Newsgroups: rec.kites
Subject: Re: Applique with Ripstop?
Message-ID: <10980@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk>
From: pat@cs.strath.ac.uk (Pat Prosser)
Date: 16 Nov 92 11:20:56 GMT
Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, Scotland.

Applique is not difficult. Generally what I do is 

(1) Cut out a shape I want to put on the kite surface
(2) Fix this onto the sail. I do this either by spraying the
    surfaces with water, or with spray mount (that spray on
    glue they use for mounting photographs on card).
(3) I then stitch the material to the sail
(4) Finally, I take a seam ripper with a "ball on the end". 
    They all have a "ball on the end". I then make a nick in
    the back of the surface and then insert the seam ripper,
    placing the "ball" against the seam, and zip around the
    seam.
(5) If you used spray mount, clean the surface. 


Easy .... but practice so that you have confidence.


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Newsgroups: rec.kites
Subject: Re: Applique with Ripstop?
Message-ID: <1992Nov18.120732.6324@zoo.bt.co.uk>
From: cdt@zoo.bt.co.uk (Clive Dennett-Thorpe)
Date: 18 Nov 92 12:07:32 GMT
Organization: BT Laboratories

I've appliqued ripstop successfully - I think you have
to be patient and careful carrying the material between
your cutting-out/assembling area and your sewing machine.

I can't quite afford to use dry mount sprays yet so I use good
old-fashioned sellotape which can be removed after the applique.
Funnily enough cheap substitutes are better in this respect 'cos they
tend to be less adhesive and are easier to get off afterwards.

The only problem here is that this means that only the boundary of the 
applique pieceis attached to the main cloth which can lead to bubbling & 
uneven work- you have to be careful when moving the cloth under the needle.
 I would prefer dry mount 'cos it would tack down the whole surface thus 
eliminating the problem.

In terms of a Rokkaku I made one earlier this year and the problem for me
was the sheer bulk of cloth that had to be manoeuvre under the arm of the machine
rather than the applique itself.


Good luck!!


Clive D-T


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Subject: Re: Applique with Ripstop?
Message-ID: <1992Nov18.174548.193@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
From: north@fir.egr.msu.edu (George M North)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 17:45:48 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, Michigan State University

In article <10980@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk>, pat@cs.strath.ac.uk (Pat Prosser) writes:
|> Applique is not difficult. Generally what I do is 
|> 
|> (1) Cut out a shape I want to put on the kite surface
|> (2) Fix this onto the sail. I do this either by spraying the
|>     surfaces with water, or with spray mount (that spray on
|>     glue they use for mounting photographs on card).
|> (3) I then stitch the material to the sail
|> (4) Finally, I take a seam ripper with a "ball on the end". 
|>     They all have a "ball on the end". I then make a nick in
|>     the back of the surface and then insert the seam ripper,
|>     placing the "ball" against the seam, and zip around the
|>     seam.
|> (5) If you used spray mount, clean the surface. 
|> 
|> 
|> Easy .... but practice so that you have confidence.

For Step (2) I often just use clear tape. Works well with most kinds of ripstop.
It holds better than water and doesn't need to be cleaned like spray mount.