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Yes, that a good one, especially the part about tension. Start practising on paper until you get it right and then on a patch of ripstop. I leave no guarantees whether paper will eventually make the needle go blunt or not. However I have done rather much paper sewing stitch practice and then checked the needle tip in a microscope by comparing it to other needle tips without seeing any bad effects. Here is the same document in two other addresses: https://web.archive.org/web/20180524030645/http://dako-club.tripod.com/kitesewing101.htm https://sites.google.com/site/kites4all/home/kite-sewing-101

Check out this link. It’s old and the links it contains may not work anymore but the information contained in the body should help. It is basic sewing and fabric information that should get you started. http://dako-club.tripod.com/kitesewing101.htm