Making bags: instructions/tutorials
heh, I tripple knot. I forgot to add that, thanks Jericho.
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i'v made quite a few 12 panels now and they'r all turning out good. i just ordered some ultrasuede and i had a question. when using the ultrasuede, should make the bags smaller, because they'l eventually stretch out with break in? the t-shirt scraps that i'v been using doesn't stretch any bigger than it already is.
should i make the bags smaller with ultrasuede so it breaks in to the right size? should i gather more with the ultrasuede? any tips for switching from old t-shirts to ultrasuede that i should know?
should i make the bags smaller with ultrasuede so it breaks in to the right size? should i gather more with the ultrasuede? any tips for switching from old t-shirts to ultrasuede that i should know?
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oh I also forgot:
John Suderman Wrote This:
yeah for anyone who stitches, he's right. I forgot to add the fact that by knotting the thread BEFORE AND AFTER each side you stitch, it helps seal that section up so you just have to replace that panel when the bag's screwed.
AND:
yay I fugred that out! By using a fisherman's knot, I was able to use one thread to make my panels more flexible without that extra piece of thread........this truly is a good thread.
Thanks Erik for putting this up
EDIT:
I found these uber rocks near my house....like, smaller than BB's and are really nice but not sand nice......I'll try those out....
EDIT TO THE EDIT:
I've been experimenting so much lately and have found so many techniqes.......first, there's single thread, double stitching. then, double thread, double stithcing, then there's also single thread, another pass on the hole and then pass through that loop made by the thread........so I'm kinda experiment.....please say if any of you understand what the crap I'm talking about.....
John Suderman Wrote This:
I'm not sure about pre-stretching the thread, but I do know that if you want the footbag to be easier to maintain then you should use more than just three pieces of thread. If you use one piece of thread for each pentagon then if it ever breaks all you need to restitch is the ONE PANEL. if you only use three pieces of thread then you will have to restitch quite a bit more.
yeah for anyone who stitches, he's right. I forgot to add the fact that by knotting the thread BEFORE AND AFTER each side you stitch, it helps seal that section up so you just have to replace that panel when the bag's screwed.
AND:
try threading your needle so you just have one thread that you're sewing with, and push the thread through the needle so it only comes out a little bit.LittleBoy footbag wrote:
how many threads do you guys use on your bags? I thread a needle with upholstery thread, get it in the middle and get both end tied together in a knot..........I don't know why it's just me but in the blind stitch, that's where I fuck up the most. It just tangles like hobo hair......I just need to know how you guys inside stitch without it tangling up so much. I've puleld of a good inside twice but fucked up a third time.....
Gaa, it's hard to explain. I hope you understand. maybe this diagram will work.
Okay, diagram didn't work. Embarassed
yay I fugred that out! By using a fisherman's knot, I was able to use one thread to make my panels more flexible without that extra piece of thread........this truly is a good thread.
Thanks Erik for putting this up
EDIT:
I found these uber rocks near my house....like, smaller than BB's and are really nice but not sand nice......I'll try those out....
EDIT TO THE EDIT:
I've been experimenting so much lately and have found so many techniqes.......first, there's single thread, double stitching. then, double thread, double stithcing, then there's also single thread, another pass on the hole and then pass through that loop made by the thread........so I'm kinda experiment.....please say if any of you understand what the crap I'm talking about.....
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I can make 4's 8's 12's and 14's, but when I try a 32 I can not get it at all. I have tried both styles. The one with pent'ss and hex'es and the one with pent's and tri's. I start out by taking one pent and a hexagon (or triangle) and sewing them together. I keep going around so I have 5 hexagons (or triangles) on the one pentagon. Then I am lost. I have no idea what to do next. Do I stictch the sides of the hexagons together or what? When do I add another hexagon or pentagon?
I stayed up all night trying to figure it out. It is to hard for my minute brain .
Any help from some stitchers would be very nice.
And happy easter
I stayed up all night trying to figure it out. It is to hard for my minute brain .
Any help from some stitchers would be very nice.
And happy easter
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no no no, you don't stitch the hexagons together!
You attatch 5 hexes to a pent, then tie off.
Get another pent and attatch it to TWO of the hexes that are attatched to the other then keep going around that pent adding the other 3 hexes until it is full then tie off.
Just keep doing that.
Look at the picture I posted in New Footbags of the inside of the 32 I was making for help.
You attatch 5 hexes to a pent, then tie off.
Get another pent and attatch it to TWO of the hexes that are attatched to the other then keep going around that pent adding the other 3 hexes until it is full then tie off.
Just keep doing that.
Look at the picture I posted in New Footbags of the inside of the 32 I was making for help.
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Yo, just to add onto what mosher said:
You don't want to stitch through the whole hexagon, but most sewers sew through the hexagons on either side. When you finish sewing one hex to the pent, and you are about to cross over to the next hex, you should sew one stitch attaching the edges of the hexagons together. It helps to make sure the bleed holes don't leak.
You don't want to stitch through the whole hexagon, but most sewers sew through the hexagons on either side. When you finish sewing one hex to the pent, and you are about to cross over to the next hex, you should sew one stitch attaching the edges of the hexagons together. It helps to make sure the bleed holes don't leak.