Last night I picked up some beautiful blue batik pattern fabric for wrapping the top hoop of my Djembe. I got 1/2 of a yard of this 45" fabric. I cut 1 inch wide strips out of it and barely needed two of those strips to wrap the hoop. I will likely use the rest of the fabric to make a head cover eventually.
As you can see below, the hoop was originally wrapped in a black fabric. It actually was a very thin, almost gauzy tape and really not of high quality. I decided to wrap the new fabric right over the old since the old stuff was so thin and I didn't want to deal with the frustration of trying to unravel the black tape from the hoop.
I started by folding the edge of my blue fabric over just enough to create a clean edge on one side. The picture offers a decent demonstration of this. I then put a little bit of glue on the hoop and wrapped the blue strip over once. Holding the blue strip taunt, I continued to wrap clockwise around the hoop at about a 45 degree angle. This ensured that the strip wound nicely around the curve while cleanly covering the raw edge on the other side.
When I had finished wrapping, I folded over the end and used some glue to seal it to the hoop. The effect was a nice spiral that was snug against the hoop all of the way around. I'm really happy with how it turned out. It almost looks like drops of blue water against a black background, which goes nicely with the fish motif on my drum.
I also ordered new rope and goat skin for the drum today. I was able to get the rope at about 1/4 the price I had seen on many drum sites, but I will explain more about that later. My next Djembe post will likely be after those items arrive and can be put to use.
As you can see below, the hoop was originally wrapped in a black fabric. It actually was a very thin, almost gauzy tape and really not of high quality. I decided to wrap the new fabric right over the old since the old stuff was so thin and I didn't want to deal with the frustration of trying to unravel the black tape from the hoop.
I started by folding the edge of my blue fabric over just enough to create a clean edge on one side. The picture offers a decent demonstration of this. I then put a little bit of glue on the hoop and wrapped the blue strip over once. Holding the blue strip taunt, I continued to wrap clockwise around the hoop at about a 45 degree angle. This ensured that the strip wound nicely around the curve while cleanly covering the raw edge on the other side.
When I had finished wrapping, I folded over the end and used some glue to seal it to the hoop. The effect was a nice spiral that was snug against the hoop all of the way around. I'm really happy with how it turned out. It almost looks like drops of blue water against a black background, which goes nicely with the fish motif on my drum.
I also ordered new rope and goat skin for the drum today. I was able to get the rope at about 1/4 the price I had seen on many drum sites, but I will explain more about that later. My next Djembe post will likely be after those items arrive and can be put to use.
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