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brinard · Post by **brinard** » 09 May 2006 19:34

yep. an easier way is to gather the pent all the way, or pretty tight, from both sides. then loop the strings together, like the first part of tieing your shoe, and loosen it and do it from all sides, till your satisfied. you can flip it over, and check your pent size from the outside. that way, its real even.

zeroman13 · Post by **zeroman13** » 09 May 2006 19:40

could you post a pic brinard? I can visualize what your saying a little bit. I might just start over again seeing as the stitch on one of my hex's broke and I pulled the pents and the hex off the finished one.

Drew360 · Post by **Drew360** » 09 May 2006 19:42

yea pull it a little tighter than you want then work an even amount of gather around to each panel... also there are mixed reviews on this technique that i use but i have two different sized cheat tools that i use to gather around so the gather is EXACTLY the same on each panel... works great for me and since i am a perfectionist on the verge of OCD it makes me feel better

Drew360 · Post by **Drew360** » 09 May 2006 19:48

bro,

-just stitch around until you are basically back where you started

-then pinch the last stitch and material with your left hand and pull on the thread with your right

-the material will start to bunch

-it will bunch more where your last stitch and fingers are so kinda pull the bunches/gather around towards where you started (your first stitch)

-do this until it is even all the way around

-tie off and move on

hope this helps...

zeroman13 · Post by **zeroman13** » 09 May 2006 20:09

I'll post pics of the re-start tomorrow, I'll have more than enough time to get it going again, thanks for all the help drew360 and brinard.

gdawg8_0 · Post by **gdawg8_0** » 09 May 2006 20:18

Drew360 · Post by **Drew360** » 09 May 2006 20:24

nice griffin... hey you got the same mouse as i do lol....

gdawg8_0 · Post by **gdawg8_0** » 09 May 2006 20:27

lol sweet, thanks dude

mahhkohh · Post by **mahhkohh** » 10 May 2006 02:55

uhm, yo dudes, your gathering is wierd, i gather every seam for it self. so it needs a good eye but it works good for me, plus i dont get the gather at the end thing, when i do it the first 2 seams get gethered then the thread gets stuck and wont move on... so i think its a good idea too also mention the alternatives. i gather every side when i´m down with it.

maybe one of you could add me too msn or icq and explain too me. would be appprechiated.

also,(i know i´m late, but i need to sleep too) i think the gather on these few panels looked a bit uneven too me. but go on, check out how it looks maybe its just the way you placed it for the pic. be sure too show us the final bag!

zeroman13 · Post by **zeroman13** » 10 May 2006 04:33

I'm gonna have to agree with mahhkohh, thats what was happening to me! When I get back to stitching it l8er today I'm gonna try gathering each side when I get done with'em.

mahhkohh, The gather was way off of being even, I was only able to get 4 sides gathered so 1 side on each of the hex's didn't get gathered.

I'm gonna take my time today and make sure it looks good!

brinard · Post by **brinard** » 10 May 2006 06:31

ill try n post pics later whn i start a new bag,,

but for now

i stitch 1 pent at a time. when i return to where i started on the pent, i gather it all the way. then loosen i t until its uniform like the others. i also should say i start my stitching by putting 2 hexes together, and then do the pent. then on the last hex, my starting thread and finishing thread are right beside eachother.

like i said; ill edit this and post some pics when i get started at 10 or so

zeroman13 · Post by **zeroman13** » 10 May 2006 13:52

brinard wrote:footchu! i choose you! now go!

This bag was made in china, the photo shows it!!!!! LOL!!!!! That bag looks sweet brinard.

zeroman13 · Post by **zeroman13** » 10 May 2006 15:50

I have one more question, I have half of my first bag done and was wondering: how do you do the last half of the bag?

brinard · Post by **brinard** » 10 May 2006 16:05

just keep attatching pents, with 5 hxes on a pent.

siy · Post by **siy** » 10 May 2006 16:23

I really like those colors Griffin! good job man

gdawg8_0 · Post by **gdawg8_0** » 10 May 2006 16:57

thanks dude, btw ive decided that the bag can be bought for 10 dollars plus shipping (probably like a dollar or so) so first pm gets it (trades are accepted)

oh and btw how does everybody like my new pattern? ive decided to call it "regal" pattern because it kinda looks like a crown

The colors are flash red and navy

brinard · Post by **brinard** » 10 May 2006 17:27

hey, just letting you guys know, when you ship a bag you should use priority shipping (like 2 bucks) and use a padded (bubble) envolope. that way, when the package gets sorted (thru machines) it wont get busted or ripped, and fall from your envolope.

so shipping should run 5$, to keep the bag safe.

Stefan · Post by **Stefan** » 10 May 2006 17:27

Thats sounds like a good deal Griff(if you dont mind me calling you Griff), I may be interested.

gdawg8_0 · Post by **gdawg8_0** » 10 May 2006 18:35

Sweet, brinard i will discuss that with my recivee, and also yeah anybody can call me whatever they want as long as loser, and hole are not part of the words

brinard · Post by **brinard** » 10 May 2006 18:43

what if we use a scientific word... like orofice or somethig?

jk... jk...

hope all is well!