[Rhodes22-list] Tiller Cover

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

John,
Right on!  Sunguard is the Sunbrella thread.
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com>
>Sent: Aug 15, 2006 10:42 AM
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Tiller Cover
>
>At 09:10 PM 8/14/2006 -0400, DCLewis1 at aol.com wrote:
>>Ed and Elle are likely right regarding the "sewability" of Sunbrella,  I
>>don't know.  Elle's insight re the thread was interesting.   Neither 
>>Fran nor I
>>have tried sewing Sunbrella, I'm just reporting what I  picked up on the web
>>(actually, I can't point you to an explicit address, it's  been a 
>>while).  As I
>>recall (I don't have the material in front of  me), the material we 
>>got did not
>>appear to be unusually stiff, so it might sew  easily.
>
>My wife has some experience at sewing.  She advises that problems 
>with sewing heavy fabric like Sunbrella are usually not with a single 
>thickness of fabric.  Rather it's when you double/triple it, like for 
>hems and finished edges, that's when the going gets tough.  But if 
>you go slow and use the right thread, it can be done.  Most problems 
>are from trying to force the machine to go faster in heavy work or 
>using thread that's too light or brittle.
>
>Cheers!
>
>John
>
>"If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren't people from 
>Holland called Holes?" 
>
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