I'm making a cut and resewing a new foot onto a 3/4 ounce ripstop nylon hooter (to shorten the leech and make it fit my boat better). Although I have some help via my capable wife and my father, who used to sew upholstery for a living, nylon is a new material for us. My question is whether anyone has any hints on how to hold the fold along the new foot while stitching. I'm hesitant to pin it, but was wondering if there is some kind of tape or glue that's used. Can a person iron the folds in at low heat with nylon? Or can you just carefully maintain the fold as you feed it through the sewing machine? Any input would be appreciated!

Hey, I slept through the sewing portion of home-ec in jr. high, but I've always thought that doing it myself is half the fun...

Thanks,
Kevin
Trac 14