Honeybunch is what I used to call my son when he was little. Corny I know, but he was a little bunch of honey. Now he's that species called 'adult male'! This is the story of my quilting life.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Making Mini sleeves
Sue over on quiltwithoutguilt.blogspot.com asked how I made the mini-sleeves. Just like a big sleeve really. I cut the strips 2 inches wide if my memory serves me right (it was only a week ago - my brain must be on holiday). I turned under the short edges and stitched. Then I folded them in half and stitched down the long length. I didn't turn them inside out though. I pressed the seam open and I cut 3/4 inch (again, if my apparently rapidly-fading memory is working properly!) strips of vlisofix and fused them on the back of the strip along the pressed-open seam line. The sleeve was then fused to the quilt back. I then hand stitched the sleeves to the back of the quilt along the long edge, pulling it up a bit as I went so that some fullness would be created to accommodate the wooden strips. And I stitched the narrow ends as well so there would be only one opening to slide the wood into. Clear as mud?
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I've never thought to fuse a sleeve down, but it makes sense to me!
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