How To Sew Plastic Sheets Together
Pull up your presser foot and place your pinned sheeting on the machine with the tissue paper side down.
How to sew plastic sheets together. Step 2 cut a piece of tape 1 foot long. If the plastic sheeting is very thick you can use staples about 6 inches apart. Spread the sheet flat and tack the two ends down the same way you did the first sheet. Hold your material taut in front and back of the presser foot.
I show how to use a soldering iron to fuse plastic together. You can use ordinary sewing needle for thin plastic and vinyl sewing. Do not pull on the sheeting as it may stretch it just hold it firmly as you sew. Sewing plastic together is actually a better option than trying to tape or glue it together as the sewn knots are closer together and less damaging to the plastic.
Donot use leather sewing needles as it will tear into the material. But for thicker vinyl use denim sewing needles. Pin the plastic sheeting together using standard sewing pins at 3 to 5 inch intervals. Lessen the pressure on the pressure foot.
This can be used to seal bags make them to the specific size of the object inside and create an. Lower the presser foot. In today s video i will show you how to melt the plastic sheets together the easy way to melt. Adjust the stitch length to 3 for ordinary stitching and 4 for top stitching.
Change sewing needle after every project.