Not exact matches
Some ring slings have padding where the sling rests on the caregiver's shoulder or along the
edges of the sling, and some depart further from traditional shawl carriers by having the
fabric at the
end of the sling folded and stitched into a rope - like tail.
We each made two bibs, the first we both put biased tape around to finish the
edges, but with the second I chose to pink the
edges of our
fabric and then trim to vinyl just outside the pinked
edges after sewn (don't pink the vinyl or you will
end up with a very uncomfortable bib).
Initially I was going to use seam binding on the
edge but
ended up slightly miscalculating how much extra
fabric to leave after the cuff and where to run my line
of stitching, so I just left it.
On the straight open
edge, sandwich your ribbons with the long
ends inside the
fabric (I used 4 sections
of approx 10 ″ long grosgrain ribbon).
Step Nine: Starting at one
end, allowing 1/2» for the seam allowance, sew along the outside
edge of the
fabric.
My own way
of fixing pointy darts is to extend them slightly so that the last half inch or even a little more
of the stitching is on the very
edge of the
fabric, barely catching, and then to tie the
ends off in a square knot and use a tailor's ham to press the dart on both sides
of the
fabric.
I also took the flap
of fabric hanging over the
end and folded it up twice then sewed along the
edge.
Fold one
end of the plain
fabric over and place the head pattern piece with the straight
edge on the
fabric fold.
Fortunately, the red work had pretty lace
edges, so I just strategically wrapped the
fabric around the pillow and tied it at either
end with a length
of Baker's twine.
After you've cut your black
fabric (you should have 2 — 9 x 17 ″ pieces) you will need to sew a 1 ″ rolled clean seam on one
end of each piece, your sewing along the long
edge.