Anyone know what weight of the typ ripstop nylon at Jo-Anns ??
Thanks,
Slack
Anyone know what weight of the typ ripstop nylon at Jo-Anns ??
Thanks,
Slack
I haven't bought from them... When I was prototyping I seem to remember looking at their price on a roll and seeing $7.99 yd. I found some at another store for $2.99
At that high a price, it's no competition for the really good stuff from some of our college vendors.
Do you recall what price you saw or paid?
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I grabbed some at %50 off of 6.99
Just making stuff sacks etc.
Been many years since I've used their fabrics, but in the past their ripstop was always 1.9oz. Can't say for certain if it still is, but the 1.9 weights are very common.
Agree- 1.9oz in my experience as well.
6.99 typically, and you can apply the coupon to it.
It is excellent for stuff sacks and/or learning to sew. It's pretty stiff stuff so learning how to roll it, hem it, and sew it is easier than many fabrics.
But once you have it down, I'd buy from that fella above me for the real deal.
I don't type buy fabric form Jo-Anns, but I had picked some up on sale to practice making stuff bags and organizers.
I might have to go there. Looking for good practice materials to start sewing. Got a machine but still haven't used it.
JoAnns fabric doesn't feel NEARLY as good against you as the stuff from RipStopByTheRoll. Its definitely utility grade ripstop fabric. I wouldn't want a hammock made out of JoAnn's stuff, but a stuff sack would work fine, likewise a water bottle or camera pouch. Some of their stuff might make good practice fabric if you can find some on clearance. If you really just want to practice, go to the dollar store and buy some pillowcases or something. Fabric is fabric if you're just practicing. Plus, you can make backpacking pillows out of real cotton pillowcases. Just cut down a regular pillowcase and stuff with leftover climashield. I made a couple of them and I've been using one of them for two years now.
In fact, our home ec teacher used to have us practice on paper. There were printed spirals in various shapes - squares, triangles, ovals, etc. You could just draw some spiral shapes on a piece of paper with a sharpie, and try staying inside the line.
I've made 2 bright orange hammocks from Joanne's fabric I bought using one of their 50% coupons.
It's roughly 1.9oz fabric. The order I got has a slightly plastic feel to it versus other nylon fabrics I've purchased, but it isn't enough to stop me from using it. I rarely lay in a hammock skin to hammock body to feel it so it's a non-issue for the most part. It has about what I consider the perfect amount of stretch that I've come to like in a hammock. The 10.5 foot version I made is probably one of my favorite cold weather hammocks.
All that said the selling point was basically price with the coupon, and RSBTR can meet that with his 1.9oz ripstop so I doubt I'll purchase any more. I'd rather support RSBTR or Dutch.
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