Button hole near middle/bottom of hammock, possible?

**SilvrSurfr** · 10-22-2015, 23:18

This comes up every winter. I just hope you don't put your peed-in underquilt up for sale in the FS forum. We know who you are!

**Zilla** · 10-22-2015, 23:31

Originally Posted by SilvrSurfr

This comes up every winter. I just hope you don't put your peed-in underquilt up for sale in the FS forum. We know who you are!

Couldn't have said it better.

**Roche** · 10-23-2015, 05:42

Originally Posted by Rain Man

(I, for one, could do without the unnecessary and gratuitous knee-jerk jabs at "D.C." Both my eldest daughter and my son-in-law live and work in D.C. and are brilliant, hard-working, honorable citizens.)

They need to to do a hang with my sister - she has a great sense of humor. She first moved to DC in 1975 to attend Trinity College (now known as Trinity Washington University) and has been living inside the Beltway ever since. What a small world.

**hikenbike** · 10-23-2015, 06:44

Check out this thread:

https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...bing+extension

All is discussed - even the concept of evaporated urine clouds. Yep. Clouds of urine raining down upon us.

WV · 10-23-2015, 09:16

Any time I need an eyelet hole in a piece of fabric for a cord attachment or somesuch, I sew on a 1" piece of 1/2" webbing or grosgrain for reinforcement and use a soldering iron to melt the hole. No problems with this method after years of use in adjustable hammocks. However when I attached an underquilt with buttons and sewn on bungee loops (instead of button holes) I found the thread holding both buttons and loops sometimes failed. They were apparently subjected to larger forces than buttons on a shirt front have to withstand. I don't see much use for button holes in my hammock making.

(Also, making a button hole with a Singer 15-91 might be very time consuming.)

**slugbait** · 10-23-2015, 10:15

You can also use a scrap of interfacing (a non-woven synthetic material which doesn't unravel) to reinforce a buttonhole or eyelet. Medium to heavyweight works well. Interfacing is the stuff in the collar and facings of a dress shirt. There are iron-on and sew-in types. I prefer sew-in as the iron-on requires a hotter iron than our thin fabrics can stand.

**Ramblinrev** · 10-23-2015, 10:40

Originally Posted by WV

(Also, making a button hole with a Singer 15-91 might be very time consuming.)

I had to laugh at this. But on the serious side... back when those machines were state of the art any one who stitched at all would learn the hand sewn buttonhole stitch. Once you become proficient at it you can finish off a buttonhole in jig time with a better, classier and sturdier finish than the modern zig zag could ever hope to give. In high end couturier garments they are still done that way. But you pay through the nose for it.

**aero-hiker** · 10-23-2015, 10:50

Originally Posted by Rain Man

You can put a piece of stiff paper under the ripstop to keep it from jamming down into the plate. As far as cutting the hole, use a hot knife. Seals the edges.

As far as a hose, ... what do you do about your pad or UQ?

(I, for one, could do without the unnecessary and gratuitous knee-jerk jabs at "D.C." Both my eldest daughter and my son-in-law live and work in D.C. and are brilliant, hard-working, honorable citizens.)

The idea would be for a hammock with a built in UQ... a channel would run through the UW too... Just have to watch out for your shoes/pack/tyvek ground sheet!

**aero-hiker** · 10-23-2015, 10:51

Originally Posted by WV

Any time I need an eyelet hole in a piece of fabric for a cord attachment or somesuch, I sew on a 1" piece of 1/2" webbing or grosgrain for reinforcement and use a soldering iron to melt the hole. No problems with this method after years of use in adjustable hammocks. However when I attached an underquilt with buttons and sewn on bungee loops (instead of button holes) I found the thread holding both buttons and loops sometimes failed. They were apparently subjected to larger forces than buttons on a shirt front have to withstand. I don't see much use for button holes in my hammock making.

(Also, making a button hole with a Singer 15-91 might be very time consuming.)

Great tips!

Not sure what model I have, but I'm pretty sure there is an electronic setting to do numerous types of button holes... I'm guessing it's not a 15-91...

**PreciousPixie** · 10-23-2015, 12:14

Here's a girls point of view. No, Heck No!! But.....you know that there is always a But when a woman speaks. If you attached a pee bag somewhere to the end of the hose it might work. Wouldn't want your gear smelling like pee. Anyway the reason I walk away from my hammock to pee in the middle of a cold night is so I don't have to smell piss. Heck, my dog won't even pee need the hammock. It would really have to be storming outside my tarp for me to even be close when I have to go.