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Again, most of my sewing time this week has been concentrated on the positive and negative Jacobean panels. Because each panel has been sewn and worked individually, I have had great problems putting them together; they have been apart, together and apart again. Very frustrating! The panels have distorted somewhat, because of all the decorative work done on them and the extensive quilting. So I made the decision to dismantle them finally and put them together with a less obvious joining strip. I can do no more now except bind them and add a hanging sleeve ready for the Gresford show (June 19^th – 22^nd).

                                      Jacobean panels

MEMORABILIA BOX Part 3 Sticking the fabric onto the card

Iron the fabric shapes if necessary.

Put the lid top to one side; this will be done when the box is constructed.

MIDDLE LID

NB This is the only piece of card without batting on and it is the only one where mitred corners are appropriate.

1 Add small amounts of glue to the unlabelled side of the card and stick it onto the WS of the fabric.

 

                                Middle lid

2 Add glue to the corner of the card (as a square), and to where the crosses are marked on the fabric, as seen below.

 

                                     Glue

 

                           Fold in the corners.

 

                               Detail

4 Glue all around the sides of the cardboard to match the width of the seam allowance, and across the corner square of fabric. Fold in one side, making sure you get the fold on the corner at 45 degrees.

 

                           First side

5 Fold in the second side and work the corner whilst the glue is damp to get a perfect mitre.

 

                            Sharp mitre

6 Prepare the remainder of the card as follows: Apply glue to the short sides of the card and on the fabric where it is shown below.

 

                              Glue

7 Stick down the short sides first, pulling the top and bottom edges in slightly.

 

                            Short sides first

8 Add more glue all along the long sides and stick the fabric so that the corners don’t extend beyond the card.

 

                             Glue and stick

Do the remaining sides, bases and lid lining in this way.

 

                        Completed sides

Next week, we will start to construct the box.