From owner-sewing@eniac.yak.net Fri Oct 9 17:45:35 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id RAA20577 for sewing-outgoing; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 17:45:35 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-sewing using -f Message-ID: <35CC4285.ABC641A8@direcpc.com> Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 07:20:22 -0500 From: Matt Avery Organization: 4th Dimension Interactive X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: sewing@footbag.org Subject: [sewing] Some tips Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-sewing@footbag.org Hi! Ive been making bags for a while now, and Im selling them also. What I want to know is some things to make my bags look more like Carols, and Daniel Botkin's. I cant seem to get the bag the same, and Ive sewn plenty of bags. How many stiches do they use in one side?Is it just practice or what? thanks Matt From owner-sewing@eniac.yak.net Fri Oct 9 17:47:10 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id RAA20587 for sewing-outgoing; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 17:47:10 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-sewing using -f Message-ID: <35CBB0B2.24FD2320@direcpc.com> Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 20:58:10 -0500 From: Matt Avery Organization: 4th Dimension Interactive X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: sewing@footbag.org Subject: [sewing] Please give some tips Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-sewing@footbag.org Hi! Ive been making bags for a while now, and Im selling them also. What I want to know is some things to make my bags look more like Carols, and Daniel Botkin's. I cant seem to get the bag the same, and Ive sewn plenty of bags. How many stiches? How tight do I pull the string? thanks Matt From owner-sewing@eniac.yak.net Sat Oct 10 16:23:26 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id QAA10824 for sewing-outgoing; Sat, 10 Oct 1998 16:23:26 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-sewing using -f Message-Id: Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 18:02:49 +0200 To: sewing@footbag.org Subject: [sewing] footstars need help! X-Mailer: T-Online eMail 2.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Sender: 0306917186-0001@t-online.de From: oleNr.1@t-online.de (schnack) Sender: owner-sewing@footbag.org hello everbody! the reason why i write you is, that we can´t find facile! where do you, sewers all over the world, get your facile from? is there a place over here in europe or eaven in germany where we could get it from?!!!!!!!!!!!!! the footstars need help!!! we´d be stoked to get a mail from anybody who can help us! thank you in advance! ...choose the ball... the fc footstar/berlin e.v. *OLÈ* From owner-sewing@eniac.yak.net Sun Oct 11 04:01:17 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id EAA10260 for sewing-outgoing; Sun, 11 Oct 1998 04:01:17 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-sewing using -f Message-Id: <199810110342.XAA23959@mbs.valinet.com> Reply-To: From: "Daniel Botkin" To: , "schnack" Subject: Re: [sewing] footstars need help! Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 23:50:35 -0400 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1157 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-sewing@footbag.org Ole and List, Try this phone number in N. America and tell Debra Malloy, I believe it was, that the 'footbag for peace' guy, Daniel sent you. She may be able to ship you facile pieces (and ultrasuede) at a reasonable rate. I don't know about international freight costs... 1-800-431-1032 Good Luck, Daniel "Dog" ---------- > From: schnack > To: sewing@footbag.org > Subject: [sewing] footstars need help! > Date: Saturday, October 10, 1998 12:02 PM > > hello everbody! > > the reason why i write you is, that we can´t find facile! > > where do you, sewers all over the world, get your facile from? > is there a place over here in europe or eaven in germany where we could get it > from?!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > the footstars need help!!! > > we´d be stoked to get a mail from anybody who can help us! > > thank you in advance! > > ...choose the ball... > the fc footstar/berlin e.v. > > *OLÈ* From owner-sewing@eniac.yak.net Sun Oct 11 04:39:11 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id EAA27144 for sewing-outgoing; Sun, 11 Oct 1998 04:39:11 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-sewing using -f Message-ID: <357F68BE.C22BFFCC@direcpc.com> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:18:55 -0500 From: Matt Avery Organization: 4th Dimension Interactive X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: sewing@footbag.org Subject: [sewing] I need some help... Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-sewing@footbag.org Hey guys. Im in a weird situation. Right now, my bags come out and they are puffy at the edges, but when you massageit a minute they flatten out completely. I know Carol bags keep their puffiness, and so I started pulling the string tight..very tight before I tied the knot. It seems to still be doing the same mess, but when I think about it, some of my first bags were almost perfectly round and puffed out. Im not sure what it is...I know Im putting more stiches in a side now though. Can anyone put these peices together an tell me whats wrong? Thanks in advance.. Matt From owner-sewing@eniac.yak.net Mon Oct 12 14:43:36 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id OAA16076 for sewing-outgoing; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 14:43:36 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-sewing using -f Message-Id: <199810121424.KAA15071@mbs.valinet.com> Reply-To: From: "Daniel Botkin" To: "Matt Avery" , Subject: Re: [sewing] I need some help... Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 10:33:04 -0400 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1157 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-sewing@footbag.org Matt Avery and Sewing List, > Right now, my bags come out and they are puffy > at the edges, but when you massageit a minute they flatten out > completely. I know Carol bags keep their puffiness, and so I started > pulling the string tight..very tight before I tied the knot. It seems to > still be doing the same mess, but when I think about it, some of my > first bags were almost perfectly round and puffed out. Im not sure what > it is...I know Im putting more stiches in a side now though. Can anyone > put these peices together an tell me whats wrong? I think you already realize what the key factors are here: (uniformity) of tension throughout the bag, number of stitches per side and depth of "bite" or how far from the edge you place each stitch. For me there isn't a hard and fast rule about these things since they will change for different materials and kind of bag being sewn. If I am making a soft facile 32 freestyle bag I sew two whole (in and out) stitches per side of pentagon and pull "significant" tension. The resulting bag is "juice"-like in it's "puffed out" appearance and slightly "spring loaded" feel, however perfectly round (due to careful uniformity of tension throughout). If I were making a four or twelve panel deerskin or ultrasuede bag I would apply less tension, bigger stitches and allow the thickness of the material to help close the seam. Remember, seams can be dense. Watch they shouldn't get too thick lest they create unevenness or distortion of the sphere... On the vitally important question of UNIFORM TENSION. Here's a cool secret. If you tie off and restart your thread for every "flower" or unit of sewing as many fine sewers do, then this doesn't apply. However, if you sew bags (like I do) with one, long, continuous thread approach... Carefully eye and examine the birthed and unbirthed product before closing for lapses of tension. If you notice any, you can carefully exploit the extra thread at the end of the sewing task to "hitch hike" around to, loop gently into, and apply micro quantities of needed extra tension bringing the finished bag as close to uniform as possible.