From: lefrock@worldnet.att.net 
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 14:08:21 +0000 
Subject: embroidery unit carry all holder project help, please?

Mary; I gave the directions off the top of my head so IÕll try to do it
again with a little more order.

                     EMBROIDERY UNIT CARRYING CASE 
Take the styrofoam out of the box and close up the ends with tape and
cut the box in half so that you have a top and bottom that each
styrofoam piece will fit perfectly into. Then take the two halves and
open each of the ends and sides so that you have two flat pieces of
cardboard.

Next cut two pieces of fabric about 3Ó larger on all four sides than the
cardboard pieces. Iron Transweb onto the back of each fabric piece
making your fabric pieces big iron-on patches. I used Transweb because
itÕs not as heavy and bulky as Wonder Under and you want less bulk when
you start folding the ends of the cardboard back into shape.

Lay your fabric pieces onto the OUTSIDE of your box pieces. Carefully
center them and using a hot iron starting in the center and working
toward the sides of the cardboard, iron your fabric pieces onto the
cardboard. Move your iron slowly outward to eliminate any bubbles. If
you end up with any small air bubbles you can pierce the fabric with a
pin and then iron it down. Once that much it done, let it cool a few
minutes.

Turn your cardboard pieces over and turn the fabric edges to the inside
of the cardboard ON THE LONG SIDES ONLY. Iron them in place pulling them
fairly taut. DONÕT iron the end pieces of the box or the section of
fabric that overhangs the ends. When this has cooled, following the
crease lines in the cardboard begin folding your pieces back to the
shape of the box. At this point do a practice run at folding the ends up
so that the tabs are inside the end piece and you can see where you need
to slit the fabric so that you can wrap it around the end piece and glue
it to the inside of the end piece.Put a good tacky glue on the OUTSIDE
of the end tabs (the glue goes onto the fabric),fold them in and then
fold up the end piece of the box. Use several pieces of masking tape to
hold the box in itÕs shape until the glue dries. The last thing you will
do is fold the overhanging end of fabric to the inside of the box and
glue it in place so that all the cut edges of box is covered with
fabric.

Once the box is completely dried push in your styrofoam pieces. It will
be a real snug fit. I put some glue on the bottoms of the styrofoam
before I put them in. Put the cover on the box so that the styrofoam is
meeting in the proper places and iron another piece of fabric to the
back to form a hinge. My piece was 5"x16".

I used the same webbing for handles as is used on gym bags. I used 86Ó
of webbing and made a circle and overlapped it about an inch and
stitched it together. Then lay it out on a table in the shape of a oval
like this
.........               _________
                box>>>|         |
             _________|_________|__________
            /         |         |          \
           /          |         |           \
 strap>>> |           |         |            |
           \          |         |           /
            \_________|_________|__________/
                      |         |
                      |_________|

Wrap it around like a gym bag making sure your loops are even and glue
it in place. For a closure on the front you can use velcro or in my case
I used black webbing and a black frog closure.

I hope these instructions are helpful. 
----------------
Gail Ford
lefrock@tiac.net
 
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Subject: Re: PFAFF: 
Re: Fantasy Unit Carrier pattern? 
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 97 00:00:53 +0000 
From: MJMcPher@aol.com Reply-To: pfaffies@listserv.embroideryclubs.com 
To: pfaffies@listserv.embroideryclubs.com

Debbie,   At Walmart, Michaelsand Franks (craft stores) there are
plastic totes by Eagle. They are trouqouis and purpleÑ. Round off the
orginal foam from the creative designer and push it down into the
toteÑthen can carry the designer in its own form foam and it is well
protected in transport and at home. June in Fla.  MJMcPher@aol.com

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