Stuff sacks would be my vote for an easy first sewing project.
Those double-ended ones look neat.
Stuff sacks would be my vote for an easy first sewing project.
Those double-ended ones look neat.
Start off with stuff sacks til you get the hang of sewing. Much less material will be wasted if you screw up.
"As a well spent day brings happy sleep, a well spent life brings happy death." -Da Vinci
mumblez and I will be doing this first project together.
Perhaps we could take the stuff sack one more step and make them bishop bags.
Last edited by bmwrider; 07-31-2013 at 22:53.
I think we should do a knoty mod on one of our hammocks to J.
So I stopped into my local Joann's Fabrics and picked up 4 yards of what I believe is 1.9oz. ripstop nylon to make my first hammock.
I was planning on sewing channel ends for the hammock. However, I saw that some people are using VHB tape to make tarps and other things.
Has anyone made a hammock using this stuff? Since I'm not very skilled with the needle and thread I thought this might be an easier way to make my first hammock.
If you're only going to use the channel to gather the hammock, then tape would probably work, although I don't know how it would hold up to being scrunched up when the end is gathered. If you're using the channel for the suspension, then definitely not. It's also probably more weight and bulk than stitching.
Sewing a hammock is pretty easy. Your stitches probably wont be straight or pretty, but they'll work! Practice makes perfect. I started with a hammock, and have since made 3 hammocks total (4 if you count reworking one once), plus 2 tarps, a fronkey bug net, and 4 or 5 stuff sacks/bishop bags. I've noticed a lot of improvement in how my stitching look from the first to the last, but they all held fine.
The last time I used a sewing machine before making my first hammock was home-ec in 5th grade!
So for anyone still following this, I have decided!!!
I am going to make a DIY No-Sew Poncho Liner shown in this thread: https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...t=poncho+liner
It's inexpensive and simple enough that if I somehow manage to screw it up I won't be out much money.
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