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Tips for turning tiny hands |
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| Turning tiny hands is easy if
you follow these steps. First, trace out your pattern on freezer
paper. The lines may be a little wobbly, so correct them with
a ruler. The lines for each finger need to be parallel. If
they aren’t, you will have trouble turning them.
Cut out your pattern, cutting off your pencil lines. Press
this onto your fabric, with the palm of the hand on the bias
of the fabric.
Set the stitch on your machine to a very small stitch. On
my machine, this is close to 1. Very small. Stitch around
the freezer paper pattern, close to the edge. Your finger
lines must be straight, so there are no constrictions to turning.
At the base of each finger, take two stitches.
Using sharp scissors that cut to the tip, trim the fingers
carefully, clip into the bases of the fingers, being careful
not to clip the stitches, then turn them.
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I use two pieces of brass tubing
to turn, the rod being slightly smaller in gauge than the tube.
Haemostats work, too, if they are fine enough.
Insert the larger tube into the finger and the rod on the tip
of the finger. Place the rod on the seam allowance, so you don’t
burst through the fabric.
Brace the tube inside the finger against yourself. Hold the
upper rod steady, so the two ends are against each other.
Push the finger up over the rod and it will begin to turn. You
may have to wet your fingers and even the fabric a little.
Ease it up gently and once it is well on its way, use tweezers
to pull the finger out.
When you have them all turned, reach in and grab the fingers
together and turn the rest of the hand. |
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© Edwina Sutherland 2005 |
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