That does look really awesome!
Everyone should have a wearable quilt; love my JRB Sierra Sniviller.
That does look really awesome!
Everyone should have a wearable quilt; love my JRB Sierra Sniviller.
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." -Plato
Well Mike,
I hear ya about not making another. What a shame! Your work is superb!!!!
Very nice quilt...
"truth is uncontainable, and inexpressible. It neither is nor is not.
This unformulated principle is the foundation of the different systems of all the sages."
Diamond Sutra
Thank you all for the compliments but this is the result of my learning from other members that were so kind to post their similar projects before me. Now I merely add a modicum of information to the Hammock Forums' DIY library.
Mike
"Life is a Project!"
That's an awesome looking quilt. Very nice work. Me like me like
Sometimes I like to hike and think, And sometimes I just like to hike.
Hiking is'ent about waiting for the storm to pass its about learning to hike in the rain.
Oops! I completely miss-read that. I did snaps for the footbox.
I considered omni-tape as I have done that in the past and was happy with it.
But, for the sake of weight, I looked at other options and the #1 snaps at JoAnn's Fabrics was the lightest method of closure that I could find. I placed them 3" apart.
A note of caution: I haven't field tested the quilt yet, so I don't really know how they will hold. If I find that they separate, I will add a short lace at the top of the footbox to tie a bow. As long as the first snap doesn't let go, most likely the rest will hold.
Mike
"Life is a Project!"
I want to give a BIG thank you to HitchHiking for a great idea that I used in making my quilt. In his excellent video (see below) he cut out a cardboard template. Well I thought that looked good and I did the same. It was a fantastic idea! It was much easier to measure and layout the baffles on the stiff cardboard ONE TIME rather than do it on the gossamer thin Seven D, TWO TIMES. Here is HitchHiking's link...
http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ight=karo+step
And here is my cardboard template....
Also, JoAnn's tulle is woven on a 45 degree bias so I had to cut it with the weave at 45 degrees shown here so that it wouldn't stretch in the direction I was sewing...
Mike
"Life is a Project!"
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