Yes, well those ones on the hatch, for instance, with soft rods on top and bottom (in my 86 westy, i think the same in yours) could have given me something of a crick in the neck while doing, but lining them up was very easy. 

I used pins to secure the new fabric onto the old fabric (with a hem folded over already). Then I just did a quick stitch all the way around the edges of the pinned panel, removing pins as I went. 

Going with the flow rather than fussing over the distance between stitches makes it go pretty fast and typically yields (at least for me) a more uniform stitch.  

Did I nail it this time? 

s.

On Aug 19, 2010, at 8:58 AM, neil n wrote:

> Re: second set of eyes.
> 
> Was thinking that it might be a challenge to line up the new panel by
> feel on curtains installed with upper and lower rods. (you had
> mentioned leaving them on while sewing on new panels). But then that
> would only needed on hatch curtains, and IIRC, one or two side
> curtains. At least on my Westy. It's an '81 though. Maybe later MY
> Westys have different curtains setups?
> 
> Thanks much for the explanations!
> 
> Neil.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Sheilah Rogers <sheilah@sheilah.org> wrote:
> 
>> ..... I did not cover the areas that had hooks so you can still see a bit of of the tannish-brown original material...... No second set eyes were needed. I'm a bit confused by the question,  ....
> 
> 
>> On Aug 18, 2010, at 9:55 AM, neil n wrote:
> 
> 
>>> How did you align the new panels? Was a second set of eyes needed?
>>> (assuming one doesn't remove the existing curtains)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
> 
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> 
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