photomom Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 Just got finished with the Keystone Kiters Kitebuilding Workshop. This year's feature kite was the Drumbox. The weekend was fun, the camaraderie was great and the kite was a relatively easy sew. Looking forward to getting home and giving it its first flight. Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kansas Flier Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 Cool looking kite. Have you gotten to fly it yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photomom Posted August 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 Not yet. Looks like the first flight will be at Beech Mountain Kite Festival this weekend.Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACrop Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 Beautiful pattern in the color use. Did you sew the pattern? I assume is was not a pattered material. Sent from my Nexus 5X using KiteLife mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul LaMasters Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 Most kites are sewn as overlapping pieces and then back cutting away the excess from each side of the sail (front/back). appliqué The sewing aspects represent about 10% of the overall kite-building effort. Kind of like painting a wall, all that taping, edging and cutting in, moving furniture around and throwing tarps down for splatters = most of the time spent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photomom Posted September 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 Beautiful pattern in the color use. Did you sew the pattern? I assume is was not a pattered material. Sent from my Nexus 5X using KiteLife mobile app The triangles are appliqués on the background. First the smaller triangles on the larger and then the larger on the background.Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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