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- From: cdt@zoo.bt.co.uk (Clive Dennett-Thorpe)
- Newsgroups: rec.kites
- Subject: Re: Applique with Ripstop?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.120732.6324@zoo.bt.co.uk>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 12:07:32 GMT
- References: <1992Nov15.133559.1@lure.latrobe.edu.au>
- Sender: news@zoo.bt.co.uk
- Reply-To: cdt@zoo.bt.co.uk
- Organization: BT Laboratories
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- I've appliqued ripstop successfully - I think you have
- to be patient and careful carrying the material between
- your cutting-out/assembling area and your sewing machine.
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- I can't quite afford to use dry mount sprays yet so I use good
- old-fashioned sellotape which can be removed after the applique.
- Funnily enough cheap substitutes are better in this respect 'cos they
- tend to be less adhesive and are easier to get off afterwards.
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- The only problem here is that this means that only the boundary of the
- applique pieceis attached to the main cloth which can lead to bubbling &
- uneven work- you have to be careful when moving the cloth under the needle.
- I would prefer dry mount 'cos it would tack down the whole surface thus
- eliminating the problem.
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- In terms of a Rokkaku I made one earlier this year and the problem for me
- was the sheer bulk of cloth that had to be manoeuvre under the arm of the machine
- rather than the applique itself.
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- Good luck!!
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- Clive D-T
-