I have been doing a little sewing and here is a picture of the material that I picked out for my bag.
. This is a close up of what the finished tubes look like.
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I have been doing a little sewing and here is a picture of the material that I picked out for my bag.
I started on my bag, I washed all of my material and left it line dry and then pressed each of them. I then cut out my strips and I am using six different colors. Now the directions said to cut everything out that was needed to make the bag but until I make the body of the bag, I am not sure what color I will want for my trim and for the handles, etc. So I did not do that step. I can finish that later.
Next, I had to cut out strips of batting. Now the batting said it wasn't neccesary to wash and dry the batting and they did not recommend it. I read on and it said there would be a 3% shrinkage on the batting. I wasn't real sure if I wanted to just worry about a 3% shortage but I know this bag will be by the pool and it is going to be getting wet. I decided to go ahead and cut out my strips of batting and I added 1/8 inch to the width for a tiny bit of shrinkage. After I had them all cut out, I filled up my washer with water and I dunked them into the water carefully and then pulled them out and hung them across the clothes line in my basement again very carefully so I did not stretch them out of shape. I am hoping that they will shrink to the correct size that I need as they dry. My thinking is to never take any short cuts as you sew. This gives you a much better product when finished and for what it costs and the time it takes to make it, I will most likely always take the extra necessary steps to have my items looking the best that I can.
Hopefully, I can get a little sewing started tomorrow!