et coudre les parementures, même si personnellement j’aime bien le faire pour mieux visualiser le décolleté par exemple. Vous pouvez assembler votre toile au point de bâti, ou au point le plus large de votre machine pour gagner du temps (sauf dans le cas où vous souhaitez réaliser une toile portable). Une fois cousue, une robe Sureau bien ajustée doit ressembler à ça : Devant, la couture de l’emmanchure doit arriver pile au bord de l’épaule. Vous êtes engoncée ?

Tut på fodral till våtservetter Ska försöka mig på att göra min första, och kanske sista, tut = tutorial! Se och lär .. Eller förvirras, kanske är min pedagogiskt lärande sida inte den bästa! 1. Välj ett tyg till insidan och ett tyg till utsidan! 2. Jag har alltid sytt med raksöm och sedan sicksack, men börjat gå över till OL mer och mer för att slippa dubbelt arbete! När du sytt ihop på båda sidor så vänder du så att rätsidan hamnar utåt. 3. På min bild har biten hunnit skrynkla till sig lite, men notera lilla kanten som blir! 4. Det är det tyget som blir inuti som ska ligga utåt! 5. Som ni märker så är bilderna från olika projekt, men tog bilder på det jag hade liggandes .. 6. Så här bör ditt fodral se ut nu! Jag har haft fodralet till kleenex, men behöver förstora det lite .. Vill du så behåller du det så här, funkar även till våtservetter, annars kan du sy hörn! 7. Jag har sedan sytt ca 1 1/2 cm in! Vänd sedan rätt! Tadaa!!! Lycka till!

Couture Femme # Grains de Couture - Robe OPALE (modifiée) - TUTO inside Variante de la robe OPALE (livre "Grains de Couture - Hommes et Femmes") et modifiée selon le tuto proposé plus bas, en batiste imprimée "Candy Flakes" (Atelier Brunette). Détails et finitions : biais en lin corail (France Duval Stalla) et passepoil argenté. Il paraît que, fut un temps, je m'étais engagée à participer au défi collectif "OPALE / ALULA" proposé par les administratrices du blog "J'aime Grains de Couture" pour le 20 mars 20h ... Je me souviens même m'imaginer être dans les temps. Le jour J, en simple "spectatrice" du show dans un premier temps, j'ai pu repérer des petites pépites de créations (vraiment !). A noter également que j'ai assisté à ce petit défilé alors que la très grande majorité des robes ou tuniques ont été immortalisées en photo sous un soleil de dingue et des températures quasi-estivales. J'ai donc choisi de me pencher sur le versant OPALE du défi (par la face nord donc). TUTO - variante robe OPALE

Introduction to Interfacing Share this: This article has kindly been provided by Leah Taylor former owner of Sewbox, this article and others can be found on their blog www.sewbox.co.uk/blog Buying interfacing can be very confusing for a beginner sewer. Over at Sewbox we currently sell non-woven fusible interfacing in charcoal or white, and knit fusible interfacing in black or white. What is interfacing? Interfacing is an additional layer applied to the inside of garments, in certain areas only, to add firmness, shape, structure, and support to areas such as collars, cuffs, waistbands and pockets; and to stabilise areas such as shoulder seams or necklines, which might otherwise hang limply. Interfacings come in two main types (fusible or sew-in), three main weaves (non-woven, woven and knit), and in different weights (light, medium, heavy weight). When you buy interfacing, you need to decide: should you buy sew-in or fusible interfacing? Sew-in or fusible interfacing Non-woven, woven or knit interfacing

The van Westendorp price sensitivity meter - Are we using it incorrectly? | The Outsource Research Consulting Blog Determining the best price for a product or service is a common marketing research question. I usually start my conversation with a client asking whether their product has all of its features set or if they also need to test a range of features other than price. If they are testing variable features in addition to price, we start to talk about conjoint (see here for a video on the current state of affairs in conjoint). However, if they tell me that their product features are set and they just want to look at price, one of the things we’ll likely discuss is the van Westendorp Price Sensitivity Meter (let’s just call it VW). I was recently corresponding with a colleague (Dave Lyon of Aurora Market Modeling) and the discussions led me to look back at the original VW paper (Peter H. van Westendorp (1976), “NSS – Price Sensitivity Meter (PSM) – A New Approach to Consumer Perception of Prices,” in Venice Congress Main Sessions. The Questions What is the Output? VW gives us two “central” points:

Pleated Cosmetics Bag Pattern with Spoonflower fabric Today, a free pattern with a difference – there’s no pattern! Well, and it’s not actually free. Other than that – it’s a free pattern! What on earth am I talking about? Here it is. Have you ever tried to design your own fabric? But rather than design just a plain piece of fabric, I wanted to design it as a pre-filled pattern piece. 3 little bags. The fabric is available in the Spoonflower shop, so if you like these and want to sew your own, you can buy this fabric here. Cut out around the pattern pieces. You can follow along and see how quick and easy it is to sew the perfect little bag from this fabric in this video. And here they are. I had a blast designing my own fabric and the bag pattern right onto the fabric itself. How about using this for applique ideas? Would you be interested in seeing more bag patterns, or other patterns, available right on the fabric like this? Authored by: Deby at So Sew Easy

Photo Editor | Fotor - Free Online Photo Editing & Creatives withheartshapedbruises - hur du syr en necessär Jag har ganska länge velat ha en necessär från tiogruppen. Tycker de är så himla fina, men lite väl dyra. När vi tog med "sy en necessär" som en lucka i sybingon, och jag dessutom hittade ett tyg i rätt stil kände jag att det var dags att sy en själv. Du behöver: ▷ Två rektangulära bitar av ett stabilt tyg, jag klippte mina i 40 x 24 cm (min necessär blev alltså ganska stor). ▷ Ett blixtlås som är minst lika långt som tygets långsida. ▷ Nålar ▷ Tråd ▷ Måttband ▷ Sax Vik ner en cm på tygets långsida, nåla fast blixtlåset och sy nära blixtlåsets tänder. Äger du denna typ av pressarfot är den ypperlig för ändamålet! Gör likadant med det andra tygstycket. Då ser det ut såhär! Lägg tyget räta mot räta och sy ihop de två andra långsidorna med en cm sömsmån. Lägg sen tyget så att blixtlåset är precis över sömmen du just sydde. Nu kommer den lite trixiga delen där du ska forma hörnen. Ungefär såhär ser det ut när nålarna sitter i längs alla fyra hörnen.

Easy Cosmetics Bag Pattern - bribe me! My own make up bag was in need of some attention. I don’t wear a lot of makeup, hardly ever and a quick look inside my bag reveals congealed mascara, eye-shadow colors that haven’t changed since the early 90’s and some supermarket brand lip sticks. I do have a couple of nice mineral foundation powders that I love and do wonders for my skin, but the rest needed to be sorted out and updated. The one I designed and made is just a little bigger than the bag I already had, so that it can accommodate all the new make up goodies I am going to buy myself, as well as a few travel sized bottles of shampoo and shower gel I can slip in when I go on vacation. The bag is simple, uses very little fabric (about 2/3rds of a fat quarter), has no fussy inside pockets (although you can add your own if you like), and takes me well less than 30 minutes to print the pattern, cut out and sew. Make some for yourself, for gifts or to sell. Now my husband wants one too for his shaving supplies and toiletries.

Lined Drawstring Bag Tutorial I love making bags! In my opinion, you can never have too many. Especially little bags, they are just so handy! I whipped up one of these bags right before Sewing Summit to carry my DSLR camera and thought you all might enjoy a little tutorial to make your own! *For additional sizes and custom sizing check out the pattern version here. *Use a 1/4” seam allowance unless otherwise noted* 1. Ready to make some more? Don't forget you can easily customize your bags by incorporating patchwork!

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