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Originally Posted by VincentVega
Patching a sail, sewing is much harder than expected.
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Vincent, if you are doing seams or largeish patches, you might want to use double sided sailmakers tape to hold things where you want them while running it thru the machine.
Lay the material out flat and unloaded, then apply the tape to the bottom layer, then place top piece or patch material smoothly in place and press together.
It should now run thru the machine and come out like you asymbled it..
It also helps to orient any patch material with the weave of the surrounding material.
Sailmakers have their machines set into the floor or very large table, which makes it much easier to keep things in place as you feed them thru the machine.
Hope that helps.
Cheers Richard