Introduzione
A loose piece of velcro can leave your tent prey to the wind. Sew it back on using a whip stitch.
While you can glue a piece of velcro back into place, some adhesives may cause the tent material to become brittle and tear. Sewing is a simple alternative.
In addition to velcro, this procedure works for sewing almost any other fabric component of the tent back into place.
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Align the two pieces of material you will be stitching together.
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Thread your needle and tie a knot in the end of the thread.
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Drive the needle into the bottom layer of material from the back side.
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Slowly start to pull the thread taut. As you pull, you will see a loop form.
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Draw the needle through the loop.
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Pull the thread taut, forming a knot.
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Repeat the process of driving the needle up from behind, drawing it through the stitch, and pulling it through the loop as described in steps 5 and 6 of this guide one more time.
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If you remembered to pack a needle, but forgot a spool of thread, and a field repair is in order: go see whether you packed any dental floss. If so, you have some hardy thread indeed, and if you bought the green minty kind, you may discover a whiff of mint now and again emanating from your repair site. I try to remember to buy the old string type of floss rather than the newer kind with flat bits, but if your needle has a big enough eye, you can thread either sort. Careful now, too thick a needle may give you threading holes larger than you want. If the repair is in a location that may leak, there are a wide variety of different things you can use to seal your sewn repair and enjoy a drier tent interior. As my preference is for canvas tents over nylon, I use beeswax, but I think a silicone spray would nicely seal a repair to nylon.
