Instructions for making the Scented Orchid Book Cover.
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The photograph shows the fabric and the two layers of cut-a-way I used to stitch Scented Orchid_01 |
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This photograph is the book I purchased from Borders. |
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2 layers of thin wadding |
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Mark the thin wadding the same size as the cover of the book |
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Cut the wadding |
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Glue the wadding onto the cover of the book |
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I put one piece of thin wadding over Scented Orchid_01 and traced on the wadding the outline of the design |
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Roughly cut around the outline of the wadding and glue the wadding onto the centre of the two layers of wadding you just glued to cover of the book |
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Cut the cut-a-way as close as you can to the design |
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Mark the centre of Scented Orchid_01 |
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Centre of Scented Orchid_01 |
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Stitch on the right side a zigzag stitch Over the top of the zigzag stitch you just stitched, stitch a satin stitch Over the top of the satin stitch you just stitched, stitch another satin stitch but making this satin stitch slight wider, this gives your border a lovely finish |
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Close up of the satin stitch for the border |
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Cut away the excess fabric from the satin stitch |
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Glue Scented Orchid_01 panel onto the layers of thin wadding |
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The Scented Orchid panel already to lay the books over the top |
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Once I glued the panel onto the wadding, I then layed a number of heavy books on the top of the panel and left the books on top for over twenty four hours |
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| Instructions for making the Scented Orchid cushion | |
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Stitch out Scented Orchid_02 As you can see I changed the thread colour's from the original design colour chart. |
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Stitch a nice hem at the top of cushion |
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Back of what I had just finished. I find sometimes looking at the messy back shows you what had been done on the face of the cushion |
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Close up of cushion |
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I made a flap to go over the front of the cushion and put Oriental buttons to give the cushion a lovely finish |
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Another view of the cushion
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