Hiya, and YES, ladies and gents, I do use other machines than my Silhouette Cameo. This week I've been driving my old sewing machine, and it's been behaving beautifully. I used it to sew this sun glasses case, finishing off the edges with a little hand sewing.
You'll find the original inspiration for the pattern at A Kailo Chic Life (lots of other fun crafting projects too), and info on making a pattern with the Silhouette here. I used fabric I'd printed edge-to-edge using the Silhouette Designer software, and you can find details about how to do that here.
Materials Required:
Printer Paper & Printer (optional)
Patterned Fabric (at least 8.5", 21.5cm square). I used Silhouette Printable Cotton.
Plain Fabric, same size as above,
Thermolam Batting & Bondaweb, or Fusible Fleece, twice the size,
Sewing Machine
Multi-purpose Thread
Pins, or Wonder Clips
Embroidery Thread & Needle
Scissors.
1. Prepare your paper pattern (printed instructions here or hand-drawn here).
2. Cut one patterned cotton, one plain cotton, one from Bondaweb, and two from Thermolam. Fuse the Thermolam to the reverse of the cotton fabric circles. Note: the Silhouette Printable Cotton already has a light hold fusible backing. Transfer the markings to the plain fabric only.
3. Pin the fused cotton pieces with right sides together. The two reversed clips (red side up) show where the gap in machine sewing should be.
4. Sew around the piece 1/4" from the edge, remembering to leave the gap, and starting and finishing with a few reverse stitches to secure the ends.
5. Trim the corners and snip the curves.
6. Turn the piece inside out.
7. This seems difficult at first, but take it slowly and eventually (and somewhat alarmingly) it will look like this!
8. With a little easing, and the help of a pointed item (like a knitting needle) push out the corners.
9. Press the piece if necessary, shaping the open section. Hand stitch the opening closed, with the raw edges to the inside.
10. Fold over the piece (pasty, or taco style) and pin.
11. Oversew the edges with three strands of embroidery thread using neat, evenly spaced stitches.
12. That's it - the glasses case is complete.
It's perfect to slip into your handbag or swimming bag, keeping you glasses pretty as well as nicely
protected.
Here are the links again for those related posts:
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| Print edge-to-edge on fabric (or any printable media) |
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| Design a printable pattern in Silhouette Studio software |
Wow, this is fabulous Janet. Not sure I could ever make it but a great tutorial. Cathy x
ReplyDeleteThanks Cathy. It is a nice easy project for a sewing beginner - if you have a sewing machine try it out - or get your kids to have a go. My son loved the machine when he was a pre-teen and he'd have been over the moon to have made a Power Rangers one - guess now it would be Fortnight!
DeleteGreat tutorial and fabulous patterned fabric Janet. A great project for my granddaughter to try, I am teaching her to use her sewing machine, design patterns etc, thank you.
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Thanks Sylvia. so pleased to hear your are passing your skills onto another generation!
DeleteFabulous and fun item and great tutorial. My sewing machine and I are not friends!
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Thank you Laine. Sorry you and your machine don’t get along. I often have a problem with thread looping on the reverse, but I cleaned out all fluff with a paintbrush, and she sewed like a dream!
DeleteLove the case, it's a great project with the perfect "fabric images."
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Thank you Faith.
DeleteWonderful project! I always keep a piece of 5mm diameter dowel with one of the ends made into a point for helping withe turning things like this. I used to do a lot of sewing projects that needed it!
ReplyDeleteThat’s a good idea Kathy. I use a knitting needle, but have to remember to be gentle with it!
DeleteThat's awesome, what a great project thanks for all the photos
ReplyDeleteA super sewing project Janet and a fabulous idea to print your own fabric xx
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