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Subject:How to sew screen in poptop canvas?
From:Jim Felder
Date:Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:47:57 -0600

The canvas in my westy's poptop is in near-perfect condition...
except for the fact that on a recent trip, when I went to zip in the
mosquito screen on the front, the stitching tore away as I zipped.
There is no problem with the canvas, only with the outer insect screen.

I'd like to sew the screen in permanently, as I know that replacing
the zipper and screen means replacing the canvas, and there's no
other reason to do that yet.

I'd like to permanently sew the screen to the outer canvas. I realize
that I could no longer get to the "luggage rack" from inside the
camper, but that's no big deal. I just want to be able to open the
canvas and have the screen in place permanently.

I figure I could accomplish this with a needle and one person outside
and one person inside, but isn't there a hand-held canvas stitcher
made for this kind of work?

Any other ideas?

Thanks,

Jim

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