I would love to make a bridge hammock, but the curves would destroy me.
I would love to make a bridge hammock, but the curves would destroy me.
“I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt.” - Cormac McCarthy
HAR! Its the rational (I think) fear thatI would buy a crapload of fabric to make a double layer bridge, & totally screw it all up, because I have NO idea how to make the cuts!!! I read Tee Dees thread... using books, tentpoles, etc... then I read on Grizz's thread.... I think that a bridge hammock (if I could make it wide enough, I have broad shoulders) would be the end all for comfort for me... and having a square cut, would likely make quilts easier to craft.... But like I said, I am afraid of it.
and of course.... sewing a curved line!!!! *goes glassy eyed*
parabola paranoia?
"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities." - Mark Twain
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” - John Burroughs
Pin it and go slow and you can sew anything.
I think when you throw in all of the little sewing things using a curved board is good enough for most. If not I found the MATLAB M-file that Blackbishop wrote to calculate a cat curve for every 1/8 of an inch.
Having said that my next tarp is going to be a rectangle then a square. I am curious to see how much difference it makes.
Is that too much to ask? Girls with frikkin' lasers on their heads?
The hanger formly known as "hammock engineer".
Maybe I could buy some used fabric from Just Jeff, have it shipped to Grizz, who I would give a few bucks to make the cuts for me... then have him ship the cut piece to Preacherswife who would sew it for me, then mail it to me! har!
So my highly refined scientific high precision method is to make a print-out of a distance from the edge of the fabric every 3 inches or so. I fold the fabric to be cut in half down the long way, so that I'm cutting both edges at the same time.
Then I highly scientifically with high precision use a yard-stick to connect adjacent marks with a straight line. Then I highly scientifically with high accuracy use a rotating cutter on a board to try and follow the lines within 1/8" or so. Then I'm done.
Locally everything is straight. In any given inch or two of sewing you are sewing a straight line.
Try it out on a piece of $1 bin wallymart fabric first. 3 yard experiment == $3 for confidence building and peace of mind. You can do this.
Grizz
ps if you want the print-out of distances from the edge to make, just PM me and I'll get you set up.
Poster board, String, Push Pins, tape.I would love to make a bridge hammock, but the curves would destroy me.
Cut poster board into about 10" strips and tape together the length of hammock.
Pin poster board to wall and place a push pin on each end the length you want the hammock
Attach string to push pins until it drops to 6" in center.
Take marker and make dots along the length of string
Connect dots
Cut out template
lay template on fabric, mark, cut.
If you mess up it is only cardboard and if you make another bridge you save a bunch of time.
You could fold your fabric in half and only use half the template to mark and cut like Grizz suggested
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