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Hi, I'm hoping one of our gurus of textile arts can give me some guidance
I bought 3 yards of this.
to get a 6' x 9' piece of durable ripstop silpoly to make a ground cloth out of for camping
it has selvage (a sewing line a melty area and then some threads) on each side (selvage to selvage distance is 6 feet)
the other 2 cuts are clean cuts that they made with a hot knife
this will be a ground cloth but i want to hand sew a few webbing lashing loops on the corners and mid points of all sides and maybe the center of the tarp so that in an emergency it can also do double duty as an overhead shelter
i don't care how it looks, i just want it to stay in one piece and keep me dry
so, instead of doing 30 feet of hems around the whole perimeter, i'm thinking i can just rub some gear aid seam sealer or something similar into the edge really good and then sew my webbing on it
do you think that would work?
I bought 3 yards of this.
Xenon Sil Wide Fabric | DutchWare Gear
A newly developed fabric and coming in at 75 inches wide. The first wide, waterproof polyester fabric made. Low stretch fabric with a ripstop grid. Shop now!
dutchwaregear.com
to get a 6' x 9' piece of durable ripstop silpoly to make a ground cloth out of for camping
it has selvage (a sewing line a melty area and then some threads) on each side (selvage to selvage distance is 6 feet)
the other 2 cuts are clean cuts that they made with a hot knife
this will be a ground cloth but i want to hand sew a few webbing lashing loops on the corners and mid points of all sides and maybe the center of the tarp so that in an emergency it can also do double duty as an overhead shelter
i don't care how it looks, i just want it to stay in one piece and keep me dry
so, instead of doing 30 feet of hems around the whole perimeter, i'm thinking i can just rub some gear aid seam sealer or something similar into the edge really good and then sew my webbing on it
do you think that would work?
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