How to Sew Nylon Webbing Together

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By Jim Witt


Nylon webbing can be used for many projects and materials. Some of these things include seat belts, dog collars and leashes and camping equipment. If you are creating your own unique design, you will need to know how to put nylon pieces of the material together properly.

Nylon webbing is tough. A normal pair of scissors or a dull knife will not cut it well. You will need something that will cut through the thick material easily without leaving frayed fabric that can become more frayed with time. This will cause weakness in the overall item. When this has been cut, the ends should be burnt slightly with a lighter.

After you have used an adjustable and safe lighter to burn the ends of the material, you can use a measuring tape to see how long you will need the ends to be. The ends must be measured with three additional inches to fuse the webbing together. This is a very important piece of the project overall. This will make the belt or leash even stronger.

Take the two ends and put them together where the three inches meet. At this point there will be twice as much fabric. This will make the project piece strong.

You will need an additional material to fuse the pieces together. You will need to use a very strong thread. You can purchase this thread online or at local hobby stores. If you are asking someone for help at a store, be sure to tell them that you plan on creating a stretch stitch.

A stretch style stitch should be understood well before beginning the sewing process. To stretch stitch you will stitch forward once and twice back. You will complete this by stitching the top, then the two sides, then the bottom.

After you have stitched all four sides you will need to end the stitch with a final X stitch. This X stitch is four separate one front and two back-stitches, that will make an X shape over the mid square between the two presently fused pieces of nylon webbing.

Sewing nylon webbing pieces together can be a simple job. It is important to understand how to do this properly. Without proper fusion, the pieces can become frayed and weak. This can be dangerous if the webbing is made for a sling, seatbelt or lifting device.




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