I will be in my 80s then, my two kids are already hoping that I will clean out three garages, rather than leave it for them to deal with my treasures.
Extra Bolster Fabric?
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Let's not get stupid about a few dollars. If you have the ability to DIY then do it. Or pay someone else 10X to do it for you.
No ones stupid other than your reply, so unless you have the material and would like to sell it mind ya business and move on. I hate waste and has nothing to do with the money. You are so off on your statement as usual keyboard warriors are. I would love it if someone asked and needed my scrap fabric.
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In case it isn't clear to anyone the reason you need to buy "excess".
The pattern of the "channeled" vinyl is vertical on the finished coaming. The coaming needs approx 8" of fabric to wrap around..with the pattern vertical.
Wrapping three pieces of the coaming will total 24" (2 gunnels and the transom)
You only need 24" of "vertical" but you have to buy 54".
That pattern is sold at 54" of "vertical channel" and in horizontal increments of 1 yard.
If your gunnel pieces are like most boats, they are longer than 6 feet, so you always need 3 yards, unless you stitch pieces together
Basically, You have to buy enough to do the project twice. Thats not a bad thing. Maybe you make a mistake...maybe you ruin one piece with a treble hook in the first season and have to redo it....
The pattern of the "channeled" vinyl is vertical on the finished coaming. The coaming needs approx 8" of fabric to wrap around..with the pattern vertical.
Wrapping three pieces of the coaming will total 24" (2 gunnels and the transom)
You only need 24" of "vertical" but you have to buy 54".
That pattern is sold at 54" of "vertical channel" and in horizontal increments of 1 yard.
If your gunnel pieces are like most boats, they are longer than 6 feet, so you always need 3 yards, unless you stitch pieces together
Basically, You have to buy enough to do the project twice. Thats not a bad thing. Maybe you make a mistake...maybe you ruin one piece with a treble hook in the first season and have to redo it....
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I'm sure your intention is good to sell off your scrap but as Seasick said it's not as simple as square feet. You need to know enough to pattern match upholstery to cut material. I wouldn't want to buy your scrap material, pay shipping and then find out it wasn't enough, patterned wrong and was a waste of money. Usually it's best to buy what you need new, save a bunch on your project and be done with it. Unlikely your scrap is a "smart buy" for someone else. If you have ever done this work yourself you would know.
A couple of tips:
Buy a good electric stapler , or pneumatic if you have a compressor.
Any walk-in fabric store will sell you fractions of a yard, like 2 1/3, not sure about on line.
If you use phifertex mesh, staple it first, to keep the seam just under the bottom curve of the bolster. Buy a yard and piece it.
Phifertex doesn't stretch like pleated vinyl. Practice on some scrap to get your hand and machine tension right, or you will end up with a banana shaped piece, which will pucker when you try to staple it straight.
If you have a 90* angle, start stapling right in the center, and work towards both ends.
Use flat vinyl for end caps.
Buy pre-made welting, if you are using it, and the only sewing on a bolster with grommets instead of mesh is the end caps, which can be done on most home machines. Remove the batting from the pleat where the end cap is sewn.
Buy a good electric stapler , or pneumatic if you have a compressor.
Any walk-in fabric store will sell you fractions of a yard, like 2 1/3, not sure about on line.
If you use phifertex mesh, staple it first, to keep the seam just under the bottom curve of the bolster. Buy a yard and piece it.
Phifertex doesn't stretch like pleated vinyl. Practice on some scrap to get your hand and machine tension right, or you will end up with a banana shaped piece, which will pucker when you try to staple it straight.
If you have a 90* angle, start stapling right in the center, and work towards both ends.
Use flat vinyl for end caps.
Buy pre-made welting, if you are using it, and the only sewing on a bolster with grommets instead of mesh is the end caps, which can be done on most home machines. Remove the batting from the pleat where the end cap is sewn.