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Need fabric recommendation for lawn targets
Square Peg wrote:
On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:21:01 +0100, Kate XXXXXX wrote: Square Peg wrote: On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:31:32 +0100, Kate XXXXXX wrote: BEI Design wrote: Square Peg wrote: I would like to make several targets for practicing golf shots. These would be circles of various sizes from from about a 1-yard radius up to a 5-yard radius -- possibly a bit larger. 36" radius = 72" circles. That could be cut from a single width of "double wide" fabric, but I don't know if canvas or ripstop nylon (or ballistric nylon) comes that wide. They usually come about 60" wide. Yep, that's what the canvas shop said. 5 yard radius = 360" diameter. You would first have to join several 10 yard long lengths of fabric side-by-side, than cut the circle. Or a whole bunch of pie-shaped pieces and join them. Are you planning on leaving these out in the weather or packing them away every day? I have been using rope, which works fairly well, but it's difficult to lay out the rope in a nice circle and keep it that way. It occurred to me that if I could make circles out of some heavy fabric like a canvas, it might retain the circle shape a little better. It would retain its shape until a stiff wind blows... or someone walks on it... or...... Weight pockets would solve this. Just slip the weights in round the edge. Brilliant. That's just what I need. I can probably find small pieces on metal bars or rods, cut them to the width of the ring, and sew little pockets for them. In the meantime, I can just lay them on top of the targets to get a sense of how many I need. Thank you for that suggestion. My plan is be to get a piece of fabric, cut the fabric into arcs of the correct radius, then sew then together into a circle. I don't understand what you mean by "...cut the fabric into arcs of the correct radius...", so I don't know if yur plan would work or not. I'm not a mathmatician. :-} I would appreciate comments or suggestions on: 1. What's the best fabric to get? My first thought was canvas. There is a canvas shop near here that makes tents and awnings. I was in there several years ago. They have lots of canvas. I plan to go ask them what they recommend. Is there another fabric I should consider? Sunbrella, ripstop nylon, ballistic nylon... Se Penny's site for other outdoor fabrics: http://www.specialtyoutdoors.com/about/whatis.asp 2. Will my wife's sewing machine handle the canvas? Depends what she has, and the weight of the canvas. She has a Singer 9110. I think it's 25-30 years old. The guy at the cancas store said that many of their awning fabrics can be sewn on a home machine. 3. What's the best way to connect the arcs? I was just going to overlap them about an inch and sew along both edges, maybe using a zig-zag stitch that goes over the edge. Personally I'd use a felled seam. Or turn the edge under, glue it down with basting glue, and lap over the under fabric. Gives a neater edge. You wouldn't need to fell coated ripstop as it doesn't fray much. Like this: http://www.sewneau.com/how.to/flat.felled.seam.html? 4. How do I finish the edges? Do I fold the edge over and sew it down or sew to edge tape (bias tape?)? Face it with 3" wide arcs of fabric, and form weight pockets (see above) in the facing. 5. How wide whould the strips be? I was thinking 2-3" for the smaller circles and maybe 1" wider for each yard of radius. Are you trying to make roundels, like on military aircraft, or archery targets? I should go for 6" bands of colour, whatever size your finished target, or you'll be sewing forever! I didn't explain myself very well. I am NOT making complete circles (disks). I am making rings -- just the outer edge of the circle, about 3-4" wide. The center will be open. Anything else I should know about or think about? Rip-stop nylon is slippery as hell. Canvass blunts nedles fairly quickly (use jeans needles), and large acreages of cloth are heavy and will need lots of support. Two tables in an L shape with you in the corner with the machine will help to support the cloth. I won't have acreage of material for sewing -- just the arcs. OK - Polo mints rather than carpets! I get it... I see that you are in the UK. We call them Life Savers over here. OK, just make the whole thing double: sandwich your flat weights between the two layers and sew them in. You might need 4 for the smaller circles and 6-8 for the larger. Cut your arcs and join them to make two circles... Lay them right sides together and sew the INNER circle seam. Clip the seam allowance from the cut edge almost to the stitching line... Turn through to the right way out. Topstitch. Turn under and baste or glue (Elmers will do, but allow it to dry!) a half inch hem on the outside edge of each circle, turning the hem into the middle of the sandwich, as it were. Decide where you want the weight pockets and draw a line from the inner edge to the outer edge at each side of the pocket. Sew along the lines. Slip the weights in, and then just topstitch the whole thing closed all round the edge. I'll have to study these instructions a bit and probably screw it up a few times. I've done a little sewing, but have no real experience. You have an interesting website. It looks like you are up for all kinds of curious projects. Would this be something you might be willing to do? I'm going to call a couple of local shops and also talk to some tent makers. But, if I can't find someone local, this can be done at a distance. I'm happy to make the templates for the pieces. Thanks for the help. Yup, for me, easy-peasy! NOT something you'd want to pay international shipping for... I could probably find fabric this end and post the completed project, leaving you to slip weights into the pockets. Email me if you want me to price it for you. -- Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.katedicey.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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Need fabric recommendation for lawn targets
Square Peg wrote:
I would like to make several targets for practicing golf shots. These would be circles of various sizes from from about a 1-yard radius up to a 5-yard radius -- possibly a bit larger. I have been using rope, which works fairly well, but it's difficult to lay out the rope in a nice circle and keep it that way. It occurred to me that if I could make circles out of some heavy fabric like a canvas, it might retain the circle shape a little better. My plan is be to get a piece of fabric, cut the fabric into arcs of the correct radius, then sew then together into a circle. I would appreciate comments or suggestions on: 1. What's the best fabric to get? My first thought was canvas. There is a canvas shop near here that makes tents and awnings. I was in there several years ago. They have lots of canvas. I plan to go ask them what they recommend. Is there another fabric I should consider? 2. Will my wife's sewing machine handle the canvas? 3. What's the best way to connect the arcs? I was just going to overlap them about an inch and sew along both edges, maybe using a zig-zag stitch that goes over the edge. 4. How do I finish the edges? Do I fold the edge over and sew it down or sew to edge tape (bias tape?)? 5. How wide whould the strips be? I was thinking 2-3" for the smaller circles and maybe 1" wider for each yard of radius. Anything else I should know about or think about? Thanks Puhleeze people! This is obviously a troll. (And one with a lot of "bites") With golf, the purpose is to put the ball in the hole or at least come as close to it as possible. You DON'T don't use a circle to aim at; you aim at a flagstick. So you stick a flag in the ground and go for it. A stick will serve perfectly. If you want to sew something, affix a flag to the top of it! (Now don't take off on "what material?, what size?, what kind of thread? how big a hem?, what number should I put on the flag? or how about the tapes to tie it to the pole? etc etc) JPBill |
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Need fabric recommendation for lawn targets
On 5/2/09 11:30 AM, in article , "Bill Boyce" wrote: Square Peg wrote: I would like to make several targets for practicing golf shots. These would be circles of various sizes from from about a 1-yard radius up to a 5-yard radius -- possibly a bit larger. I have been using rope, which works fairly well, but it's difficult to lay out the rope in a nice circle and keep it that way. It occurred to me that if I could make circles out of some heavy fabric like a canvas, it might retain the circle shape a little better. My plan is be to get a piece of fabric, cut the fabric into arcs of the correct radius, then sew then together into a circle. I would appreciate comments or suggestions on: 1. What's the best fabric to get? My first thought was canvas. There is a canvas shop near here that makes tents and awnings. I was in there several years ago. They have lots of canvas. I plan to go ask them what they recommend. Is there another fabric I should consider? 2. Will my wife's sewing machine handle the canvas? 3. What's the best way to connect the arcs? I was just going to overlap them about an inch and sew along both edges, maybe using a zig-zag stitch that goes over the edge. 4. How do I finish the edges? Do I fold the edge over and sew it down or sew to edge tape (bias tape?)? 5. How wide whould the strips be? I was thinking 2-3" for the smaller circles and maybe 1" wider for each yard of radius. Anything else I should know about or think about? Thanks Puhleeze people! This is obviously a troll. (And one with a lot of "bites") With golf, the purpose is to put the ball in the hole or at least come as close to it as possible. You DON'T don't use a circle to aim at; you aim at a flagstick. So you stick a flag in the ground and go for it. A stick will serve perfectly. If you want to sew something, affix a flag to the top of it! (Now don't take off on "what material?, what size?, what kind of thread? how big a hem?, what number should I put on the flag? or how about the tapes to tie it to the pole? etc etc) JPBill There are several avid golfers in my family, and I've never once had any of them or their friends request I make circles to use to aim the ball. I thought maybe it was something new for children till DD reminded me there was nothing like that in the kiddie's golf sets bought for her children. Oh well, I suppose some people would/could use rope as he wrote or canvas if he is a beginner, but I don't see why not use the flag as golfers do? Emily |
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Need fabric recommendation for lawn targets
On Sat, 02 May 2009 11:30:43 -0500, Bill Boyce
wrote: Square Peg wrote: I would like to make several targets for practicing golf shots. These would be circles of various sizes from from about a 1-yard radius up to a 5-yard radius -- possibly a bit larger. I have been using rope, which works fairly well, but it's difficult to lay out the rope in a nice circle and keep it that way. It occurred to me that if I could make circles out of some heavy fabric like a canvas, it might retain the circle shape a little better. My plan is be to get a piece of fabric, cut the fabric into arcs of the correct radius, then sew then together into a circle. I would appreciate comments or suggestions on: 1. What's the best fabric to get? My first thought was canvas. There is a canvas shop near here that makes tents and awnings. I was in there several years ago. They have lots of canvas. I plan to go ask them what they recommend. Is there another fabric I should consider? 2. Will my wife's sewing machine handle the canvas? 3. What's the best way to connect the arcs? I was just going to overlap them about an inch and sew along both edges, maybe using a zig-zag stitch that goes over the edge. 4. How do I finish the edges? Do I fold the edge over and sew it down or sew to edge tape (bias tape?)? 5. How wide whould the strips be? I was thinking 2-3" for the smaller circles and maybe 1" wider for each yard of radius. Anything else I should know about or think about? Thanks Puhleeze people! This is obviously a troll. (And one with a lot of "bites") With golf, the purpose is to put the ball in the hole or at least come as close to it as possible. You DON'T don't use a circle to aim at; you aim at a flagstick. So you stick a flag in the ground and go for it. A stick will serve perfectly. Well, you are a silly little twit, aren't you? The targets are for practicing chips and pitches. Judging from your comments, you know nothing whatsoever about golf, so let me educate you (assuming that is even possible). With both chips and pitches, you do *NOT* aim at the pin. This is a common mistake. You aim at a spot short of the pin so that the ball will roll to the pin. For chips, it;s well short of the pin. For pitches, closer. If you don't believe me, go ask any pro. |
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Need fabric recommendation for lawn targets
On Sun, 03 May 2009 02:36:01 -0700, Square Peg
wrote: Well, you are a silly little twit, aren't you? Plonk. Disagreement is encouraged. Unfounded suspicion may be considered an understandable mistake. Name-calling is well outside the boundary of civilized behavior. Joy Beeson -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ -- sewing http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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On Sun, 03 May 2009 21:30:39 -0400, Joy Beeson
wrote: On Sun, 03 May 2009 02:36:01 -0700, Square Peg wrote: Well, you are a silly little twit, aren't you? Plonk. Disagreement is encouraged. Unfounded suspicion may be considered an understandable mistake. Name-calling is well outside the boundary of civilized behavior. Calling me a troll is not name calling? |
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Need fabric recommendation for lawn targets
Responding to Square Peg's post is a flagrant Starguard violation, but my writing-teacher hat keeps jumping off the coat rack, so I've posted a reply in rec.crafts.textiles.misc, which was created for posts that don't fit other groups in the rec.crafts.textiles hierarchy, and which (at the moment) has no conversations to disrupt. -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at comcast dot net |
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Need fabric recommendation for lawn targets
Joy Beeson wrote:
Responding to Square Peg's post is a flagrant Starguard violation, but my writing-teacher hat keeps jumping off the coat rack, so I've posted a reply in rec.crafts.textiles.misc, which was created for posts that don't fit other groups in the rec.crafts.textiles hierarchy, and which (at the moment) has no conversations to disrupt. Starguard? More information please. -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney UK http://claremont.islandblogging.co.uk |
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Need fabric recommendation for lawn targets
On Thu, 07 May 2009 23:45:47 +0100, "Bruce Fletcher (remove dentures
to reply)" wrote: Starguard? More information please. Snitched from a quoted quote and posted without the author's permission: Starguard's Guaranteed Fire Extinguisher A very wise Fidonet system operator once told me her "magic formula" for putting out flamewars. I have since posted it to two newsgroups and seen it praised by their administrators. And it's so SIMPLE.... Take the premise that chronic flamers have an ego problem. Consider what result they hope to achieve: to get people "going", to get a reaction. So! What to do? Follow this very simple plan: Ignore them. If you feel you absolutely MUST answer them, answer them only ONCE, no matter what else they reply with. (I don't care if you have to bite your lip, kick your desk, get up and run around the room...sit on your hands. Deny them the satisfaction!) If you DO break down and answer them: refuse to stoop to their level, no matter what the provocation. (Why should you allow them to drag you down to their childish level?!) (I might add that part of the genius of Starguard's Plan is that answering ONLY ONCE forces you to make a careful, well-reasoned rebuttal...try to hew to this part of the formula. She got her inspiration from a rule West Point gave up because it was TOO effective....) But most of all: IGNORE them. That's the worst torture of all to an egotist! And it WORKS. Suze Hammond with thanks to "Starguard" SysOp of "the Overworked Dragon BBS", Portland, OR |
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Need fabric recommendation for lawn targets
Joy Beeson wrote:
On Thu, 07 May 2009 23:45:47 +0100, "Bruce Fletcher (remove dentures to reply)" wrote: Starguard? More information please. Snitched from a quoted quote and posted without the author's permission: Starguard's Guaranteed Fire Extinguisher A very wise Fidonet system operator once told me her "magic formula" for putting out flamewars. I have since posted it to two newsgroups and seen it praised by their administrators. And it's so SIMPLE.... Take the premise that chronic flamers have an ego problem. Consider what result they hope to achieve: to get people "going", to get a reaction. So! What to do? Follow this very simple plan: Ignore them. If you feel you absolutely MUST answer them, answer them only ONCE, no matter what else they reply with. (I don't care if you have to bite your lip, kick your desk, get up and run around the room...sit on your hands. Deny them the satisfaction!) If you DO break down and answer them: refuse to stoop to their level, no matter what the provocation. (Why should you allow them to drag you down to their childish level?!) (I might add that part of the genius of Starguard's Plan is that answering ONLY ONCE forces you to make a careful, well-reasoned rebuttal...try to hew to this part of the formula. She got her inspiration from a rule West Point gave up because it was TOO effective....) But most of all: IGNORE them. That's the worst torture of all to an egotist! And it WORKS. Suze Hammond with thanks to "Starguard" SysOp of "the Overworked Dragon BBS", Portland, OR Yes, it works if you can persuade people to do it. In my past life, I spent a few years moderating message boards. I recommended, demanded, wheedled, whined, pleaded and begged posters to follow this simple, logical, common-sensical method of dealing with "trolls" -- a word which we moderators never, ever used. But there is this basic Maslovian need - after food, shelter, and sex comes the need to have the last word. ;-) -- Joanne stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/ |
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