Big Book Of Boat Canvas

Product Description

The Big Book of Boat Canvas" is a thorough revision & updating of Karen Lipes two popular earlier books " Boat Canvas Cover to Cover" & " More Boat Canvas" combined with a whole new section on below-decks sewing projects. In this latest volume Lipe ranges well beyond the boundaries of traditional canvas work to create a comprehensive guide to fabric work on board. Youll find dozens of traditional canvas projects
- sail covers awnings duffel bags dodgers & Biminis wind chutes winter covers
- all with clear step-by-step instructions generously illustrated. Youll also find dozens of not-so-traditional fabric projects to add comfort & a touch of elegance to your below-decks spaces: custom interior cushions fitted sheets & daycovers privacy curtains lee cloths even a tablecloth to fit your varnished table. Lipe offers a veritable minicourse in interior yacht decoration dozens of useful sewing tips a careful detailing of materials & tools needed for each project & an extensive discussion of modern fabrics appropriate for exterior & interior use. In short this handy book covers everything you need to know to sew comfort utility & style into your boat."A treasure of functional & fanciful projects you can sew yourself."
- " Multihulls". " Youll find this book of the utmost practical help."
- " The Ensign". It passed what is for me the acid test of a how-to book: " The Big Book of Boat Canvas" made me want to get at some long-neglected projects & even to try some that I never thought I could manage."
- "SAIL"."