Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions:
1. What are these white (or blue) marks (or lines) I see in various places on my product? I use tailors chalk and quilters pencils in both blue and white during the layout of my products to mark certain key points in the construction. I try to clean these up when I am finished with the product, but sometimes they get overlooked, or I am thinking too far ahead in the process again and simply forgot to clean them up before moving on. They will come off easily with a damp cloth and water only.
2. What do you mean by "box-x" stitching? Box-x refers to sewing down webbing, straps and anchor points in a manner where there is a box with an X through it. This distributes the load on the main body of the item across the entire stitched area rather than at a single point. Distributing the load prevents these points from tearing out of the main body.
3. What do you mean by "triple stitching" stress points? Triple stitching a stress point like the corners of flaps or the openings of pockets is much like Levi's using a rivet in your jeans - it prevents these points from tearing out under stress. Sometimes points are triple stitched even if there is only a single row of stitches visible - many times the other stitches are concealed under layers of material.
4. You triple stitched this seam, but the stitches don't line up and it looks sloppy. Materials are woven yarns in various patterns, on cordura type nylons they are woven in a basket weave pattern - one over, one under, left to right and top to bottom. A standard stitch will go between these yarns and use the yarns to get structure. If you pass too many threads through the same hole then you are forcing all of the load on those threads to the same yarns - which means you don't actually get any structural support and may as well just use a single line of stitches. Because of this the common practice is to make a Z shaped pattern rather than three perfect passes - it distributes the load across more yarns of the fabric which ultimately increases durability.
5. But this other point is triple stitched and it looks much neater.? Some Z's look different than other Z's... It's a cursive Z, I was feeling creative... My reverse feed isn't working very well right now...
6. You used to offer 1680 Denier Ballistic Nylon. What happened to it? Due to popular demand, it will be back in the store soon.
1. What are these white (or blue) marks (or lines) I see in various places on my product? I use tailors chalk and quilters pencils in both blue and white during the layout of my products to mark certain key points in the construction. I try to clean these up when I am finished with the product, but sometimes they get overlooked, or I am thinking too far ahead in the process again and simply forgot to clean them up before moving on. They will come off easily with a damp cloth and water only.
2. What do you mean by "box-x" stitching? Box-x refers to sewing down webbing, straps and anchor points in a manner where there is a box with an X through it. This distributes the load on the main body of the item across the entire stitched area rather than at a single point. Distributing the load prevents these points from tearing out of the main body.
3. What do you mean by "triple stitching" stress points? Triple stitching a stress point like the corners of flaps or the openings of pockets is much like Levi's using a rivet in your jeans - it prevents these points from tearing out under stress. Sometimes points are triple stitched even if there is only a single row of stitches visible - many times the other stitches are concealed under layers of material.
4. You triple stitched this seam, but the stitches don't line up and it looks sloppy. Materials are woven yarns in various patterns, on cordura type nylons they are woven in a basket weave pattern - one over, one under, left to right and top to bottom. A standard stitch will go between these yarns and use the yarns to get structure. If you pass too many threads through the same hole then you are forcing all of the load on those threads to the same yarns - which means you don't actually get any structural support and may as well just use a single line of stitches. Because of this the common practice is to make a Z shaped pattern rather than three perfect passes - it distributes the load across more yarns of the fabric which ultimately increases durability.
5. But this other point is triple stitched and it looks much neater.? Some Z's look different than other Z's... It's a cursive Z, I was feeling creative... My reverse feed isn't working very well right now...
6. You used to offer 1680 Denier Ballistic Nylon. What happened to it? Due to popular demand, it will be back in the store soon.
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