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Cover sewing assistance - bat covers

Postby Sir Thurat » Fri Jan 17, 2014 8:53 am

I've been having difficulty consistently getting the circular tops of my bat covers the right size. The disc I cut for the top always seems to end up too big, or too small; rarely perfect.

Does anyone have a method for effectively determining the size of said piece? Any tips for attaching it securely?
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Re: Cover sewing assistance - bat covers

Postby Magpie Saegar » Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:23 am

When I have difficult shapes, I hand sew them, inside out, on the weapon. Then I trim the excess and turn it inside out and have perfection. But it does require hand sewing.
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Re: Cover sewing assistance - bat covers

Postby Plithut » Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:54 am

Thurat wrote:Does anyone have a method for effectively determining the size of said piece? Any tips for attaching it securely?


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Re: Cover sewing assistance - bat covers

Postby Sir Par » Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:44 am

I don't usually sew circles into mine. I do mine just like a sword cover, I just make the top curve really shallow. This cuts out dog ears too.
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Re: Cover sewing assistance - bat covers

Postby DragoonAntoinette » Fri Feb 07, 2014 11:02 pm

Plithut wrote:
Thurat wrote:Does anyone have a method for effectively determining the size of said piece? Any tips for attaching it securely?


Women's Nylons.


Bats are the worst, I would tend to agree with Plithut on this matter.
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Re: Cover sewing assistance - bat covers

Postby Jcollins » Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:48 am

Sew up a long rectangular cover - you will end up with "Dog ears" tuck those inside pin them down and then seew them to the top part or just cut them off and sew the 2 parts together.
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Re: Cover sewing assistance - bat covers

Postby Tordek » Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:39 pm

If you want it to look really clean then I think Magpie has the answer, just use a strong thread and give yourself plenty of meat on the fabric or the stitch will be the failure point.
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Re: Cover sewing assistance - bat covers

Postby Mordekiem » Sat Apr 26, 2014 10:51 pm

Jcollins wrote:Sew up a long rectangular cover - you will end up with "Dog ears" tuck those inside pin them down and then seew them to the top part or just cut them off and sew the 2 parts together.


I've made about 8 bat covers in the last few months and this is the best result so far.

Second best result was rounding the edges a little bit like a tube sock.

I have yet to try the circle method, though I've seen swords with it. But it looks like it'd fail a lot faster than the other two ways. The weapons I've seen with that type of cover were already having issues and they otherwise appeared relatively new.
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Re: Cover sewing assistance - bat covers

Postby Hakan » Sat Apr 26, 2014 10:58 pm

Guy in our realm, TurkeyFeathers, uses this method:

    Figure out how wide your cover needs to be, as though you were just going to make a rectangle cover.

    Place your bat tip down in the middle of the circle.

    Cut a crescent around the circle, leaving it attached in one spot to the rest of the cover.

    Sew up the side, then finish out the circle.

It looks and works great.
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Re: Cover sewing assistance - bat covers

Postby Sir Thurat » Sun Apr 27, 2014 12:04 pm

Could you possibly whip up some sort of image, Hakan? I'm having some trouble visualizing what you're describing.
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Re: Cover sewing assistance - bat covers

Postby Hakan » Thu May 01, 2014 2:07 am

Edit: With the understanding that I should in no way be considered a competent artist, this is the best I can do, as I can't seem to get ahold of Turkles this morning.

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Re: Cover sewing assistance - bat covers

Postby Sir Thurat » Thu May 01, 2014 9:33 am

Thanks; appreciate it.
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