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Make up your pattern (part 1). Start with an A3 (42cm x 30cm) sized piece of paper, and fold it in half by bringing the short sides together. When making a symmetrical pattern, it's best to draw half of the pattern, fold the paper in half then cut it out. Along the line you have just made,Toms Glitter Shoes, mark point at 17 cm. At the 17 cm mark, measure 95 degrees and mark the vertical line as seen in photo,Cheap Toms Shoes.
Make up your pattern (part 2). Draw the black coloured lines as shown in photo. Draw a free hand curve at the bottom right side of the paper,How to Make a Silk Pleated Evening Bag Make up your pattern. Draw a triangle (for the dart) at the fullest part of the curve (the triangle in this tutorial is 55 degrees, and the sides are 3.5cm long),How to Make a Silk Pleated Evening Bag Make up your pattern,cheapest toms. Ensure that when you fold this dart triangle in half, there is paper hanging off. Check by physically bringing the straight sides of the triangle together. Measure 5 degrees from the top line and draw the line,toms botas women sale. Fold your pattern in half along the crease line and cut it out.
Make up the bag handle tabs. Iron the iron-on interfacing onto the wrong side of both of the silk pieces. Make a sandwich with the one of the the silk pieces (right side up) on the the bottom, a lining piece (the right side down) in the middle, and a heavy sew-in piece on the top. Pin the sandwich and stitch together leaving a 10cm gap in one of the long edges. Make notches into the 'V' of the handle tab,cheap Toms Classic Winter Boots, and clip off the corners,toms for women shoes. This will reduce bulk and make for a smoother result when you turn the handle tab right side out. Turn the tab right side out through the gap and press. Repeat for the other bag handle tab.
Insert the magnetic snaps. Take one of the handle tabs and fold it in half (make sure the half or the tab which has the gap in the bottom of it is facing outwards (the exterior side (not the lining) of the bag - this will be sewn shut later.) On the tab half which will face the inside of the bag,Cheap Toms Online, find and mark the centre of the tab and push one of magnetic snap parts into the tab so as the make two prong marks/indentations. Using a stitch ripper, make two small cuts into the markings you have just made (don't cut through both halves of the tab, just one half). Take one of the magnetic snap parts and push the prongs through the right side of the tab. Slip a metal washer over the prongs at the back of the tab and then press the prongs down away from each other.
Sew darts into the bag pieces. Iron the iron-on interfacing onto the wrong side of both of the silk pieces (usually it would not be advised to use firm iron-on interfacing on silk but in this case we want the interfacing to make the silk more crunchy because we are after those 'sculptural qualities' for this bag). Take one of the silk exterior pieces (right side up), lay it on the heavy sew-in interlining piece,Cheap Womens Glitter Toms Shoes, and treat as one layer. With the silk right side up fold the dart triangle in half and and stitch the dart (with 1 cm seam allowance) as shown in the photo.
Look at the front view of pleats. Notice how the outer edges bend upwards? Don't worry about that,Men Toms Cordones Shoes, just make sure that when you place one of the handle tabs over your pleats (position the tab on the blue line which is 1cm down from the centre top edge) everything lines up nicely - in other words, the bag sides flow up into the handle tabs to create a smooth line. To get the width of the pleats right will take a bit of fiddling about (it would be good to have a cup of tea handy for this bit!). Take one of the handle tabs and fold it in half over the pleated purse flap and slip one of the handles onto the tab. Ensure that the mag snap is facing inwards! Because there a quite a few layers to sew through, and this stage is all about positioning the tab correctly over the pleats, we are not going to trust pins to hold everything in place. Instead we are going to glue the tabs onto the pleats and then sew - this will save you a lot of grief!