looks pro...
looks pro...
Thank you for your replies.
It was definitely a trial of patience for me! My mom taught me to sew and now she can't believe all the stuff I'm making.
You're welcome, thank you for your comment! It's you guys on the forums that truly impress me.
Do you mean, do I make gear for people on the side? I would but I find making gear is such a big time commitment for me. That, and I will be starting school this August where I'll be away from the thread injector at home. Did you have something in mind?
But hey, I see you live in the Clemson area. I'm starting my freshman year at Clemson next month...you'll have to tell me the best places to hang/hike!
Thank you! For my cat cuts: I hung a string along the edge of a piece of posterboard on the wall. The posterboard was the length of my tarp edge, before the cat cuts. Then I spraypainted this, while it was hanging, and where the string was I had a nice line on the posterboard to cut along for a template. I made 2 templates:
I used these to transfer the curve onto my big blue paper you saw in my first post. I couldn't hold the template straight while it was directly on the Sil so I had to use the paper. My original design on paper might help you out some:
If you wanted cat curves of a similar depth per unit of length, mine were 3.25" deep (at the very middle of the curve) by 4'6" long and 4.875" deep by 6'6" long. Let me know if I made this too confusing, haha.
Thanks and welcome to the forums.
Thank you for your comment. Your MacCats are the inspiration...they always struck me as bold and functional, and that's what I was going for. Although, I don't know how you can sell them at such low prices!
Thanks...it would be sloppy if I wasn't such a darn perfectionist!
Thank you for posting! This helps me a lot and makes me feel a little better getting started. Once again the people of this forum made my projects possible. Thanks again.
Absolutely gorgeous! Well done!
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Beautiful tarp. The work looks perfect. Wish I had the patience and know how for that kind of work.
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Thanks for the big pictures. I can see all the details. I'm just learning, but this looks fun! Great work!
Great job! Glad to see you put up the pics.
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+1 on all the comments above!!! Absolutely beautiful work there! And your pictures and drawing are top-shelf too. Thanks so much for inspiring and helping all of us. We're lucky to have you as a guide on a DIY project that can be a little intimidating!!
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Fantastic workmanship!
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Well done , that looks great!
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