Perhaps you have some old sheets or blankets laying around, or perhaps a local used clothing store where they can pick up some satin or silk for a Couple dollars.
material is doubled over, then I use chalk to mark the outline, allow for seam marginrounded slightly at one end, which will get sewn closed and the other will remain opencheap bed throws work great, satin, cotton also goodboth sides done, you could plan for some straps with velcro, if you want one side to hitch to the other such that they don’t slide offof to the machine a trusty 306K Singer made in the 50’s I’ll do two rows of stitchesneedle can me moved left / right so I use the left, next pass will shift to the rightnext, cut the threads and back to where I startedOK, 2nd row, down the right side, some like to do a Zig zag here to tie the edges
Sewing machines a really Great Tool, I was fortunate and had a mother that used one and got to watch , many closets harbor these, or perhaps there’s a table you’ve been building on for years and there’s a sewing machine under it.
OK, that should do it, know onto the open end I will fold it over and stitch the complete openingran out of thread, the bottom side holds thread on a bobbin, and gets set into a holder, here I spool on thread to the bobbinBobbin holder, get it right, If this is mangled or you don’t feed the thread through correct sewing won’t be any fun. This bobbin fits in under the plate hereAlright, onto the open end, folded over and stitched down, the other stab bootsometimes the most fun, threading the needle, in this case I tossed a bent needle and put in a new one, even this is crazy, flat side of the needle to the back. If you don’t do that, no sewing 🙂I’ll need some material for the rudder/ fin
Some careful planning and a couple socks can be cut out in no time.
Double up the material, leave margin for a hem, and consider the thickness of the panel.
Your sewing gets done inside out , then you flip the seam side under.
I will cut to the marked line, material is doubled againCut out and ready to be sewn together3 covers done, I’ll get something for the fuselage next
Socks work great for packing, storage at home or transporting to the field.
