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If you plan on having reinforcement patches on the tie-outs, I suggest getting some type of fabric glue (I used "Liquid Stitch") to stick the two pieces together before you try to sew them in place....

I'm not sure what design you're going for, but I've just used a 5' piece of chiffon with pockets stitched on, as per risk's design. Put headlamp/pocketknife/lighter etc in the pockets, it weight the...

From my last tarp I've got some "waterproof jacket material" left over to play with. Given the fabric I have is a bit heavier than sil, this may just be a prototype (or tell me I need more practice...

I'm around 180 and I made my first "real" backpacking hammock out of 1.9 ripstop. Only problem I've had is when I got in wearing shorts with metal rivets that poked out... It put a couple stress...

I spliced my own whoopies and a UCR to try a while ago. The first one I made was a cakewalk... I was using a double pointed metal sewing needle. I pushed the needle into the end of amsteel, then took...

wwk, the size was really a product of how much fabric I could get and getting more experience on making tarps (it was $9 total, how can you pass that up? :D).
I know Risk used a 5x10' tarp on many...

The tieouts on yours certainly do look nice... I did the same thing on both of my tarps, the first with 3/4" nylon webbing and this one with GG. I had the tarp up yesterday as a storm skirted all...

Thanks a lot all for the comments. My first tarp (10x10 silnylon) came out alright, but it's tough to get a tight pitch with it. I'm really happy with how this one came out, though I think part of...

During a couple recent runs to joann fabrics where I skulked the red-tag fabrics I found a bolt of polyurethane coated polyester. At $6 per yard I was thrown off 'till I saw an add for the "firefly...

I did something similar to this with some leftover polyester material I had on hand. It doubles for me as a liner for my sleeping bags and a cover for my summer fleece sleeping bag I use on short...