Comments on: Earth Day Upcycling Project

By: adam butler

adam butler — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:24:49 +0000

You guys are an inspiration as usual. This stuff rocks.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:22:21 +0000

We could use rivets but we’re top sewing the tube to give it a nice flattened look. I’m going to try the teflon sheet and I’ll post here about how it goes.

By: Misto

Misto — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:38:38 +0000

Like the last poster, I too saw your question on CRAFT. I’m not exactly an expert on modern sewing machines, but if all else fails, you might consider wiping the machine down with some fine-grade steel wool. It’d be a bit much if you only worked with rubber now and again, but since you all seem to be doing it a great deal, increasing the surface porosity (erm, sanding the thing) might be worth a go. I like sewing with rubber too, but since my sewing machine has a wooden base (antique), I hadn’t really given the whole sticking-thing much though. 0__o; Anyway, best of luck! Let us all know how things work out, m’kay?

P.s. The bags are beautiful! :3

By: Steph

Steph — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:24:35 +0000

What if you use rivets instead of sewing?

By: kat

kat — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:20:41 +0000

Saw your question on CRAFT…. thought I’d shoot you an answer. The easiest thing I’ve found is to purchase a teflon sheet, and a cut a hole in it the same size as the feed dogs on your sewing machine…. use double sided tape to stick it to the machine’s bed.

The second part is to go and find a teflon coated foot for your machine, the two of these together are AMAZING.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:27:30 +0000

sweeeeet!

By: Bork

Bork — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:25:36 +0000

Awesome ideas.
Awesome bags.
Awesome Friends.
Awesome Inspiration!