Leaky Bleedholes

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 23 Oct 2007 15:28

I've had extremely (sp?) leaky bleedholes that will jsut spill out my filler all over the place. I am exagerrating, but if i hand massage my bag for 5 seconds i'll have 5-10 lead balls in my hand. And the fact that leadshot is spilling and being spread out all over my house isn't the most comforting thing.

Does anyone know how i can fix this? New panel sizes? a certai n way to stitch?

I've tried larger hex sides than pents so there isn't a gap between the meeting place of 2 hex short sides but it still leaks. I've also tried going to as low as 10% hex short size and that still doesn't work. My current template sizes are .56 .8 20%

mc · Post by mc » 23 Oct 2007 15:43

ugg... talk about a pet peeve... how many bed sheets ruined now? HOW MANY, OH LORD!!!

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 23 Oct 2007 15:53

Do you stitch hex to hex?
I didn't know to do this for my first bunch of bags, and since doing this has made all the difference! If you are, then maybe try making that connection closer to the middle of that length of the hex?

Guest_1 · Post by **Guest_1** » 23 Oct 2007 16:14

Matt Cross wrote:ugg... talk about a pet peeve... how many bed sheets ruined now? HOW MANY, OH LORD!!!

Story of my life

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 23 Oct 2007 16:20

Erik Chan wrote:Do you stitch hex to hex?
I didn't know to do this for my first bunch of bags, and since doing this has made all the difference! If you are, then maybe try making that connection closer to the middle of that length of the hex?

I got as far to the corner of each seam that i can, i'll try a little closer if possible. I just finished a bag and it only bled after i forced it out. Its improving but i won't be able to use my lead shot with it. im borrowing a friends size 8 steel shot. I have size 12 leadshot .050'' in diameter. Is the shot i have too small maybe?

PegLegHolly · Post by **PegLegHolly** » 23 Oct 2007 16:23

its not the shot

i personally share the same hole for the corners of the pents... if that makes since. it sounds to me like its a stitching problem. maybe you could stitch a pent and take a picture of it ungathered, so we can see what exactly youre doing.

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 23 Oct 2007 16:25

i'll try that holly, but i lack access to a digital camera. I'll see if i can borrow a friends and post the pic tomorrow.

Bringerofpie · Post by **Bringerofpie** » 23 Oct 2007 17:06

Is this a new problem for you? Because the bag I have hasn't bled at all.

(It's awesome, by the way.)

King Monkey · Post by **King Monkey** » 24 Oct 2007 01:06

Do you use very low gather? Cos i made a bag recently and under-gathered one of the pents accidently, so its bigger than the others. The hex-hex seams around this pent are looser and more prone to opening than others. Theres no leakage, but the holes are definitely looser.

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 24 Oct 2007 12:34

Joe, the bag i sent to you doesn't have bleed holes. That bag was made when i didn't know bleedholes existed. Im glad you liked it.

I don't think its a gather problem either, I've experiemented with very low gather and very high gather and both of the times i've had the bag bleed and leak. Im going to make a bag tonight trying to keep the stitches as far off the the corner as i can.

If anyone is willing to give me the dimensions of a bag that will turn out golf-ball size and doesn't bleed, in your experience, could you post it here.

Thanks for everyone coments and advice.

PegLegHolly · Post by **PegLegHolly** » 24 Oct 2007 13:11

of course, people stitch bags differently, so im not trying to force my style on you... im just showing you how i do it because i dont have the leak problem.

bad picture... i had to use a friends ipohone

dimentions
.6 pents
.75 hexes @ 33%

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 24 Oct 2007 13:41

thanks holly, i'll try to have my stitches closer to the edges and more even like yours are. I'll also try those dimensions.

If its not too much to ask could you post another pic but showing the hexagon side. I think it would help clear it up for me. Thanks for all the help.

PegLegHolly · Post by **PegLegHolly** » 24 Oct 2007 14:01

my hexes have all even spacing, and they are all the same length... but i dont connect where the bleeds are supposed to be. the hex side stitches are sliiiightly longer than the pent side stitches. only slightly though.

im almost finished with that bag though, and the iphone girl left... but maybe ill post a picture when i start my next bag.

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 24 Oct 2007 16:06

I got it!!...I FINALLY know what to do now. Thats alot holly. I really appreciate all your help, and everyone else's. Now i just gotta refine the technique and make my bags neater. Thanks again!