by admin ~ October 26th, 2009. Filed under: Tutorials.
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Another closeup pic or correct seam distances...
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Top sewed and glued to the bottom on the front white section only. After the two seams are sewed, the remaining front is sewed down to the bottom.
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Pic of completed front.
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Bottom view of front. Airbubbles are pushed out by hand
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Trim excess vinyl from front of Pauldron only, and trim out excess vinyl from the inside of the neck portion. Leave some for movement, for sewing the next parts.
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Lay template on top of black neck tops, and mark the lines on the bottom outside edges as shown.
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Marks should be as shown.
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Take rule, and draw a line between each mark on the Pauldron top. This will be a sew line. Use a ball point pen for this, as it is easy to remove with alcohol after sewing complete.
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Lines should appear as follows.
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Lines again, opposite side.
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Sew down each line on both sides of the Pauldron.
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Sewing down the lines.
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On the ends, be careful to sew only the back sides, not all the way around. Leave an opening to pull the foam inserts into the slots with.
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Should look like this on the ends completed.
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Take pre-cut foam with backing and just as the other parts were marked, mark and cut the foam into the necessary strips for inserting.
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Foam cut to necessary strip sizes.
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Use of small long needle nose pliers assist in pulling the foam through each slot. This method allow for the most puff for the neck pieces.
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Example of pulled through piece.
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Pulling the pieces through.
