well as you can see, my stitching needs work and i was just wondering why the hexes are wrinkly, when im pretty sure im doing the stitch right. is there something in the gather or bite that I'm missing? i can make it so i don't have any exposed stitches, but the panels are a little wrinkly. any feedback would be great. Thank you!
Finish the bag and roll it around, kick it. Most bags look kinda crappy mid-creation. When you break the bag in some, a lot of that should smooth itself out.
Also, most people's bags have somewhat jagged edges to their pents and hexes, unless you use a higher gather, puffing the panels out more and hiding the apparent jaggedness of the sides of the panels.
yeah im using the running stitch. thanks alot. i was hoping that that would be the case and the wrinkles would work themselves out. i was at GRASS last week and it made me insanely jealous of all the nice bags, looking at the wrinkles
I think we met at GRASS this year. I was the asian footbagger with the sprained ankle. I'm also a HUGE footbag aficienado and stitcher!
The basics to stitching that should apply for totally obliterating wrinkly hexes and panels in general:
-firm grip and needle stabbing (stab straight through, not to the sides or anything). Accuracy is necessary.
-even templates
-even stitching; this concept in of itself is hard to understand, but it is highly recommended to stitch very cleanly and straight. Like so: - - - You might have to toil hours on end to make your stitching 'work' in a way.
-Try to gather evenly at each side. Thread can play a role on how this can affect a bag's aesthetics, but if you have a firm grip on your panels and that you're stitching straight through the facile, you'll do fine.
-Bleed holes! Make the first and sixth stitch (if you're doing a 3/4 stitch method) as even and parallel as possible. They can effect bag aesthetics most of the time, and are the areas on the 32 that break in first and foremost.
Try not to leave any loose threads in any single area, and have each seam stitched firmly onto the panels. I hope this helps!
-Way
Waylon Lew - maker of Wasabi bags
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