Going diagonal can be troublesome.
Test it out on some good sized scraps. It may work.
Perhaps sandwiching some grosgrain in the seam to help stabilize the "stretch" factor.
Going diagonal can be troublesome.
Test it out on some good sized scraps. It may work.
Perhaps sandwiching some grosgrain in the seam to help stabilize the "stretch" factor.
I actually thought about putting grosgrain along the seam and across the other diagonal, like and "X". I'm afraid I might start to get a bunch of flap if I do that though...Originally Posted by gargoyle
hmmm...
Too much stabilizing can be problematic. You'll want to pitch it first and see where the real stretch points are. The diagonal seam will be stabilized somewhat by the flat felled seam if that is what you use. (I would suggest going with a true flat felled seam in this application because of the stability it gives. YMMV). Crossing the tarp with another length of grosgrain could present some weird stretch issues that preven you from getting a good taut pitch. I'm no engineer so this is just my gut talking, but I would not do any additional stabilizing until I'd had in hung in a variety of situations.
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