Help! Hammock keeps ripping from the spreader bar. :-(

[sgrid]

I have a quilted hammock that the stitching came apart where the fabric wraps around the spreader bar. (There are no ropes, only chains & hooks). I sewed it by hand with the heaviest thread I could find (it's too thick for my sewing machine), but the first time it was used by my teenagers claiming they did nothing out of the ordinary , it came apart again. Does any one have any suggestions as to how I can reattach the hammock to itself to make the pocket for the bar stronger? A glue? Another substance? A specific sewing stitch? I'm at a loss. Thanks!!

[craige]

I presume you are talking about a garden hammock?? I dont have any experience with them personally but with end channel camping hammocks I always put a minimum of three rows of stitching in.

Some pics of the problem would definitely help.

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