Anyone into Sewing?

Mark Websterwrote:

Just pitch that behemoth at the base of The Nose, fall asleep inside, and have someone haul you up while you nap!

I've been following this thread for a while, and i was wondering if anyone here take comissioned orders?? or know someone who does..

I'm looking for two alpha direct hoodies. One in 60gsm and one in 90gsm with a full two way zipper(harness friendly) and thumbholes.

i know there's a few companies who makes them, but never sawy anyone making with a full zipper, hence the need for a custom order.

thanks in advance if anyone can help

Philippe Queirozwrote:

I've been following this thread for a while, and i was wondering if anyone here take comissioned orders?? or know someone who does..

I'm looking for two alpha direct hoodies. One in 60gsm and one in 90gsm with a full two way zipper(harness friendly) and thumbholes.

i know there's a few companies who makes them, but never sawy anyone making with a full zipper, hence the need for a custom order.

thanks in advance if anyone can help

You can probably buy the jacket you want off-the-shelf, find a nice YKK zipper that meets your needs, and then bring to any local seamstress/tailor who can do the zipper swap for a reasonable fee. I've gotten some good deals on jackets with broken zips and done the zipper swap myself (its plenty strong, but my ascetics leave a lot to be desired). This of course assumes that the jacket you want exists with everything except the two way zip.

Farpointe OG
I think they would most likely do it.

Senchi Designs
Really if you just search "alphadirect" on IG you would quickly find many people / small shops who would do it.

Made a lil beer & gear pouch that slides on to the chalk bag belt! Not perfectly stitched / planned, but neither is PBR.

Made this with the fabric that Nolan very kindly donated. Thanks Nolan!

35L backpack with a rope strap, removable brain, removable hip belt, gear loops, and internal plastic frame. Weighs in at 3 lbs, 3 oz which is a little heavy, but that’s probably because I used Bluewater tubular 1” webbing everywhere haha. Definitely excited to put this thing to use. 

Joe Lynchwrote:

Made this with the fabric that Nolan very kindly donated. Thanks Nolan!

35L backpack with a rope strap, removable brain, removable hip belt, gear loops, and internal plastic frame. Weighs in at 3 lbs, 3 oz which is a little heavy, but that’s probably because I used Bluewater tubular 1” webbing everywhere haha. Definitely excited to put this thing to use. 

Hell yeah dude, that looks awesome! Love the colorway!

Free down jacket for anyone who wants to replace the main zipper.  Ladies small.  Needs a bit of mending at hem where draw cord exits.  Ripstop is a little hammered on chest and collar, but not torn.  You pay shipping $10-15.

Jay Andersonwrote:

Free down jacket for anyone who wants to replace the main zipper.  Ladies small.  Needs a bit of mending at hem where draw cord exits.  Ripstop is a little hammered on chest and collar, but not torn.  You pay shipping $10-15.

I will take this 

Good ole Moonstone. May the jacket bring you the force, Sarah Z. 

I did a zipper replacement on a (synthetic) puffy that was surprisingly easy (just seam rip out the old zipper and sew the new one in the same place). One trick I've seen folks do for a faster zipper repair is to cut off the teeth (so the tape is still there) and then sew the new zipper to the remaining tape (that way you don't have to open up all the down baffles). 

Two bags for some friends. The first one is a super simple sack with just two main seams, one along the bottom and one up the side. I tripped stitched those both in hopes of making it last forever.

The blue bag is a crag bag style with “yardsale mode”. All seams triple stitched, and upsized to a Lenzip #12 for the main body. It’s not trivial to actuate the zipper, but it’s confidence inspiring that it might last a while. It should be easy to swap the zipper out of needed.

I started getting “Barry compliant” buckles, which appear to be really burly.

Hopefully these last a while, durability is driving the designs. 

Nice! What's the body material on the blue boy? 

Big Redwrote:

What's the body material on the blue boy? 

One of the gyms replaced the mat covers and a friend (who I met via this thread) had collected tons of the material and kindly gave me some.

I think it’s very similar to this material though: 

https://www.seattlefabrics.com/61-18-Ounce-PVC-Vinyl-Coated-Polyester-1549-linear-yard_p_136.html

I made a poop tube from that very same gym mat a couple years back. Actually broke my wifes sewing machine, which prompted me to buy a sailrite.

Mike V.wrote:

I did a zipper replacement on a (synthetic) puffy that was surprisingly easy (just seam rip out the old zipper and sew the new one in the same place). One trick I've seen folks do for a faster zipper repair is to cut off the teeth (so the tape is still there) and then sew the new zipper to the remaining tape (that way you don't have to open up all the down baffles). 

Zippers! Doesn't matter how much money you spend, every zipper is going to fail, just a matter of when. Kind of like hard drives. Lately I've been replacing zippers with the biggest heaviest metal zippers available. They seem to be...dare I say it? Bullet proof? If it's a repair job, I sew them right over the top of the existing zipper. The garment gets a little bigger, but not enough to matter. Of course, it's not as pretty as ripping open the seam...but I leave that to people with more patience, time and tiny fingers.

Oh, and if your machine allows it, get a Binder Attachment, I recently got this and wow, so good. Worth every penny! https://www.sailrite.com/Binder-1-Swing-Bracket

Started playing with leatherwork recently. Definitely takes a bit more finesse than sewing xpac or cordura. 

Max Rwrote:

Started playing with leatherwork recently. Definitely takes a bit more finesse than sewing xpac or cordura.

Nice work. Is that for your sheikah slate, or have I just been playing a lot of Zelda lately? If not, you’ll have to explain to us nerds what kind of aid widgets your pouch is for

Max Rwrote:

I made a poop tube from that very same gym mat a couple years back. Actually broke my wifes sewing machine, which prompted me to buy a sailrite.

Lol, your welcome???? I’ve got more to spare! Shipping doesn’t seem worth it but anyone want some I’m located near SF

Drew Neviuswrote:

Nice work. Is that for your sheikah slate, or have I just been playing a lot of Zelda lately? If not, you’ll have to explain to us nerds what kind of aid widgets your pouch is for

I stuff it full of tater tots while wall climbing.

Lol it’s actually a burning man style hip bag. Attending a ‘steampunk’ fest this month. Needed to get swagged out.