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    Senior Member Mittagsfrost's Avatar
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    My Green Sally Jelly Tarp

    For my 11 foot hammock I needed a tarp, longer than my DD superlight tarp and lighter than my Warbonnet Superfly. I like the Warbonnet Edge, but paying for the tarp plus shipping to Germany plus customs is quiet expensive and christmas, even Black friday is far away. MYOG? Yes, it would be much cheaper, but I don't have a clue how to make a tarp. Especially if I want it with catenary curves.
    But wait, wasn't there an instruction, written by our wonderful DIY instructor Jellyfish?

    So let's start. Time to order 6 meters of cheap silnylon. I own a sewing machine, sorry, thread injector, and a lot of thread injecting skills. Exactly 14 hours or about 10 meters of double fold hems (my 1st DIY hammock). In american units it is about a yard per hour. Not bad for a beginner, isn't it?
    And - the most important - I have access to the internet and Jellyfish's instruction.

    Five evenings and it was done. Handling the slippery silnylon was a pain. Sewing the double fold hems, especially with cat cut wasn't easy. (A rolled hem foot for my sewing machine, sorry, thread injector, is ordered.)
    But marking the catenary curve at the fabric was a big pleasure! (Dr. Sally, can you hear me? Your template is fantastic! I love you! By the way, Jellyfish, did I mention, that I love you too?) The only thing I changed was the seam at the ridgeline. I prefere the Warbonnet style, a french seam reinforced with satin ribbon. For the reinforcement of the tie outs I used fabric from an old umbrella.

    Pictures or it didn't happen.


    Here it is, my Green Sally Jelly Tarp! It's not a beauty queen, but I love it. It weights 427 grams and has an 11 foot ridgeline. Longer than my DD superlight tarp and lighter than my Warbonnet Superfly. That's what I wanted.


    The ridgeline seam.


    The tie out reinforcement, outside.


    The tie out reinforcement, inside.

    Thank you, Dr. Sally, thank you jellyfish! And thank you, blackbishop351 and all the others who took part in the improvement of tarps.

    Mittagsfrost (proud and happy)
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    Good job. Where did you get your Silnylon from?

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    Senior Member Mittagsfrost's Avatar
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    It's from Extremtextil in Germany. (https://www.extremtextil.de/ripstop-...r=71634.GRASGR)
    Omnia vincit lectulus pensilis.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mittagsfrost View Post
    It's from Extremtextil in Germany. (https://www.extremtextil.de/ripstop-...r=71634.GRASGR)
    Oh good. I made an Orange tarp out of the same material from Extex

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    This looks extremely fantastic!
    I sew things on youtube.
    I don’t sew on commission, so please don’t ask. Thanks.

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    Great looking and I bet very functional. Congratulations! I wish my first tarp looked as nice as yours.
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