Rakusu Pattern Book

Rakusu Pattern Book
A
A
C
9
C
1/2”
D
B
8 1/2”
B
B
7
B
1/2”
90º
2
1/4”
2
1/4”
1”
1”
2
3/4”
1
1/2”
1
1/2”
1
1/2”
1
1/2”
15 1/4”
* Please note that this illustration is to be used as a guideline only. The template above is 50% of the final size.
1
A
2 1/4”
A1 and A2 are
exactly the
same, except
the seam
allowance is
reversed.
Direction to press tucks
in A1
1
A
<1
1/2”
<
5/16”
2
<3
1/2”
<4
1”
Arrows
indicate the
direction in
which to press
the tucks.
<5
1/2”
9.5”
<6
Stitching line
2”
<7
1/2”
<8
1 15/16”
1/2”
1/4”
2 1/4”
* Please draw seam lines on the back of each
strip, the side that will face your body.
2
A
2 1/4”
A1 and A2 are
exactly the
same, except
the seam
allowance is
reversed.
2
A
<1
1/2”
<
5/16”
Direction
of Folds
Direction to press tucks
in A2
Arrows
indicate the
direction in
which to press
the tucks.
2
<3
1/2”
<4
1”
<5
1/2”
9.5”
<6
Stitching line
2”
<7
1/2”
<8
1 15/16”
1/4”
1/2”
2 1/4”
* Please draw seam lines on the back of each
strip, the side that will face your body.
D
2 1/4”
D
1>
2>
3>
1/2”
1 1/4”
1/2”
4>
8.5”
4”
* Please draw seam lines on the back of each
strip, the side that will face your body.
2 3/4”
B
Direction to press tucks
in C
C
4 5/8”
7.5”
C
8.5”
2>
1>
3>
4>
1/2”
7/8”
1/2”
2”
1 1/2”
* Please draw seam lines on the back of each
strip, the side that will face your body.
1”
3
5
7
1
2
6
4
2.5”
4”
3.5”
SEWING THE PINE TWIG STITCH
Cut out the above rectangle and lay it over your tab (plaquet), centering it if they don’t quite match in size.
Using a pin, punch a tiny hole through each of the seven numbered points. then twirl a cloth marking pencil in
the holes, to leave a tiny pinpoint mark on the tab cloth. Using these points, following the intstructions below:
1) FIRST STITCH FROM INSIDE OF THE CLOTH TO POINT 1
2) THEN AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF 1 STITCH TO POINT 2
3) THEN AT THE BACK SIDE BACK TO POINT 1
4) AT THE FRONT SIDE GO FROM POINT 1 TO POINT 3
5) AT THE BACK SIDE GO TO POINT 4
6) AT THE FRONT SIDE GO FROM POINT 4 TO POINT 3
7) AT THE BACK SIDE GO TO POINT 1
8) AT THE FRONT SIDE GO FROM POINT 1 TO POINT 5
9) AT THE BACK SIDE GO TO POINT 1
10) AT THE FRONT SIDE GO FROM POINT 1 TO POINT 6
11) AT THE BACK SIDE GO TO POINT 1
12) AT THE FRONT SIDE GO FROM POINT 1 TO POINT 7
13) AT THE BACK SIDE GO TO POINT 1
14) THEN COME UP JUST THROUGH ONE PART OF THE CLOTH
AND MAKE A FEW STITCHES ON TOP OF EACH OTHER,
WHERE NOBODY CAN SEE THEM.