Hello Hartians!
As I promised, I'm gonna tell about the cover I made and the challenges I've met with this "simple" art.
Notice that in the pictures below, this was a miniature cake other than the one I made in my previous post.This time it's made up of air-dry clay. If ever you wanted to know more about that clay you can just check my blog in the link below if you're not into scrolling this page up and up! 😄
About the cover, all you need to prepare is a plastic cover, needle & thread, scissors and double adhesive tape/scotch tape.
Here's the step by step procedure:
1. Estimate the target height measurement of the cover.
2. About finding the measurement of the cover's width, the measurement is based on the board that holds the cake.
Estimate the front side, it should be of the same size as on the back side. (Because it's a rectangular shape we're doing). After getting the desired estimation, you can start cutting. You should give an allowance from the size you estimated so you can just cut out any excess later on. Just don't cut smaller than what you estimated.
You now have two rectangular cut-out covers that will serve as the front and back sides.
NOTE: Consider the height estimated when you begin to cut.
NOTE: Consider the height estimated when you begin to cut.
3. Estimate the left and right side and do the same steps as you did in the front and back sides.
4. Set aside the four cut-outs, then start measuring for the top side. In this part you need to base it solely on the size of the board. Cut it out.
5. You now have the five sides. Trim and secure the right measurements before proceeding into stitching them altogether. This task requires patience!
6. Stitch those sides that meets the corners. I prefer the slanted stitch application on this one. Just make sure to place the threads just a fourth of centimeter away from the very edge of the cut-out plastic covers. Start from top to bottom.
7. After every stitches, make a french knot tie to make sure the thread won't loose out.
NOTE: For stitches going downwards make sure you reserve at least a centimeter length. This space was allotted for sticking the cover underneath the board.
8. For a finishing touch you can clean up the covers since you might have blurred them with your sweating palms during the stitching. 😄
9. To be neat, I suggest to stick the excess parts of the cover using a double adhesive tape. But scotch tape would do. Be careful on this part because the box-shaped cover must look tight when you're putting on the tapes.
Thanks for reading this far!
