Hi, I followed your sail commentary very closely, indeed several times. (Brilliant work I must restate) So I do understand what you have written in this reply. “Tearaway Stabiliser” is a cotton type backing used for tapestry/embroidery to stiffen material and is pulled away once the work has been completed. The reason I asked is in watching Olha’s video for the umpteenth time ‘Sewing sails for ship models in scale ½”-1ft – (part 1)
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From 6min43sec she uses something which at 7min21sec is torn off. I presume she has or is using Tearaway Stabiliser at some point in her sail making. Hence my question to you.
So far prior and during your sail making submission I purchased and made up 3 x sets of sails using, Pure cotton Lawn, Stretch Sateen and Muslin. My preferences remain undecided between Lawn and Sateen. Muslin is too thin and soft to manage so I discarded it. Initially the sewing was a little ‘wonky donkey’ but improved during progress. The main issue encountered was sewing the Leech(s). The material kept pulling in and made it difficult to sew straight on these edges. This is why I started to explore methods to avoid this happening and came across ‘Tearaway.
What I did manage to complete became a disaster when dying with tea and or coffee. Tea was too orange, coffee better drunk than used as a dye. Bituminous stain (furniture Ind) no longer available here and the smallest Stockholm Tar available is 1 x Litre enough to dye the entire Spanish Armada which I doubt is possible for me to make in my remaining lifetime. It’s frustrating because I need to update my progress on “La Pinta” but I’m stuck on sails. Lord forbid when I get to Ratlines. Respectfully I’m using your guidance/instructions for sail making as denoted way above which I have bookmarked. Thank you for replying and cheers to you.
