How far does a yard go?

Jdigges · Post by **Jdigges** » 20 Dec 2005 14:40

Im looking into buying some facile in a couple weeks. I was wondering how many footbags could you potentially make out of a yard of facile?

i couldn't find a topic on this, so lemme know if there was a previous one. Thanks

Pengu · Post by **Pengu** » 20 Dec 2005 15:10

You only really need to buy an 1/8 yard dude. A yard would make you like... 50 footbags of the same colour. Pick a few colours and pick up 1/8 yard each. It's more than sufficient.

Kyle Hewitt · Post by **Kyle Hewitt** » 20 Dec 2005 18:58

Pengu wrote:You only really need to buy an 1/8 yard dude. A yard would make you like... 50 footbags of the same colour. Pick a few colours and pick up 1/8 yard each. It's more than sufficient.

Xain · Post by **Xain** » 20 Dec 2005 19:20

Kyle Hewitt wrote:
Pengu wrote:You only really need to buy an 1/8 yard dude. A yard would make you like... 50 footbags of the same colour. Pick a few colours and pick up 1/8 yard each. It's more than sufficient.

unless your getting a good deal, then get 1/4

Will Digges · Post by **Will Digges** » 20 Dec 2005 19:47

Wow that is a lot cheaper than I thought, I was thinking like 3 footbags per yard for some reason.

I really want to get into stitching aswell. Is there any type of material I should practice with? Or should i go straight to facile?

Pengu · Post by **Pengu** » 20 Dec 2005 19:56

My first footbag wasn't made from facile. I don't feel like you need to bother with facile until you've got a handle on the stitching. Facile's a tricky fabric because it leaves almost no room for error since it's not a woven fabric and you can't just backtrack or replace your needle placement.

My first footbag was made out of a thick crushed panne-like material. Check for some faux suede at your local fabric store. It'll be sufficient to practice on.

Will Digges · Post by **Will Digges** » 20 Dec 2005 20:00

cool, thanks

Jdigges · Post by **Jdigges** » 21 Dec 2005 09:38

Yea i wasn't planning on getting a whole yard of one color. i just wanted to know how many you could make out of just one yard to conceptualize how much facile would cost when i was ready to start stitching it. I've got a fabric store a couple blocks down the street from me. Ill hit it up after new years after the stitching tutorial

thanks peng!

shredzilla · Post by **shredzilla** » 21 Dec 2005 10:05

My first bag was a 32 facile. Just make sure you use the right templates. There's no problem with starting with facile, or starting with a 32 pattern, just make sure you research it thoroughly before starting. one 1/8 yard panel is enough for tons of bags, so you can get that if you want. You can use other fabric as well, but I think using facile for the first was good because it got me used to the fabric right away.

That Bag Making Tutorial has some decent pages on it to check out.