yr+9+construction+instructions

Here are the instructions for patch pockets and zip insertion:

**BASIC CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES**

__ZIPPER APPLICATION__

1)  Fold edges of the fabric under 1cm & press

2)  Line the folded edge of one side of the fabric up with the middle of the zipper tape

3)  Pin into place

4)  Put a zipper foot (no4) onto the machine

5)  Move the needle to the right/left

6)  Sew close to the fold of the fabric through all layers, remembering to backstitch at the start & at the end

7)  Repeat for the other side

8) <span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;"> Put on the zip slide ||  __PATCH POCKETS__

<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">1) <span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;"> Fold the top of the pocket back to the outside 3cm

2) Stitch down the 2 sides, 1cm from each edge. Trim to 6mm

<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">3) <span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;"> Turn the top through to the inside & press flat

<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">4) <span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;"> Stitch the pocket facing down, close to the raw edge

<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">5) <span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;"> Fold all the other edges in 1cm and press

<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">6) <span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;"> Place the pocket in position and stitch close to the edge, around the 3 edges

NB. These instructions are for stand alone pockets. Pockets that are to be sewn into seams need to have the top facing turned in and stitched then pinned into position on to the ends or inside positions. || <span style="color: #3fed21; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;">__FREE HANGING INNER POCKET__ You should have 2 pieces for this – a top piece and a lower piece


 * Using a zip 2cm longer each end than your pieces, join the top and the bottom pieces together.
 * Put the zip slide on so it sits in the middle of the zip and both ends are closed
 * Fold your pocket in half lengthwise with the top and bottom edges meeting
 * Stitch down the sides (1cm seams), backstitching at the start and end
 * Trim corners
 * Turn pocket through and press
 * Position pocket at the centre point of the top of your bag and pin into place. When you attach the top to the body of the bag, this pocket will be sewn in

__ FITTED END POCKET __

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The pocket has to be completed before it can be attached
 * Join the two top pocket pieces together with a zip that is 2cm longer at each end than the fabric
 * Put on the zip slide making sure the zip is closed at both ends and the slide is in the middle of the zip.
 * With right sides together, stitch the zippered top to the lower pocket section at the ** short **edges, 1cm seams and backstitching at the beginning and end of each seam
 * Stitch the end into this – see Mrs Coombes for the correct procedure

<span style="color: #b138dc; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 170%; text-align: center;">WEBBING <span style="color: #b138dc; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Find the half way point of the base and sides by folding in half crosswise and marking the folds <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Open out, use a ruler to mark a line between the 2 marked points. This will give you the middle of your piece of fabric <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Check your final drawing to determine the finished width of your bag. In your head, halve that figure <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Mark the half measurement in your head, either side of the middle mark you have drawn. Be sure to do this at each side. Finished width || ↔1/2 Finished width || || <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Join the lines up so you have 3 parallel lines marked on the base – Diag 1
 * || ↔1/2

<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Fold the webbing in half and use a pin to mark the point <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Place the pin onto the halfway line of the bag, about 5-7cm in from the edge. Pin webbing at this point <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Pin this side of your webbing on, stopping 2cm short of the top <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Bring the other ends together and pin over the halfway mark on the other side in an identical position <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Pin the rest of webbing onto the bag. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Stitch close to all edges using a no.5 foot <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Use the instructions in the box to complete the x’s