Note: This is an old blog post, transferred from my previous website
So, onto the next stages of this really fun bag….
This is a two part article, if you missed the first part, you can read it here.
All the pieces are dry now and need another press, and while I’m here, I might as well iron the folds in that need to be there for the strap and strap connectors. I also need to cut the lining. You might ask why I didn’t bother cutting the lining at the same time as I cut the outside. Because I’m rubbish at making decisions and didn’t know what I wanted for the lining. so I left it till I knew exactly what the outside would look like. Paint can often look very different once its dried. In the end I just went for practicality with a waterproof canvas.
Oh by the way, if you’re wondering that white stuff in the photo is a stabiliser, it gives my bags good structure.
Then I painted spiders Yay. This part was so much fun! It was a lot quicker than I expected but again there’s a wait for it to dry and set properly.
While I was waiting, I did as much stitching as I could before doing the large web. Because of the way the bag is constructed, I couldn’t sew the beads on until I reached a certain stage
Sewing the beads of my hand punished my fingers but I won’t let that stop me from doing it again when the fancy takes me. It took me a good few hours to sew them all on. I can't imagine how long it would take if they were individual beads instead of strands! I just sat in front of the TV and stitched till the early hours. It's definitely worth it. I’m loving the final look of the web.
Then it’s time to sew the whole thing together. I won't walk you through all the sewing details. While I find this part fun and sometimes challenging, I'm not sure it would make good reading.
And done!
I expected this series to be longer, but it turned out to be just the two sections. I'm not much of a writer but I hope you enjoyed it.
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