How big of a winter tarp could you reasonably make with a 59" width fabric? I'm interested in the group buy, but wasn't planning on making a tarp until after I have completed a quilt project. Oh, and what color will it be?
How big of a winter tarp could you reasonably make with a 59" width fabric? I'm interested in the group buy, but wasn't planning on making a tarp until after I have completed a quilt project. Oh, and what color will it be?
So, if a person wanted 114 inches by 156 inches, one would need to purchase 9 yards? (59"-2" for ridgeline, X2 for 114 wide, and 13 feet length=312 ", or 8.67 yards)
If you're binding the tarp with gross grain like OES then you can get by with a single fold for the hemming, so more like 3/8" on the hem and 1" on ridgeline. (NOTE: I do not know what kind of folding, if any, OES does under the gg binding - I'm just mentioning that you could gain a fraction of an inch if you're going to bind it).
Honestly, I wouldn't sweat that 1" or 2". Two widths of 59", no matter your seam allowance, is a large tarp.
Last edited by sclittlefield; 02-22-2010 at 15:48.
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Brandon didn't use grosgrain edge trim on his spinn tarps, it wasn't necessary for a strong edge. Saves weight and materials to use a rolled hem. I don't know if a tarp with as deep of cat cuts as a MacCat has would work as well w/o the edging on the spinn material. Brandon's tarps also have a binding along the ridgeline, but am not sure how the pieces are folded together, I would think it would save a fraction of an inch by using the binding strip, and still be stronger.
I would like to, but so far what I've read indicates this material isn't very durable. Anyone tested otherwise?
I could be up for a couple yards to make beaks and stuff sacks out of.
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