Our sewing has been nominated for an award!

CONGRATULATIONS, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Thank you, Thank you ;-)

It's beautiful. Well done!

Sarah

Congratulations! :) :) :)

I'm thinking seriusly... Maybe I should view the competition? ;)

Fingers are crossed for you!

Thanks Sarah, glad you like it ;-) .

Thanks Kate, did you ever get James started on building a kite? That site is built for kite builders of all capabilities from raw novices to experts and it is a great place to learn about kite building, materials, techniques and it even covers sewing techniques specific to kite building too. The regular posters make it one of the friendliest forums on the whole internet and everyone willingly shares their knowledge for the benefit of others. It is a great place to hang out and enjoy some truly wonderful creations.

I ran out of time at the end of the summer term, but I have plans for this year, and I'd quite like to do some with his scout troop as well. :) Closer to the time I may well become a full member. I shall certainly need some guidance, but I cannot forsee anything that a little practice won't sort! After all, it can't be so different from making spray decks, outdoors clothing, historical corsets, fairy wings, and bridal veils, can it? ;) Hm... Maybe the wind factor will make a difference...

Wow, that's pretty cool. How big is it?

-Irene

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In many ways it's easier than all of those as there aren't so many 'fancy' seams and finishings to worry about (although it is more like fabric engineering than haute couture). Handling the ripstop nylon might be more difficult for some as it is slippery and two layers will try to get away from you but even then I would still rather sew RSN to floppy satin/nylon dress material!

Don't eat baked beans before you start sewing and you should do just fine! ;-)

It's 8 ft. (2.4 M) from point to point (diagonally or across the middle of the kite as it flys with the flat face to the top rather than a point) and covers an area of roughly 41.6 sq.ft. (3.9 sq.M). It contains more than 350 individual pieces of fabric, reinforcement, edge binding, grosgrain ribbon and twill tape.

That's not the biggest kite we have built to date either. These.....

ROTFLOL!!! You really should put up a warning....

Having sewn a deal of each, I'm with you there! At least the RSN doesn't try to live UNDER the table rather than on it, like bias cut cheap poly satin!

Hehehehehe!

What and spoil all the fun of imagining all you folks spraying various fluids all over your keyboard/monitor/cat! Not likely! ;-)