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Ok, let's go over the pieces that we've cut out so far. I've got the lining for the jewelry
bag, I've got the body for the jewelry bag, I've got two pieces for my drawstring stops,
I have the two pieces for my drawstring and lining. And then I also have the drawstring
itself in one long piece. And then also the handle in one piece. And what we're going
to do now is go to the sewing machine and I'm going to show you how to top sew the handle
strap and the drawstring. So let's go over there and lets get started doing that. So
I've decided to use this nice blue thread and it's real light weight; you don't want
to use a heavy weight thread on a light weight fabric. On the little bag that I made, I put
four rows of stitching on top. I just like to do decorative stitches like that. You can
just do one if you want but I'm going to go ahead and do four; and I'll show you what
it looks like, I think it looks really cute. And if you wanted to use like a blue jean
handle, that would look really cute with maybe like red or white. So I have it ironed and
these two just meet; I don't even have to worry about struggling to make it meet. Just
do a little top sew. And I'm just right next to the edge. And don't even worry about back
tacking because I'm going to show you how to attach it to the bag where all of this
is hidden away. I like to cut my threads, though. So, I'm going to flip it over and
I'm going to sew on this edge, right here, also.
And since I want to put four rows of stitching on it, I'm going to go ahead and look at it.
These guys are an inch apart, so I'm just going to go in about 3/8 of an inch; that
should be about right, on each side. Like I said, if you wanted to, you could just stay
with doing these two or just one, it doesn't matter. But I'm going to do my four. And this
one's a little easier; I don't have to measure it out; I just place it in between these two
that I have. Take a little look. Yeah, I guess 3/8 was good; it's all 3/8 apart. So, now
that I have my strap, what I'm going to do next is show you how to finish off the drawstring.