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bag progress
Jan. 26th, 2010 10:02 amWell, the two-interfacings-method was not as clever in practice as I found it on paper. No matter how meticulously I smoothed, pinned, fused, and/or glue-sticked the layers together, everything kept shifting and it ended up wonky anyway. Probably it would actually have worked better with the fusible! Grr!
This has nagged at me since I put it down last night. Should I rip it and re-do? Unfortunately, if I use the same method over again, I doubt the results will be any different. If I want to bother ripping, I need to start over with more Peltex, since I already cut the seam allowances off my current pieces.
The way I have managed the Peltex in previous projects is this: Cut fabric and Peltex pattern pieces (same size); baste or topstitch together at about 5/8" or 3/4" (assuming a 1/2" seam allowance); cut away the 1/2" seam allowance of the Peltex; sew seams right next to cut edge of Peltex. If I topstitched before, then I don't stitch again. If I basted, then I pull it out and topstitch.
That method has worked for me, but to make it work this time, I would need to buy more materials, and I don't want to dump more money into this project. It's already the most expensive bag I've ever made.
So far, I have only assembled the large pocket and basted the interfacing to the main panels. Mostly my problems are wih shifting; the Peltex has now extended into the seam allowances. That, and the fabric layer on top keeps puckering since the bottom layer is being pulled by the feed teeth and the interfacing has NO give, so the top layer is not being pulled with it as smoothly.
I think I will work on the handles, and then when that's done, I'll try to look critically at the pieces I've done and see if they actually look crappy or if I'm just being picky.
This has nagged at me since I put it down last night. Should I rip it and re-do? Unfortunately, if I use the same method over again, I doubt the results will be any different. If I want to bother ripping, I need to start over with more Peltex, since I already cut the seam allowances off my current pieces.
The way I have managed the Peltex in previous projects is this: Cut fabric and Peltex pattern pieces (same size); baste or topstitch together at about 5/8" or 3/4" (assuming a 1/2" seam allowance); cut away the 1/2" seam allowance of the Peltex; sew seams right next to cut edge of Peltex. If I topstitched before, then I don't stitch again. If I basted, then I pull it out and topstitch.
That method has worked for me, but to make it work this time, I would need to buy more materials, and I don't want to dump more money into this project. It's already the most expensive bag I've ever made.
So far, I have only assembled the large pocket and basted the interfacing to the main panels. Mostly my problems are wih shifting; the Peltex has now extended into the seam allowances. That, and the fabric layer on top keeps puckering since the bottom layer is being pulled by the feed teeth and the interfacing has NO give, so the top layer is not being pulled with it as smoothly.
I think I will work on the handles, and then when that's done, I'll try to look critically at the pieces I've done and see if they actually look crappy or if I'm just being picky.
