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HOW TO TRANSFORM AN OLD PLANT POT BY SEWING A STYLISH COVER - Easy Sewing Project for Home & Garden
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Jan 10, 2025
In this video you will learn how to sew a stylish cover for any plant pot. Make a small one for a houseplant perhaps to match your home decor or perhaps for a gift. Or make a large one for a garden pot. These are great for covering those large black plastic pots that you buy shrubs and trees in. Then they become a stylish garden planter. The video will show you how to make one to fit any pot that you have but in the video I give you all the dimensions of my pot in centimetres. I am including all of those here in inches: The plant pot is 4.75" high and 16" around the top. I cut out a circle that is 6.25" in diameter. I actually cut out a circle that was the size of my pot plus 0.75" all the way around The rectangle of fabric is 17.75" long and 6.75" high Simply measure your pot and add on seam allowances as I have and you will be fine! If you enjoy crafting my blog is full of great ideas and tutorials. Plus if you subscribe you gain access to my free resource library, which includes a home crafts e-book, planners and much more, and get to hear about my latest projects first. Take a look at https://christines-crafts.com/ You can also find me across social media. To see all my information and ideas find me at https://linktr.ee/Christines_Crafts. If you are thinking of opening an Etsy store then use this link and get off to a great start with 40 free listings at https://etsy.me/32xoPdg
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hi in this video i'm going to show you
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how to make some your gorgeous fabric
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plant pot covers
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you can make them really small for your
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tiny house plants really big for your
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garden pots
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great for covering up those ugly plant
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pots that you tend to get your plants in
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and great for covering plants if you
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want to give them as a gift it's almost
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like a little gift bag
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so without further ado let's get started
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i'm christine of christianscrafts.com
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and this channel is dedicated to
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crafting on a budget
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so just decide what pot you want to
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cover you can see i'm going to do this
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house plant pot
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and just measure around the widest part
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of the pot
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now for me that's the top but what
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really matters here is that you measure
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around the widest part
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okay so get tape measure wrap it round
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just read it off 41 centimeters now i'm
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doing this video in metric
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please note that underneath all the
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measurements i've got i've written down
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underneath an imperial as well
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measure the height of your pot in my
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case 12 centimeters
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and those are the dimensions that you're
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going to need
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now to know what to cut out of our
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fabric
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we're going to do a little bit of maths
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but don't worry if you look underneath
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i'll explain it all to you as well
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i've measured the height at 12
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centimeters and the circumference which
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is the distance all the way around the
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pot at 41.
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so i'm going to cut out a circle of 16
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centimeters
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because i've allowed an extra four
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centimeters
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and i'm going to cut out a rectangle of
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45 centimeters
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by 17. so i've added four centimeters
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to the circumference for the length and
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i've added five centimeters to the
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height
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so that i can get a good height and some
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hem on the top an easy way to cut out
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the circle for the base of your cover
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is to simply take your fabric turn it
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over so you're on the wrong side
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and place your plant pot onto it with
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the widest
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part of it down and simply draw around
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it
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be warned we're not going to cut it out
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on that line but draw around it now be
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careful you don't draw with something
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that's going to show onto the right side
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so i've used a pencil
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if you're using something really thick
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like an old big curtain you could use a
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marker pen
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and then you're going to measure two
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centimeters
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out from the circle you've drawn so just
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take a ruler
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as you two centimeters mark it
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move around the circle a bit do the same
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again
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and repeat that all the way around your
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circle
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now if as you're working your way around
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you realize your circle wasn't strong
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enough somewhere because pencil doesn't
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mark particularly well
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then just pop the pot back on mark the
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bit you need
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and mark that two centimeters there the
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bigger the pot
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the more times you're going to want to
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mark it once you're happy
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simply join up all your marks to make a
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bigger circle
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and this is the line you're going to cut
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along
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so just join up those marks get a nice
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big circle that you're sure you can
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follow
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and then you're going to cut out your
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circle
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and this will form the base of your
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plant pot cover
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no need for any complicated maths simply
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draw around your pot and then measure
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two centimeters further out
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and that's the base ready so then you
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need to think about the sides of your
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plant pot cover
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and we're just going to cut a rectangle
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so if you remember
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i'm cutting it 17 centimeters wide
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i'm not marking my fabric you can do if
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you want but i'm just placing the ruler
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on
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and keep moving it up so that i just cut
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a long strip
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17 centimeters when you think you've
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gone far enough if you're doing it the
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same way as me
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just measure the other way and check if
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you've gone far enough
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so just place a tape measure on or a
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meter rule
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and check you've gone far enough so i
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have so i'm now going to
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accurately measure my 45 centimeters
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and cut the other way
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obviously if you're using a cutting
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board and a rotary cutter
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this will be nice and easy to measure
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out you'll just be able to cut it
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straight using your measures on there
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and that's it that's all we need we need
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our circle for the base and our
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rectangles for the side
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we're basically making a little basket
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to put your plant pot into
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so once you've got those two it's time
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to start making it up
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so the first thing you're going to do is
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take that rectangle and fold it in half
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with right sides together so that your
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two shorter sides meet up
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and then you're going to either clip or
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pin them together
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and sew along using a two centimeter
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seam allowance
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for some reason i didn't film that but
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you can see that's what i've done
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the next thing you need to do is take
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the circle fold it in half
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and then fold it in half again so you've
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split it into quarters
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and then mark each of those folds so
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what you're doing
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is splitting the outside of the circle
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into four
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and this is purely to make it easier to
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attach to the sides
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of your plant pot cover you can see i'm
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marking them with pins you could mark
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them with a little pen mark
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it's up to you we're just marking them
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down
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so that we can see
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all four quarters
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once you've marked all four you're going
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to turn your attention to the sides
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of your plant pot cover and we're going
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to do the same thing
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so we're going to fold it in half but
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remember
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you're folding in half to the seam you
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sewed not to the edge of the fabric
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so so fold it to the seam
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that you sewed and again we're going to
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mark
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those four quarters
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this time one of them is the seam so you
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won't need to mark that one you'll
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clearly be able to see where your seam
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is
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but you'll have three other marks
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make sure they're clear or if they're
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pins they're not going to drop out
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and then you're going to get the right
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side
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of the circle to the right side of your
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sides of your plant pot and then
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you're going to match up one of the
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marks
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on the side to one of the marks on the
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circle on the bottom
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and then you're going to repeat that
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with all four
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match them up and pin them together
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approximately you're two centimeters
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from the edge but it doesn't matter
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it's it's not a precise science but
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approximately two centimeters
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so just repeat going around all four
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and then you've done the bulk of the
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work of getting these two attached
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together
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and you've done it evenly so you will
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end up with a nice
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tidy plant pot cover you won't have the
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problem of all the bulk at one side
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or big wrinkles appearing
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once you've got all four pinned in place
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you're going to pin in between
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in a small plant pot like this that's a
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very simple task it's pretty much just
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one pin in the middle
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if you've got a larger plant pot you may
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have to put several pins in between
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but you should still find it it's it's
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quite easy
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to get it to all pull together you have
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a little bit of easing to do
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because obviously this is a curve not a
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straight seam
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and they're always a little bit trickier
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so just ease them and get them all
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pinned and then we're simply going to
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sew along
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that seam if you're worried at all at
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this point you could always drop your
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pot
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into what you've pinned and check it
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fits
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but it should be absolutely fine
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let's take it over to the machine
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get yourself going it doesn't matter
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where just pick a spot that you think is
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nice and easy to get a good start
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and sew around
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you don't need to reverse when you start
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your seam
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because you're going to do a full circle
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and come back over it
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so just set yourself off and work
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steadily
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take your time you're going to have to
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keep easing it around you're going to
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have to keep
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moving the bulk of the fabric from the
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sides
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just because it's a curve so just take
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your time you'll see i keep easing it
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i keep pulling the bag to the side and i
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just keep making sure everything's
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lining up okay
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once you get right round to the other
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end make sure you sew over
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your start and do a little reverse so
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that nothing comes undone
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you'll notice i say that all the time
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with all the seams we do because it's
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really important
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and that's it you've got a little bag
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turn it the right way out
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and then we're going to take a look by
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placing our pot in
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and you'll see you've got a bag somewhat
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too tall
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which is okay it should be because we
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haven't made a nice tidy top on it yet
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if like me you've got any threads that
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have poked through your seam
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now is the time to just cut them off and
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tidy up
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and then we're just going to check how
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much hem we've got we know how much we
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should have
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but it's just worth a little measure at
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this point and making sure everything is
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exactly as you thought it would be
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if your seam at the bottom was a little
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bit bigger or a little bit smaller
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than you expected it to be because you
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weren't quite as accurate as you should
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be you might just need to turn a
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slightly bigger or a slightly smaller
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hem
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so once you're happy with your
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measurements you're going to measure
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and then you're going to turn over the
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top of the basket to the
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inside and i keep calling it a basket a
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bag a plant pot cover i can't quite
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decide what it ought to be called
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so i'm measuring up from the seam at the
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bottom now and i'm checking
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that i've got my 12 centimeters and then
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mark it this time i would definitely
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mark them with pins because we don't
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want
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any pencil marks showing when we've
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finished
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work your way all the way around again
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the bigger the pot the more times you're
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going to want to measure
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and then simply fold along the line
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that you marked and pin it in place
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now pin it very close to the fold
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okay just make sure your pins stay close
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to the fold
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just work your way around and everywhere
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you marked it
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you want to pin it in place
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it's worth taking a bit of time making
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sure you get a nice tidy edge on your
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seam
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so if you had it open at the bottom make
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sure it's open at the top
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which gets rid of some of the bulk as
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you work your way around you'll find it
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naturally lies flat which is nice
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then once you're happy with it just turn
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that raw edge in again so that you get a
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nice tidy edge
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you're making basically a double hem
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and then pin along that fold that you've
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just made
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so you'll see it's nice and tidy and
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that you've got
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no raw edges if you realize any of your
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pins weren't close enough to the fold
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just re-pin them before you try and do
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your second fold
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and again work your way all the way
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around bigger your pot the longer it'll
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take
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you can see on my small pot it's very
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quick
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once you're all the way around there's
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only one thing left to do
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check you're happy with it check it's
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the right height and then you're going
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to sew
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that final seam
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take it over to the machine
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and just start again we don't need to
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reverse because we're going to go all
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the way around
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and just keep making sure as you go that
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it's nice and tidy that your hems the
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same
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size everywhere and that you're happy
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with it
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when you get round to where you started
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make sure you go over that starting bit
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and that you do a little reverse so that
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nothing can come undone
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and then that's it you finish your plant
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pot cover
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how quick and easy was that you could
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make loads of them they're great for
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gifts
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and they're great to put on outside pots
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they obviously won't last for years and
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years because the fabric will rot in the
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in the weather
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but they look great and if you've made
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them out of an old curtain they're free
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so thank you for watching i hope you
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enjoyed making your plaque pot covers
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please let me know in the comments below
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trees outside or whether you make little
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tiny ones for gifts
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