What did you sew today?

[450]

Glad to have found this. I picked up a Singer 237 from a garage sale a month or two ago. Mostly wanted to be able to prototype stuff, but as I think about it there's more and more I think I could do with it. Need to start learning.

Unfortunately the case, which is also the base for the machine, was broken so I need to make something to raise it up slightly off my workspace before I can use it. The lady also dropped the foot pedal and while it still works it is pretty fickle. Oh well, it was $5.

You will find yourself going down a rabbit hole. Once you start sewing your mind will run wild with ideas(some good and some bad) but it is fun. Congratulations on your new machine.

 

[Bulldawg]

New frame needed a new bag to go on it.

There’s a few things I wish were different that I messed up on but need it starting next week so this’ll do. The lids are the most challenging, it’s a pain to get it right and fit on properly, but it came together well. Should be roughly 2000 cubic inches, maybe 2200, so a good day pack. Stretch side water bottle pockets on the side, a load shelf, all the things I’ll need hopefully.

 

[Bachto]

New frame needed a new bag to go on it.View attachment 941069

There’s a few things I wish were different that I messed up on but need it starting next week so this’ll do. The lids are the most challenging, it’s a pain to get it right and fit on properly, but it came together well. Should be roughly 2000 cubic inches, maybe 2200, so a good day pack. Stretch side water bottle pockets on the side, a load shelf, all the things I’ll need hopefully.

This looks great! How do you pattern out your packs?

 

[Bulldawg]

This looks great! How do you pattern out your packs?

I lay in bed and think about it for days on end until I think I got it figured out lol.

No, in addition to that, I'll draw them out of graph paper to scale to get an idea of what it'll look like. I do work backwards a little depending on what size I want, so i wanted around 2k cu in. So the frame height of 25 inches and an average width of 10 then that means it needs to be 8 inches deep.

The last pack I made had big long side pockets on it and I decided I didn't need/want those on this one, and I've been wanting to try some of this stretch fabric so I thought a side water bottle style pocket would be good to have on here to hold tripods etc.

Then I measure out where the tab loops should be based upon the way that it'll be on the frame so that the straps will come across and connect straight.

And I like the usability of the center/Y zip packs. it is a pain in the butt to get them all to line up, so the next one will probably closer to a panel load and see how that comes together, that'll be a winter project after the seasons are over.

A lot of trial and error too, like putting a buckle on the wrong way, and then having to rip the seam and do it over. I used #10 zippers for the main compartment and it's tough to work with they are so big, but for those big sections it does make opening and closing the bag much better.

 

[Bachto]

Makes sense, I kind of do the same thing too but I was wondered if you protyped stuff with tyvek or something

 

[Bulldawg]

No, but if I'm trying to put a shape together, like on the lid with a curved top or something I'll do a scaled down version with some cheap cloth to see if what I'm envisioning will come out the way I want it to.

 

[4090Sharps]

I lay in bed and think about it for days on end until I think I got it figured out lol.

I recall @WoodBow calling this the "staring at stuff" phase.

This phase can be marked by my wife asking me, "what are you staring at?" as I zone out envisioning an idea.

 

[WoodBow]

I recall @WoodBow calling this the "staring at stuff" phase.

This phase can be marked by my wife asking me, "what are you staring at?" as I zone out envisioning an idea.

It is an important part of the process!

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[Bachto]

It is an important part of the process!

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Sometimes i'll sit on the floor of my office and just stare at fabric

 

[WoodBow]

Sometimes i'll sit on the floor of my office and just stare at fabric

This is the way.

"How TF am I gonna make this work?!"

Always seems to workout. And this extends to every project I have ever worked on in home repair/construction as well.

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[shedhunt]

Have any of you made up custom blaze orange hunting vest?

There are so many on the market that I only like certain parts of them and have been wanting to build my own, problem is I don't own a sewing machine and can't find any vest patterns that are aiming towards hunting to give to my mom or mother in law to see up for me.

Any ideas of patterns or should I just pull apart a vest and make my own pattern out of it?

 

[LCguy]

Not me but my girlfriend sewed me up a tarp from Rip Stop by The Rolls' kit. I originally wanted a straight Seek Outside DST clone but I liked the idea of having the extra 2 foot in length (it's 10x12 instead of 10x10). I tied in 8' guy lines to the Ridgelines and 6' guy lines in the corners. Will add 6" loops to all the side tie outs for when I need to batten down the hatches. It does have the same amount of tie outs as the DST so should have the same flexibility in shapes for pitching.

Still need some more practice with pitching but it should be great as a rain/sun shade and wind break for glassing.

 

[Bachto]

I put together another fishing chest pack with a front pocket.

 

[Bulldawg]

Have any of you made up custom blaze orange hunting vest?

There are so many on the market that I only like certain parts of them and have been wanting to build my own, problem is I don't own a sewing machine and can't find any vest patterns that are aiming towards hunting to give to my mom or mother in law to see up for me.

Any ideas of patterns or should I just pull apart a vest and make my own pattern out of it?

Haven’t made any vests/clothing but if I were to try and do that I’d buy a couple cheap vests that I kind of like, and a seam ripper and take them apart to get the measurements since they are so cheap.

Fabrics are going to be the biggest trick to this, finding the right fabric that will suffice.

 

[Bulldawg]

View attachment 942509
I put together another fishing chest pack with a front pocket.

Pretty sharp. One thing I do that I think makes them look a little better/cleaner is for your pals webbing, instead of stopping it on the front panel, run it all the way to the edge of the fabric and hide the end of it in the seam when you sew the zipper portion on.

 

[Bachto]

Pretty sharp. One thing I do that I think makes them look a little better/cleaner is for your pals webbing, instead of stopping it on the front panel, run it all the way to the edge of the fabric and hide the end of it in the seam when you sew the zipper portion on.

I’m going to do this next time or go to a 3/4 inch webbing and add D-rings to the ends for more attachment points

 

[justinspicher]

I didn’t see this, but I came up with the idea and had a local guy modify it for me.