Since I started stitching ive tried lots of things to make templates for my 32 panel bags; cds (got that idea from brinard) cardboard, old credit cards, and a few more things.
I thought of this a few days ago, im not sure if anybody else has tried it but here it is.
Glue your hexs and pents to the tops of two soup cans or whatever you have.
Cut them out along the black line and you have a perfect template
These are very easy to cut out with shar scissors.
I do the same thing Tom does. My dad is a window installer so there is always aluminum sheet metal around. You do need a good pair of tin or metal snips to cut them accuratley though. i filed mine down too
i like using thick stuff for templates... so then when im drawing out the panels my pen will stay along the side of the template rather than accidently skip up on top of the template.
i like the cd idea... thats what i have now... but the corners seem to get dull after a while. im planning on getting my dad to make me some better ones out of metal... he is a mechanical engineer for gibson guitar. maybe ill get the metal that they make pick-ups out of
PegLegHolly wrote:i like using thick stuff for templates... so then when im drawing out the panels my pen will stay along the side of the template rather than accidently skip up on top of the template.
i like the cd idea... thats what i have now... but the corners seem to get dull after a while. im planning on getting my dad to make me some better ones out of metal... he is a mechanical engineer for gibson guitar. maybe ill get the metal that they make pick-ups out of
the only part of that whole paragraph that kept me interested....sorry for being off topic....
anyway i thought it would be cool if you could make a "stamp" like an ink stamp, and then that way you would always know they were the same size
If anyone needs a sharp cookie cutter stamp of any specifications, ive got a machinist who could do it no problem- send me a PM
ive asked about honeycomb style to cut multiple panels at once and he said it would get complicated and expensive, but whooooo knows
anyway im not sure if i wanna be the middle man for a whole lot of this- but if theres enough demand ill def. tell him to get to work with some orders!
jussst let me know if anyones interested- well take it from there
EDIT: you could probly do this yourself if you're motivated enough! and im not sure if its even a real solid idea... but oh well payin for convenience is always good
I think I'm going to put my money on Johnny Suderman for metal templates.
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Toby once said something about an idea to cut the time of bag stitching down significantly. He spends quite a big chunk of time just tracing and cutting out the panels, if he had a very sharp cookie cutter (like sam said) and clamped the material very taught he could cut out his panels in a fraction of the time and there would be no cutting or drawing mistakes.
My method is: Using the Stickied template generator to come up with templates that I like, cutting the paper shapes out, and elmer's gluing them to credit cards, or other plastic cards that I can replace like a gym membership card or something. Then just cutting along the outside to make the templates. After, tear/wash off the paper and elmer's glue stuck to the templates. They're super durable, I've never had to replace them. I'd venture to say they're better than a soup can lid because they're thicker, and they don't bend.
Cutting out fabric is just a matter of placing your template onto a folded strip of facile, (fold it like 4 or 5 times) and cutting around the template. Make sure to hold the fabric very tightly against the template to ensure perfect shapes. Makes panel generating quick and easy. There is more wasted fabric than with using the trace method though. It's a trade off, and a good one if you're like me where time=money.
shredzilla wrote:My method is: Using the Stickied template generator to come up with templates that I like, cutting the paper shapes out, and elmer's gluing them to credit cards, or other plastic cards that I can replace like a gym membership card or something. Then just cutting along the outside to make the templates. After, tear/wash off the paper and elmer's glue stuck to the templates. They're super durable, I've never had to replace them. I'd venture to say they're better than a soup can lid because they're thicker, and they don't bend.
Cutting out fabric is just a matter of placing your template onto a folded strip of facile, (fold it like 4 or 5 times) and cutting around the template. Make sure to hold the fabric very tightly against the template to ensure perfect shapes. Makes panel generating quick and easy. There is more wasted fabric than with using the trace method though. It's a trade off, and a good one if you're like me where time=money.
Thanks Chris, that sounds like a great idea I'm in the opposite situation, plenty of time, no money, so tracing it is for me But I'll definately be doing that when I can afford it... hehe
"It's a punk one!" - Auntie Val, after being shown a spikey footbag
But I'll definately be doing that when I can afford it... hehe
