SewAlong piping hot hobo - Week2 + Week3 progress

 

Tasks for Week2 were pretty easy and straight forward.. 

except for the preparing the piping part.. 

Luckily I found a ready made cording piping at my local fabric store (it would have actually cost more to make them from scratch)

So.. 

• Cut all the pieces__________checked
• Prep the piping______________checked
• Iron the interface and fleece___________checked

Here's a clear and easy tutorial on how to make and attach piping to the body

Week3 started with adding central gusset seam, both exterior and interior. Since I have never done this before, I was quite curious to learn the effect of the central seam.

• For the exterior, fold the gusset in half - right side together
• For the interior, fold the gusset in half - wrong side together
• Sew straight line all the way (3mm seam)

Before attaching the piping to the body, go ahead and make the handle loops, attach D-ring on each of the handle loops and stitch the handle loops to the exterior back piece (follow the placement on the pattern piece)

 

Attaching the piping to the exterior back and front pieces. 

Mark the piping beginning and end on the right side of each piece (follow the placement on the pattern pieces)

 Secure with clips before sewing, 

I used zipper foot as I don't have a piping foot, and it worked fine. 

Start sewing slowly and remember to follow the curves and never to pull and stretch the piping while sewing.  

Once completed, you'll have attached piping to:

• Exterior back around the bottom
• Exterior front around the bottom
• Exterior front on the top

The remainder piping will be used for the flap

  

Next, is attaching the gusset to the exterior body

The book suggests sewing on the gusset side, but I am more comfortable sewing on the exterior body side (I can follow the curve of the exterior body when sewing) 

Please note that the gusset is not of the exact length, you will have excess at the end

Once the gusset is attached to both the front and back body, I notice how easily and neatly it collapse. 

A good technique to apply especially when working with wide gusset and you want it to naturally collapse.  

Previous posts: 

SewAlong piping hot hobo 1

SewAlong piping hot hobo 2

Pin It

Next sew along project

It has been way too long since our last sew along. 

So, I decided we should have one.. 

I am thinking of the piping-hot hobo pattern from Lisa Lam's The Bag Making Bible. 

 

 

The last bag I made from this book (which was also a sew along I put together) was a Reversible Bucket Bag (FREE pdf). We had so much fun and learn a lot along the way. 

What do you think? Any of you interested to join in the fun?

You can follow us here and on IG 

Here's the tentative plan: 

The piping-hot Hobo (by Lisa Lam)

Level: Advance

Special features: Round shape, piping, collapsible gusset

Time length: 23rd MAY - 30th JUNE 2016

Time Plan:

Week 1 (23/5 - 31/5)

1. Study Pattern and instructions

(pages 148 - 154)

2. Copy and cut out pattern pieces

(4 pattern pieces only. yippee!!!)

3. Collect Materials/Fabrics

(Edited: What you need list)

4. Decide on fabric combo

5. Showcase fabric combo

Week 2 (1/6 - 8/6)

1. Cut fabrics, interfacing and fleece

(Edited: Preparation list)

2. Make the piping

(how to on pages 144-145)

 

3. Iron interfacing and fleece

4. Showcase progress

Week 3 (8/6 - 15/6)

• Central gusset seam
• Attaching piping to bag exterior
•  Attaching gusset to bag exterior

Week 4 (15/6 - 22/6)

• Bag lining
• Bag flap 

Week 5 (22/6 - 29/6)

• Assembling the bag

   Showcase Final Product : 30/6 

stay tuned for more updates soon!!

 

Pin It

Doodling our way into 2013

New Year is a big thing in Japan.. well for the Japanese at least, for me, it is rather nerve wrecking.. Having Sofea (my 10yo) home for 2 weeks and Imran (my 36yo errr..hubby) for a week whining I'm bored and rummaging the pantry, fridge and under the sofa for food every 30 minutes is no fun.. so while the Japanese are cleaning and writing their nengajo (New Year cards) and preparing their Osechi-ryouri (Japanese traditional new year foods), I was planning how we'll spend the holidays with minimum hair pulling and hopefully no increase to (my) waistline..   

We did enjoy mochi tsuki and eating mochi on the final days of 2012 and some other outings, but the thing that kept Sofea and myself occupied most of the time was DOODLING..

We got this book (ball pen doodling) from our local book store. 

It is 127 pages and instructs how to illustrate using colour ball pens. 

It is RM57 (inclusive shipping from Japan to Malaysia)

The book is divided to 4 main categories (with many sub categories):

1. Lines and shapes, emoticons

2. Human and animals

3. Plants and everyday items

4. Greeting cards for various occasions

We enjoyed drawing and combining different shapes and designs and playing around with different colour pens (Sofea's personal stash). 

The book contains step by step instructions on illustrating an image, for an example - drawing different facial expressions using the same basic design, or how by adding a line you'll be able to change a young human face to that of an older face.  

I also loved how the author used different coloured pens to illustrate - a rose was illustrated with red pen and the stem and leaves were drawn using green pen.

My 10yo girl had great fun trying out the illustrations and it kept her occupied for hours.. I would say the book is suitable for school going kids and adults who enjoy doodling and are looking to improve and learn new illustrating techniques.    

 

Our doodling and Sofea's colour pens

MyBotanG's one of a kind hand drawn Thank You cards by Sofea

MyBotanG thank you mini tags

Happy New Year!!! 

Email sueemran@gmail.com if you are interested to get a copy of the book. 

Pin It

What's new in the shoppe...

1. Books - Felt craft, patchwork, bag making, kids clothing, baby items, sewing for home

2. OLFA Rotary Cutter - 28mm, 45mm and 60mm

Note - I've been using a rotary cutter (as pictured above - code name: 03) for over a year and I'm very happy with it. I cut all my fabrics and interfacing - straight, curves and up to 2 layers with ease. It has definitely save my cutting time to half 

Pin It

Japanese books for sale - BAGS

Bags and pouches books

Price: RM80 each (inclusive postage) 

Last day to place your order: July 8th 2010

1. code name: B1

2. code name: B2

3. code name: B3

(click here for list of contents)

4. code name: B4

5. code name: B5

(click here for pics of the contents)

Steps:

1. Leave a comment with the code name
2. Please include your e-mail address
3. I'll send you an e-mail with further information about payment and shipping.
*note: I do not own any of these books, I'll be ordering them*
If there are other books you want me to look for, please contact me.

Pin It

Japanese Crafting books for Sale

The talented Dura from Dura's Doodle just got a couple of Japanese sewing books recently (read about it here), and I thought to myself, some of you readers out there might be interested to get your hands on some of those books as well.

So, to start off this week's SALE here on MyBotanG, I give you carfting books for sale.

Sewing for Girls

Price: RM80 each (inclusive postage)

Last day to place your order: July 8th 2010

1. code name: G1

(see here for pic of the content)

2. code name: G2

3. code name: G3

(see here for the list of contents)

4. code name: G4 

(see here for the list of contents)

5. code name: G5

(see here for list of contents)

Steps:

1. Leave a comment with the code name

2. Please include your e-mail address

3. I'll send you an e-mail with further information about payment and shipping.

*note: I do not own any of these books, I'll be ordering them*

           If there are other books you want me to look for, please contact me.

Pin It