by david frassetto » Sat Apr 14, 2012 12:07 pm
Jason,Tristan, Steve, and Mark, Thank you!
The fabric finishing is fun. Heres a tip. when you go to look at fabric take along a cutout of the shape of your body. you can then see how the pattern will look when reduced to its final shape. I've gotten some funny looks from salespeople as I stand there trying out different patterns, but sometimes something that looks great on the bolt doesn't look good when seen body size. Most of the patterens I've used came from the quilting fabric section. The patterns seem to be smaller and meant for a smaller area rather than for a garment.
Also I use a semi gloss polyurethane. I havent tried gloss yet because the fabric leaves a ruogh texture and I don't know how many coats I'd have to build up before I could start to level sand it. And on the lap steel it is a built in anti slip coating an the back.
I can't get any new pics til later but I enlarged some of the others
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