[balloon-makers] Art Inlay...

[Don Piccard]

Double back Scotch tape helps to set up a French fell seam in tight places
where you have problems getting it on the sewing machine.  You might need a
lot of oil on the needles to keep it from gumming up.  I see no reason that
a well done panel should be weaker than any other, just because it is inside
another system of seams.

 

Lay it on top and mark with erasable marking.  Take it away and mark the
inside shadow for your seam allowance.  You will have to make slits on the
concave curves.  Then put the double sticky back on one edge.  Take the slip
sheet off the tank in small sections as you stick the edges together,  Then
roll up the fell and sew as you go.

 

At those slits, you may want small reinforcing patches on the inside with
tape.

 

Don Piccard

 

From: owner-balloon-makers at elvis.mu.org
[mailto:owner-balloon-makers at elvis.mu.org] On Behalf Of kevin herschman
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 5:35 PM
To: Balloon-Builders
Subject: [balloon-makers] Art Inlay...

 

Second post on a different topic...

Anyone on this list have experience with inlaying art into balloon
envelopes?

Any construction descriptions or tips?  Do you have to over lay and then cut
it out?  

A zig-zag stitch seams to be accepted practice...do you compromise the
integrity of a panel with inlay?

Soft landings and stitchings...
Kevin




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