Lame Problem

[charlotte]

yeah.. ok... so does anybody know how to fix a hole in a lame?... without messing up the conductivity...

[twisterfencing]

Originally Posted by charlotte

yeah.. ok... so does anybody know how to fix a hole in a lame?... without messing up the conductivity...

Your best solution is to patch it with Lame material.

Do you have any lame material? If so, will walk you through the rest of the steps.

Gary Spruill

[charlotte]

no, don't have any lame material. it's a pretty small hole tho. the other night at practice, someone told me i could sew it up from the back using regular thread...?

[Joe biebel]

Your font is very hard to read.

You need a small piece of lame fabric and if the hole goes through the liner a small piece of nylon to fix the liner. sew the patch over the liner on the inside of the jacket first. Try to make a small rectangle for the liner. Make a slightly larger rectangle of the lame material and sew it on the outside. This then will only show a single set of stitching on the outside of the jacket.

[mrbiggs]

That is a lame problem.

As said, you probably need to get some lamé material somewhere, it's sold on the internet or you can take a piece out of a dead lamé. (make sure it works...)


The only thing I have to add to what they said is that you need to make sure you overlap the outside of the patch, folded in. In other words, you need to fold in the outside of the patch, then sew it, because otherwise the edges of the patch will fray and directors will give you a hard time.

[fencerbill]

Depends on whether it is a cut or a hole.

Cut, no missing material:

Get someone with a sewing machine. Line up the lining and pin both layers together. Use a zigzag across a line. If it is small, sew a star over it. Use plain thread. Sew right through the Lame fabric and the lining. A machine does a much better job than hand sewing.

Hole with missing Lame material:

Trim the frayed edges. Line up the lining and pin the two layers together. Cut a piece of Lame material about a half inch larger than the hole. Poke it through the hole so it is between the Lame material and the lining. Place it so that it is centered over the hole. Now pin the three layers together. Use a sewing machine and sew a bigger star centered over the hole and going to the edges of the patch. Again, use plain thread.

Use a patch on top of the Lame cloth only if you have no other alternative. You leave edges to catch a point. The Lame patch between the layers has no edges.

DON'T PROCRASTINATE. Repair it quickly before it frays and you have to trim the edges.

[oiuyt]

Originally Posted by mrbiggs

As said, you probably need to get some lamé material somewhere, it's sold on the internet or you can take a piece out of a dead lamé. (make sure it works...)

Or cut it out of another portion of your current lame.

This, generally, results in returning to the original state (an otherwise working lamé with a hole in it), but we've already discussed how to solve holes. Continue the process until you no longer have a lamé with a hole.

-B

[Inquartata]

Smart aleck. But actually, most lamés have turned-over hems from which a patch can be scavenged; you'll usually have to open the lining to get to it. So there, I have turned Brad's jape into a real solution...

[fencerbill]

Another possibility is from the darts under the boobs on a women's Lame. They don't always trim it off. You have to open up a long stretch of the lining to get at it, but if you have a sewing machine it is no problem to close it up again.

Another possibility is the underlap area of a front zip Lame from some vendors. Santelli for one and I believe Triplette also.

[KD5MDK]

Or, if your lame isn't form fitting, add your own darts where needed.

[Inquartata]

That sounds painful.