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Barn Curtains

admin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:21:56 +0000

CanvasWork has sample material of it’s barn curtains. The curtain material is made out of clear woven Polyethylene. Here are some of the speces. Unit Weight is 5.2 oz a square yard. It’s has a burst strength of 290 lbs per square inch. And it’s got high UV stabilized LDPE coating on both sides.

Sewing Loft Renovation

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:34:00 +0000

Well the renovation of the barn’s hay mow continues for CanvasWork. Like I said in a previous post the attempt is to get the hay mows floors redone and have them polyurethaned so that we can build bigger barn curtains in a what can best be described as a sail loft. Every couple of months our family goes to the north shore of lake superior on vacation. When you pass through Duluth you can still see these large warehouse spaces that were former sail lofts for the big sailing ships that put in at the harbor. Before steam all the tall ships that moved goods and people were powered by large sails that had to be sewn and repaired. In summer I have stood on the ladder near the window and looked out on our ”Amber waves of Grain” and thought it appropriate that this space be used as a sail loft. Also, I hope to throw a basket ball hoop up on this end for a basketball court for the family. Today the red river is flooding. We have snow, mud and water. Today would be a good day to have somewhere to shoot hoops.

Barn Curtains have welded hems.

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:02:26 +0000

[SinglePic not found]CanvasWork is really excited about the 5.5 oz. clear polyethelene it is using for Barn Curtains. This is tough stuff and we’re able to provide it to our customers for a lower cost than our competitors. CanvasWork will also be welding the pockets at the bottom of the curtains. The advantage is that our hems are stronger than our competitors who sew theirs . Also if our customers want to shorten the curtain’s over all length they will be able to do so with out have the hem’s stitches come apart and unravel.

What I can see from my shop window

admin — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:54:33 +0000

My family loves living up in North Western, Minnesota. At any given moment I can look up from my sewing machine and see a small herd of deer feeding on the edge of the corn field out my window. I can look up and see a bald eagle perched on a red oak in our wood grove hunting that same field in hay. He’s waiting for the farmer to cut a large swath and expose a field mouse or rabbit. There is a relationship between the work of my eyes and finglers as the walking foot of my sewing machine stitches a seam between my fingers and the way that deer and eagle are attentive to their own subsistence. Wendell Berry in “Solving for Pattern” is luminous in seeing these patterns. He’s incredible. I’ve got a pictuer that shows the slow solution of my workspace. Up on the scaffolding are my neighbors siding a barn built by the same three generations earlier. The money earned to pay them came from a local order for barn curtains. There is a beautiful symmetry. Between the eye and embroidery is the stitch and the stitch and the stitch…