Anyone into Sewing?

Jay Andersonwrote:

I have sewn daisy chains and loops onto packs. I don't think the Creek presents any particular problem.  Why are you thinking glue?  I have a Creek 50 and 35, so if you send a sketch of what you're hoping for, I can look at the pack and figure it out.

I am thinking glue because I don't know how to sew.  :-)

I guess technically I don't know how to glue, either, since I don't know what kind of glue would stick to a Creek 50.

mbkwrote:

I am thinking glue because I don't know how to sew.  :-)

I guess technically I don't know how to glue, either, since I don't know what kind of glue would stick to a Creek 50.

Are you going to be in Western Colorado anytime soon? Or want to ship it this way? I can bartack whatever you want. PM me

If you are talking about gluing to the vinyl / rubbery outside, I'd consider vinyl cement, like HH-66... or maybe E6000. YMMV.

Max Rwrote:

Made a chalk bucket last night. Lined it with some cool purple velvet i stole from my wifes fabric stash. 

That's killer! Where did you source the patterned fabric? Also does it have something stiff in the lip to keep it open?

Ethan Jeannettewrote:

That's killer! Where did you source the patterned fabric? Also does it have something stiff in the lip to keep it open?

It’s from ripstopbytheroll.com. They have tons of technical fabrics. They can even print any color/ pattern dyneema. This fabric is fairly stiff (RS21) on it’s own, so i just did a single fold, then stitched velcro on it. 

Isayah Bannisterwrote:

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The internet NEEDS a picture of someone climbing in daisy duke short-shorts while rocking this chalk bag

Jorts are actually the best climbing pants. I’ll cut em short once I blow the butt out. Belayer’s gonna love it

Chalk bag with pockets

Henk Hwrote:

Chalk bag with pockets

Nice! What'd you use to stiffen the mouth and hold it open?

Pete Nelsonwrote:

Nice! What'd you use to stiffen the mouth and hold it open?

Not the original poster, but in the past I've used thick cordage inside the hem (think 5mm accessory cord) and most recently (not for a chalk bag, but similar) I actually used the upper 1/4-1/2" of a 44oz convenience store soda cup sewn into the hem

Mike V.wrote:

Not the original poster, but in the past I've used thick cordage inside the hem (think 5mm accessory cord) and most recently (not for a chalk bag, but similar) I actually used the upper 1/4-1/2" of a 44oz convenience store soda cup sewn into the hem

I’ve used weed wacker cord/string. Light and stiff enough to feed into the fold after you have already sewn it. 3d printer filament would probably also work. 

pph213wrote:

I’ve used weed wacker cord/string. Light and stiff enough to feed into the fold after you have already sewn it. 3d printer filament would probably also work. 

Thanks...that sounds particularly good

Pete Nelsonwrote:

Nice! What'd you use to stiffen the mouth and hold it open?

I used zip ties but I think all of these ideas would work just as well

This forum was what got me interested in sewing and after making a few small stuff-sacks to organize food for multiple days, I finally jumped in the big leagues and sewed a sleeping bag. My goal was a super light bag for 3 season alpine climbing in the cascades. To save weight, I went with a 7d inner and 10d outer, along with a false bottom, and a zipper-less hoodless construction. It was designed to be worn with all my layers on, and thus I copied Feathered friends in making it a 20F bottom and a 40F upper. This feels slightly conservative given my loft on the bottom is closer to 3" and loft on the top is closer to 2". I also gave it a differential cut so that even if I was pressing against the sides of the mummy shape, I wouldn't be compressing any down. The total weight of the bag is 12.9oz with 8.5 oz of 850FP water resistant down and 4.5oz for the fabric. a lot of weight savings compared to my 33oz 20deg bag. All in all I had a great time building this bag and even though it's some terrible quality, I learned some lessons that I hope to use for a next bag in the near future. But next up for me is a pyramid tent

Nice bag! Stitched-through construction, I presume?  How did you do that and have a differential cut?

Box baffled but i overstuffed the baffles a little bit and might have cut them a little skinnier than necessary. The difficult part of the differential cut is the horizontal baffles but I just stretched the noseeum. If anybody has a better way to do it I’m all ears. Planning to make a 10degree sometime soon so hopefully the details on that will be a bit nicer.

Great work on the sleeping bag! 

Quick little snack bag I made for multipitch climbing.

Thanks so much for the advice. I was using a singer heavy duty and has a thread tension of ~2 for most of the project. I’ve definitely noticed the challenges of thin material- making the cotton storage bag for this was a dream lol. One issue I came across was that my backstitches were abnormallly loose. Do you think that had to do something with the thread tension?

Lucas Ngwrote:

This forum was what got me interested in sewing and after making a few small stuff-sacks to organize food for multiple days, I finally jumped in the big leagues and sewed a sleeping bag. My goal was a super light bag for 3 season alpine climbing in the cascades. To save weight, I went with a 7d inner and 10d outer, along with a false bottom, and a zipper-less hoodless construction. It was designed to be worn with all my layers on, and thus I copied Feathered friends in making it a 20F bottom and a 40F upper. This feels slightly conservative given my loft on the bottom is closer to 3" and loft on the top is closer to 2". I also gave it a differential cut so that even if I was pressing against the sides of the mummy shape, I wouldn't be compressing any down. The total weight of the bag is 12.9oz with 8.5 oz of 850FP water resistant down and 4.5oz for the fabric. a lot of weight savings compared to my 33oz 20deg bag. All in all I had a great time building this bag and even though it's some terrible quality, I learned some lessons that I hope to use for a next bag in the near future. But next up for me is a pyramid tent

bag

false bottom

loft

maybe I just suck at the heat-treated hemming? I'm gonna do a rolled hem next time

dang, you're setting a high bar if this is 'terrible' quality?!  personally, i'm always amazed by the cool stuff people sew on this thread and your bag is by no means an exception!!!

Matt Carrollwrote:

Great work on the sleeping bag! 

Quick little snack bag I made for multipitch climbing.

Nice! Whats your experience been with the ultra? I’ve heard mixed reviews on the backing film. I have a yard of 400 laying around i have yet to use.