I've made a few bags and a rain cape. Basting tape is invaluable to get heavier materials to stick together, use bar soap on the needle to keep it from gumming up. I gathered some info from the ultralight hiking forums. I have found a few threads on making your own gear and they show the process with good photos and descriptions. A good quick project would be a saddle sack type bag. One piece of fabric, sewn and folded and sewn again with a big long zipper. I usually make scale paper models of the bags I want to make, then go to full scale and add a seam allowance where needed. This gives the benefit of knowing how the piece will come together and in what order, without the time and expense of material. I have also made full scale items out of muslin before making the final. Again, its cheaper and gives you experience with process of putting things together before the final.
Enjoy that new machine! Christian Berkeley, CA On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 3:15:15 PM UTC-7, MartyG wrote: > > I picked up an industrial sewing machine at a yard sale last weekend. > (It's a Mini Brute, looks new. $20!) I seem to recall some members may do > this type of work, and I'm interested in giving it a try myself. Anyone > care to point me to some good resources for beginners? I have everything to > learn, so keep me out of trouble! > > Marty > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
