Making a Lightweight Backpacking Tarp #2 - Sewing The Ridgeline
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To make a piece of fabric big enough, you need to sew together some fabric. The fabric I am using is 58" wide and I need to double that. In the end I hope to come out with an 11 x 9 foot tarp.
This video is how I join two pieces of fabric together to make one big piece. At the same time I need to sew it so it is strong and as waterproof as possible with just sewing. Later I will seam seal it to finish the waterproofing.
The technique many use is a modified flat-felled seam. It isn't a true flat-felled, but makes a real nice, strong, seam that is perfect for backpacking tarps.
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Thank you for this series 👍
A magnetic seam guide will make sewing those long runs a lot easier!
Excellent video by the way.
Yes, would love at least to try one of those. I am saving up for a Sailrite machine that would be metalic enough to take on of those. My little Kenmore is mostly plastic. Thanks for watching too
Okay, will let you know. I’m finishing up an underquilt for my Quarter dome based on a couple of videos you did last fall. It took me awhile to pay off Christmas so I could buy the goose down.
Just saw your channel from the Primal-Outdoors live chat today. I'm so happy that you sew camping gear!!!
Thanks for that. Jason is a great guy and I have driven 7 hours one way to go hang with him a couple times. Need to get down again. Yes, sewing gear is fun. I have probably 3 projects ongoing all the time. Do you sew?
Great video! Thanks a lot!
Thanks Dan. I have projects going all the time. Working on a pack right now.
Very helpful, great video!
Thanks, are you working on something?
@@naturecallsoutdoors I am actually. I just got my first sewing machine so i'm still figuring out how to use it, but my first project will be an under-quilt for my hammock. I can apply a lot of what you had in your video, and my next project probably will be a tarp like the one you made.
@@dylangrimmett3092 That's great. I have a bunch of projects. Maybe a UL topquilt/UQ for summer.
Great tutorial! I made a tarp with cat cuts that I’m pretty happy with. I find it to be too heavy and I didn’t use waterproof fabric. It was whatever ripstop nylon I could find at Joann’s fabric. I wish I had seen your vid on fabrics before I purchased. Thanks for this series do videos!
Thanks, don't know why I didn't see this. I have done a lot of things that I learned from more than what I would do today myself.
Bruce, this off the subject of tarp making, but have you ever made a hammock sock? I’m wondering about trying to make a winter vented hammock sock for my REI Quarter Dome hammock. Any ideas are welcome. Maybe it could have a built in ridge line to attach to the whoopie sling in place of the bug net. What do you think. I would probably use a light weight calandered argon.
I think I would make the winter cover just like the bugnet out of the lightest like argon and attach it to the other side. That way you just flip it over depending on the season. Or do something like the Helsdon Chrysalis, czcams.com/video/OJrJcB5E940/video.html , that is kind of feature full. But I really like what they did. I would add some venting like the Helsdon, and I really liked the Chameleons location of mesh right by my face. I think that worked pretty will. I am really not that into the winter covers really though. I think I may try a partial winter someday on a bridge that didn't cover the head but the rest of the hammock. Sounds like a fun project and you have to let me know how it comes out. Might be nice to decide on a color. Either black so you can get more sleep, or white so you get more light. So many possibilities. Have fun, let me know.
Greetings,
Thank you for sharing your process for sewing tarps. Your video is very informative, enough to inspire confidence to a newbie to sewing like me. What size needle did you use and what size/type thread?
Regards,
Christos
Hi Christos. Sorry took so long, work got crazy. I usually use a 90/14 microsharp needle and Mara 70 Guterman. Hope you having fun
What needle gauge sizes do you use with your (U)LW fabrics? Do you emory board sand the needle for even greater "scarf" sharpness, and cleaner sewing of the fabric ? Time to get honey on the other side of the machine, and holding/pulling the fabric through the machine for easy sewing.
I use a 70/10 for most of my stuff. And use the Mara 70 thread. I use pretty nice needles and would probably mess them up if I tried to make them sharper. I suppose some emory cloth may help a little, but they are the microsharp needles already.
These are great videos! Thanks. I was wondering what type of thread your are using?
I use Gutermann Mara 70 for project like this. If you can't get that, any outdoor. something that won't rot out like cotton, UV resistant thread will suffice. Some of the generic might indicate Heavy Duty on it as well.
@@naturecallsoutdoors I found some Mara 70. Thanks so much. I very inspiring video series.
So, in effect, do you end up with 1/2” to 5/8” less fabric on one side of the ridge line? I’m copying a mega tarp and and trying to get he dimensions right for the angles.
Yes you are correct. I find though, in the field use, it isn't a factor one way or the other.
Where did you get the fabric for a tarp what kind of fabric is it? I read elsewhere i can only sew on canvas tarps but that doesnt seem right
I get my fabric from ripstopbytheroll.com or seattlefabrics.com , dutchware.com. This fabric was probably a Silpoly 1.0 ounce most likely. Sewing is all over the place, so just canvas is a wrong statement. I do find the heavier the fabric the easier it is, especially for a beginner. This silpoly is slick, but once you get used to it, it is pretty easy. Have fun
Is this the same instructions that RSBTR has on the DIY kits for ridge line tarp
Yes it is. I have a different process for the tie-outs
@@naturecallsoutdoors good been practicing the different methods. This one the easiest. Do you have vids on the tie outs,hems,etc
Here is a playlist. Depending on what fabric you choose, if you decide to do your reinforcements like I do you will need to pick the right glue. For silnylon you can make a mixture of 100% silicone like you get to do your bathtub and mineral spirits, or Seamgrip and toluene to thin
What machine do you use
Hi Ken, it is a mid level Kenmore. Around$300 I think. Does everything but webbing well, then I force it. I would love to get a new one, but the one I want is about a grand