Shiny side of facile vs rough side

King Monkey · Post by **King Monkey** » 24 Feb 2007 21:48

Sorry if this has been covered before, but im just wondering if there is any disadvantage to stitching bags with the 'shiny' side of the facile facing out, instead of the rougher side?

mc · Post by mc » 24 Feb 2007 23:13

the rougher side out pills more, and pilling weakens the fabric, and there ya go.

Although...

maybe it's pilling just as much when it's on the inside of the surface, and we just don't see it... hmmm...

jrstubs · Post by **jrstubs** » 25 Feb 2007 05:57

Matt Cross wrote:the rougher side out pills more, and pilling weakens the fabric, and there ya go.

Although...

maybe it's pilling just as much when it's on the inside of the surface, and we just don't see it... hmmm...

I concur. I was also wondering how a bag would play if it was stitched and filled inside out so you can see all the stitches, that would be awesome

ObArA'BaRs · Post by **ObArA'BaRs** » 25 Feb 2007 20:09

where is this going

King Monkey · Post by **King Monkey** » 26 Feb 2007 00:12

Its weird cos the stitching tutorials ive read say to stitch it with the rough side out, but then another Aussie footbagger made his with the shiny side out and said he read thats how u do it, so i started doing that too. It looks a bit nicer too IMO...

So the verdict is: Shiny side out is best?

james_dean · Post by **james_dean** » 26 Feb 2007 00:29

Shiny side out. The rough side pills, uglyyyyy! I don't know if it would have a huge impact on fabric strength... everytime you stall/kick that thing it gets crushed from both sides, filler and your shoe.

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 27 Feb 2007 07:15

Shiny side out ALWAYS!!!!!!!!!!!

No question.

ObArA'BaRs · Post by **ObArA'BaRs** » 27 Feb 2007 19:28

sounds good