{"id":64170,"date":"2024-10-09T07:01:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T14:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=64170"},"modified":"2025-02-18T16:15:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T00:15:21","slug":"hildegardes-confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/hildegardes-confession\/","title":{"rendered":"Hildegarde’s Confession"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Hildegarde:<\/a>
Hildegarde: Interior with dividers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As mentioned<\/a>, the Hildegarde Notions Trunk is finished.<\/p>\n

I have to confess that the end of making the Hildegarde wasn’t as smooth as I would have liked. The Velcro was the challenge.<\/p>\n

The photo left shows the dividers in the interior. They velcro to the side strips of Velcro, which I sewed to the lining. The problem is that the I sewed the wrong side of the Velcro to the sides. It was the same side of the Velcro that I used on the dividers, so the dividers didn’t stick very well. Yes, I should have checked I had the right part of the Velcro, but I assumed. Always a problem.<\/p>\n

\"Resewing<\/a>
Resewing the Velcro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Hildegarde looked really good, so I thought about not changing out the Velcro. I decided, in the end, that I would never be really happy with it-and I really like this bag, for once<\/em>-, so I ripped the lining apart and sewed the correct Velcro sides to the lining sides.<\/p>\n

The Velcro strips are originally sewn before the lining is sewn together, so it is very easy to sew them to the sides of the lining. I used the sewing holes to place the new strips of Velcro and took my time. I didn’t want to take the whole lining apart, so I unpicked as little as possible. I used some washaway tape to hold the strips in place and resewing worked pretty well. Later, I realized I could have changed the Velcro pieces on the dividers, which probably would have been a lot easier.<\/p>\n

In my defense, I rarely use Velcro, so I forgot to check that I had the right Velcro side. I won’t make that mistake again. At least I hope I won’t!!<\/p>\n

I am glad I did, because now I am super happy with it and the dividers actually work!<\/p>\n

\"Hildegarde<\/a>
Hildegarde Finished – front (closed\/exterior)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It turns out I had to unpick the turning opening a second time, because I forgot to put the Peltex in between the lining and exterior. Again, I thought about whether I really needed to do it, but the bag was saggier than I wanted, so I did it. I had to insert the Peltex around the stitching of the lining to the exterior. It wasn’t easy, but it was doable and the bag doesn’t look as saggy. The reason this happened is that I didn’t notice the last page of the pattern! In my defense, half of the second to the last page was blank so I thought that was the end, though I did think it ended a little abruptly. I have made a note on my pattern in case I make this bag again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As mentioned, the Hildegarde Notions Trunk is finished. I have to confess that the end of making the Hildegarde wasn’t as smooth as I would have liked. The Velcro was the challenge. The photo left shows the dividers in the interior. They velcro to the side strips of Velcro, which I sewed to the lining. … Continue reading “Hildegarde’s Confession”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[530],"tags":[493,353,255,544],"class_list":["post-64170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-530","tag-minikins-patterns","tag-process","tag-project-bag","tag-sew-sweetness"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64170"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64196,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64170\/revisions\/64196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}