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Title: where do you guys get linen?
Post by: youngbowyer33 on December 29, 2009, 12:38:15 am

i want to back bows with something different than fiber glass or duct tape, and i want to use duct tape.So where do you get it and how much does it cost?

Title: Re: where do you guys get linen?
Post by: luis32 on December 29, 2009, 01:00:46 am

Hey nice to see other young people interested in bow making ;D
Look at this site it gives a lot of ideas on what to use to back a bow and where to get it

http://poorfolkbows.com/backings.htm (http://poorfolkbows.com/backings.htm)

Title: Re: where do you guys get linen?
Post by: bigcountry on December 29, 2009, 01:07:26 am

I found it for sale by the yard at local crafts and material store.  But its over 15 dollars a yard.  But a yard will do alot of bows. 

Title: Re: where do you guys get linen?
Post by: Pat B on December 29, 2009, 01:18:36 am

Linen blouses and pants at the thrift store! ...or silk neck ties. ;D

Title: Re: where do you guys get linen?
Post by: sailordad on December 29, 2009, 01:19:33 am

Quote from: youngbowyer33 on December 29, 2009, 12:38:15 am

i want to back bows with something different than fiber glass or duct tape, and i want to use duct tape.So where do you get it and how much does it cost?

ok so now i am officially confused ??? ??? :-\

so you do or dont want to use duct tape?
i buy my duct tape at menards,its cheap there
but linen i get at the fabric shop

Title: Re: where do you guys get linen?
Post by: Frode on December 29, 2009, 02:03:37 am

I got mine at a local fabric store that specializes in upholstery fabrics.  It is expensive, as fabric goes, but I get it a quarter of a yard at a time, which is enough to back three 72" bows, four if I cut carefully.  Cost for that much is about $5.00, or about $1.70 per bow, which seems pretty reasonable to me.
Frode

Title: Re: where do you guys get linen?
Post by: DanaM on December 29, 2009, 08:10:47 am

Jo-Ann fabrics :)

Title: Re: where do you guys get linen?
Post by: youngbowyer33 on December 29, 2009, 12:59:04 pm

Quote from: sailordad on December 29, 2009, 01:19:33 am

Quote from: youngbowyer33 on December 29, 2009, 12:38:15 am

i want to back bows with something different than fiber glass or duct tape, and i want to use duct tape.So where do you get it and how much does it cost?

ok so now i am officially confused ??? ??? :-\

so you do or dont want to use duct tape?
i buy my duct tape at menards,its cheap there
but linen i get at the fabric shop

OOPS SORRY I MEANT TO SAY LINEN!  :-[

Title: Re: where do you guys get linen?
Post by: Lombard on December 29, 2009, 02:58:14 pm

If you have a Hobby Lobby or Joanne's Fabrics nearby, they will occasionally
have remnants at great prices. I found a full square yard of linen, for $6.75
in the bargin bin. You can find silk, and burlap at those places also.

Title: Re: where do you guys get linen?
Post by: Hrothgar on December 29, 2009, 04:12:01 pm

Thift shops can be hidden gems. I once found a high quality linen table cloth cheap, it backed several bows. Martha Pulliam fabric co. has good quality, good selection, and good prices--both lenin blend or 100%.

Title: Re: where do you guys get linen?
Post by: Cooper on December 29, 2009, 04:59:38 pm

I get my linen in shops, where artists/painter buy their canvas for their pictures/paintings.

Title: Re: where do you guys get linen?
Post by: sailordad on December 29, 2009, 08:41:15 pm

check the yellow pages of your local phone book and look for a fabric outlet store
youll be surprised what they will have on hand
we have one about an hour away and they ahve every thing from cotton cloth to tanned hides with hair on and off
to every type of camo pattern ever made
stuff is usually cheap there too