sounds like dwr, most likely that's what it is. Making ditty bags is a great use of the fabric and it'll get you into practice for working with this type of material. This stuff seems to have teeny tiny legs and when you're not looking (sometimes even when you are) it will get up and slide off your work table!! Some things I've found that work..... use paper weights to hold it down! Also, do not put pins in it to hold it together, they only add more holes that water will go through. Purchase some cord-locks and try adding a casing at the top of your bags for a cord. If you want to seal the seams (more good practice for your later tarp makeingOriginally Posted by darton
) use clear 100% sylicone chalk from Lowes. Find it in the smallest tube you can and you only have to squeeze it out and replace the cap. Squeeze it right onto the seams and push it in with your finger tip. Wipe with a dry paper towel. A little goes a long way. Let sit without anything touching seams over night. I've made lots of bags in lots of different sizes. Always finding a use for them, stake bag, personal items bag, clothes bag (turns into pillow bag at night), food bag, just make the bags in different configuations and you'll find a use for them.
Oh, almost forgot, make sure when you sew a seam, to go back and put another seam right next to it for added insurance that it will hold. What I do is sew the first seam, then fold down the raw edges and sew it down right next to the first seam.
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