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Step 11Iron in the second crease and tape to the leatherette
Next, iron in the second crease all the way around, removing the pins as you go along.
Then lay the baize out with the creases facing up, and lay the leatherette over it. Now lift the creases, fold them around the edge of the leatherette and tape them down with invisible sellotape (a.k.a. magic tape). Make sure that the edge of the leatherette goes right into the crease, so that you'll be able to sew through all four layers in the next step.
At the corners you should trim a triangle off the baize in order to reduce the amount of overlapping material, while making sure that there still is some overlap to sew through - i.e. don't cut the triangle right to the corner of the leatherette. Ideally this cut should go through the point where the second creases would meet.
You might find that the baize has shrunk from the ironing, so at this point we stretched it out, weighted down the corners with books and left it overnight (as shown in the second picture).
Then lay the baize out with the creases facing up, and lay the leatherette over it. Now lift the creases, fold them around the edge of the leatherette and tape them down with invisible sellotape (a.k.a. magic tape). Make sure that the edge of the leatherette goes right into the crease, so that you'll be able to sew through all four layers in the next step.
At the corners you should trim a triangle off the baize in order to reduce the amount of overlapping material, while making sure that there still is some overlap to sew through - i.e. don't cut the triangle right to the corner of the leatherette. Ideally this cut should go through the point where the second creases would meet.
You might find that the baize has shrunk from the ironing, so at this point we stretched it out, weighted down the corners with books and left it overnight (as shown in the second picture).
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