Baby Lock Grace A-Line Series BL40A Quick Reference Manual page 18

Skill Level: Beginner
Supplies:
• Baby Lock Grace Sewing Machine
• Pair of jeans
• Iron and ironing board
• All-purpose thread to match
• 14 buttons
• ½ yard cotton fabric
• 1/2 yard of ½" wide ribbon
• Fabric Glue or Steam-a-Seam 2 Fusible web
• Hand needle
• Scissors
• Tape Measure
• Ruler
• Pins
• Chalk
• Friend to measure you
Instructions:
1. Try on the jeans; have a friend mark a
chalk line on the jeans for the desired
length for the capris.
NOTE: You cannot achieve accurate
measurements on yourself; as you
bend down the measurement will
change. Having a friend help will take
only a few minutes and will give you the
opportunity to tell them about your project!
2. With the jeans on a flat surface, use the
chalk and ruler to draw a solid line for
cutting ½" below the mark across both
legs.
Grace's Jump-Up Jeans – Turn a pair of jeans (especially
ones with worn hems) into a pair of convertible capri pants.
These fashionable, flirty capris include several length
options for any kind of weather or activity, like bike riding.
3. Cut the legs off at capri
length.
4. Fold the cotton fabric
wrong side out so you
have four layers.
5. Lay the leg down on the
wrong side of the cotton
fabric. Trace the leg shape
on the cotton fabric using
the chalk.
6. Trace up the leg 6".
7. Cut ½" outside the traced
lines on all sides. This is
for the seam allowance.
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