Stitching thread

[shredzilla]

Whatever Waylon, you make good bags. Hell I bought a bag from you that rocks and I still use it. But that statement you made was just ignorant IMO, and I also felt it was simply used to downplay my original point of how different materials do indeed affect bag performance.

[Wasabi]

I'm not going to argue with you. Ever.

End of discussion.

[Chase]

Back on topic...


I like floss for it's melting ability, but I still knot, a lot. i do like 10 knots, then melt the end of the knots so they don't come untied.

I also like floss for it's availability. You can get it at most gas stations...

I don't knot with this "stopper" and "anchor" technique. the ends of my thread meet at the first hex, and i tie the ends together there...

To be perfectly honest, an "anchor" seems like an incredibly precarious way of holding thread. Isn't ultrasuede known for stretching, and getting holes... couldn't the hole you already made just stretch enough to pull the line through?

I've never done it that way, so i guess i don't know how it really works...

[Wasabi]

An anchor is like a knot, and a lot of people do it differently. I usually use the term as the first place where you start sewing and as a place where you keep a reliable knot to keep it in check, so that it doesn't bust through the fabric (like you mentioned Chase). Yeah, I know the term is pretty open-ended, but I don't know of any other term to describe it.

Some people make a really big knot so that the facile doesn't have a chance to stretch and open a hole big enough to gape through. I sew my anchor and knot it in place so that doesn't happen. I'll try to explain my technique:

I start where the pentagon side meets the hexagon side, with the hexagon facing toward me. I punch my needle through until my knotted "bulb" meets the facile (which is also where you begin your first stitch on the pentagon side), then I loop my needle back into the same hole so that some thread overlaps both panels. From there, I nudge my needle between the overlapping thread and hexagon, and loop the excess amount of thread over the bulb in a way as though I'm doing a loose knot and pull until it is secure. Then I go back to the same hole, with the hexagon panel still facing toward me, and insert my needle through it again. From there, I start sewing as usual, and have made myself a reliable anchor.

And as I end my sewing path, I just knot into the overlapping anchor I started from and it keeps my panels from busting.

For each panel, I usually just knot at most 5 times: two for the bulb (because of the ribstitch cord), and three for the end knot (first knot to end my sewing path to connect to my anchor, and then another two knots to form a stopper for my second bulb). If I used floss, I would be using three knots instead of 5, because of how well floss melts over ribstitch cord.

PS: I would also like to apologize for taking part in making this topic somewhat melodramatic. I will not be taking part in any sort of silly discussions like that again.

[shredzilla]

PS: I would also like to apologize for taking part in making this topic somewhat melodramatic. I will not be taking part in any sort of silly discussions like that again.

Likewise.