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Cushioned Shoulder Strap
- 1. Shoulder Strap Cushion
Carol A. Brown
Cut fabric 7” x 15 3/4” or place pattern on fold and cut one piece.
Cut 2 pieces of 3/4” wide regular or Snag-Free Velcro, 5 3/4” long.
Cut fusible fleece 7 1/4” x 6” or use inner shaded area of pattern. (For thin
fleece, you may use 2 layers.)
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Place on fold
- 2. Shoulder Strap Cushion
Carol A. Brown
On wrong side of fabric, mark a line 1 1/2” Turn right side out. Adjust fabric so fold in on
from one short end. Fold the opposite short one end. Press opposite fold. Cut very tiny
end to meet the marked line. Press the fold. snips at the ends of both folds to mark where
they fall.
Fold fabric in half, wrong sides out. Pin seam at
short end only. Stitch 3/8” seam, basting the Turn wrong side out. Pin side seams so that
3-4” in the middle of the seam. Backstitch folds are at opposite ends. Stitch 3/8” seams.
before and after basting.
Trim corners. Turn so short seam faces up.
Press seam open and remove basting. Press the top seam allowance inward.
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- 3. Shoulder Strap Cushion, page 2
On the side without the seam, fuse fleece in Turn cushion so that the side with the opening is
place, centered between side seams and folds. faces up. Stitch Velcro in place with narrow
Avoid pressing near the fabric folds. You can zigzag near each short end. Make sure one piece
press those areas later. If needed, fuse the straddles the opening.
second piece of fleece on top of the first.
Turn cushion right side out. Use point presser With a removable marker or chalk, mark lines
to sharpen corners. Smooth layer(s) of fleece. parallel to the inner edges of Velcro strips and
Press flat. 1/4” away. Mark both diagonals across the
middle area, intersecting the ends of the
parallel lines. Stitch on marked lines, pivoting
when you come to the end of a line. Remove
marks.
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