Sweet hat. You got some rockin' stuff on your site. I really like all the tips you offer up, inspiring. One question, how do you get the binding so loook so nice around the curves?
Thanks, d&s! Lots of practice. And a really slow machine. Ha. It also helps if you use super awesome binding tape, too. Your typical grosgrain ribbon likes things flat, so it won't take curves readily. Though, a bias tape, or a light webbing with a herringbone weave will go around corners real nice. I've been using a mil-spec webbing: Mil-W-4088 Type 2. It's tops. I do all my binding freehand, as it were. I have a binding attachment, which is suppose to make things a snap, but I haven't had much luck with it. Most large companies have special binding machines that slap that stuff on for 'em. That'd be nice...
Sweet hat. You got some rockin' stuff on your site. I really like all the tips you offer up, inspiring. One question, how do you get the binding so loook so nice around the curves?
ReplyDeleteThanks, d&s!
ReplyDeleteLots of practice. And a really slow machine. Ha.
It also helps if you use super awesome binding tape, too.
Your typical grosgrain ribbon likes things flat, so it won't take curves readily. Though, a bias tape, or a light webbing with a herringbone weave will go around corners real nice.
I've been using a mil-spec webbing: Mil-W-4088 Type 2. It's tops.
I do all my binding freehand, as it were. I have a binding attachment, which is suppose to make things a snap, but I haven't had much luck with it. Most large companies have special binding machines that slap that stuff on for 'em. That'd be nice...