07-10-2008, 06:45 PM
The back row of pteryges are 7 1/2" long and the front row is 5 1/2" long. It is 14 layers. Basically, I made the first 7 layers with the bottom pteryges and then the next 7 layers with the top pteryges. Then I glued them together and stitched the edges. It is your basic pattern without separating the top 7 layers into panels. They fall where they should on me and I can sit in it without the back pteryged touching the chair.
I haven't decided how I am going to handle the top row of scales. I may just sew a thin black piece of trim over the top edge. Simpler yet thinking right now, I may just take the black bias tape and fold it over each scale as I go, stitching through the linen bias tape through the holes in the scale. The problem with the checkers is that I had to stitch from red square to red square so that the thread wouldn't be seen which meant stitching diagonally which wouldn't work to pin the scales. Every single red square you see has a thread running through it to make three rows of zig-zag stitching.
I haven't decided how I am going to handle the top row of scales. I may just sew a thin black piece of trim over the top edge. Simpler yet thinking right now, I may just take the black bias tape and fold it over each scale as I go, stitching through the linen bias tape through the holes in the scale. The problem with the checkers is that I had to stitch from red square to red square so that the thread wouldn't be seen which meant stitching diagonally which wouldn't work to pin the scales. Every single red square you see has a thread running through it to make three rows of zig-zag stitching.
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Chris Boatcallie
Chris Boatcallie
