[Swansea Hackspace] Mending a tent....

[Joseph Bhart]

Matt,

Don't know whether the space has a sewing machine, but I can give a little
bit of advice:

Find a decent YKK zip of similar materials/dimensions as the current one.
Don't even bother with other brands of zipper.

You will definitely want a machine for this project. Hand sewing zips is
possible, but one that long will be hard to do without error.
Further, make sure the machine you find has a "zipper foot." This is pretty
much essential unless you are a pro with a sewing machine.

If we do have a machine/you find one, I would be happy to show you how to
use it on a Monday/Wednesday crafternoon.
Cannot guarantee that you won't sew yourself to the material though.

All the best,
Joe

On 17 November 2017 at 16:10, Matthew Daubney <matt at daubers.co.uk> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I have set myself a little mission for the weekend/next week to repair the
> zip on my tent. By repair I mean replace, and by replace I mean stitch
> another zip on top of the old zip.
>
> I think I'm going to need to machine stitch the new zip on (once I've
> found one), but don't have a machine to do this with. Does the hackspace
> have a sewing machine that could take on this task, and if so could someone
> very kindly show me how to use it in a way where I don't end up stitching
> myself to some material?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt Daubney
>
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