Toms Kite Building Site

building your own trickkite

The Sail

step 16: Sewing of the leading edges and the nosebag

step 17: Inserting the leechline

step 18: Glueing and sewing of the fortification of the nose

step 19: Cutting out the space for the yoyo stoppers

step 20: The holes for tensioning the leading edges and placing the stand-offs

Step 16: Sewing of the leading edges and the nose bag


1. Place the heavier thread (100% polyester) and the number 100 needle on your sewing machine.


2. Put the sail down with the front side up and the tip under the foot of the sewing machine.


3. Set the sewing machine on a zigzag seam with the highest possible step (interval).


4. Follow the steps outlined here to start the sewing. The first hole is at 2 mm from the end of the tip and at 1 to 1,5 mm from the border of the leading edge.


Watch Out: It is important that you use the same 4 holes. At the end of "step 6" in the picture, set the sewing machine to a three steps zigzag seam or a wave seam.

5. Sew the three steps zigzag seam up to the mark you made on the nose bag and the leading edges. (look at step 14)



6. Change the three steps zigzag seam or the wave seam to a straight seam and the interval at 4 mm.


7. Sew the nose bag at 1 to 1,5 mm from the border and end this sewing against the seam on the leading edge.


8. Pull the front thread from the tip backwards and knot it to the back thread.