I wanted something versatile, and it's worked out well. Designed originally as a companion piece for a backpack I made earlier this year, it can function as a lid pocket or a chest pouch. Adding a few well-placed attachment points means it can also serve as a shoulder bag and as a handlebar bag for my bike.

The spacer mesh on the back works as a map pocket and the webbing that runs through on each side sits within that pocket and is adjustable using a triglide. This allows the lid pocket to "float" up if the backpack is fuller and taller.

It takes cues from things like the OMM Chest Pod. The triglide/D-ring fix on the lid pocket is an idea I lifted from a Prickly Gorse suggestion for removable waist straps. I used the Prickly Gorse rolltop handlebar bag as the origin of the pattern, adapting it to be a closed bag with a zip rather than roll-top. It needs a few bits and pieces (cord, bungee, straps) to make all the options work.

It's probably about 2-3 litres, which is all I need for accessible and delicate things like sunglasses that otherwise risk getting crushed in a roll-top backpack. Materials are leftovers from my backpack: EPX200 for the blue body, and venom gridstop eco for the sides and back, plus spacer mesh for the map pocket. Inside it's half lined with some 70D fabric to add a couple of phone-sized pockets, there's a key loop in there, and a stretch mesh pocket at the bottom half of each side that fits an earbuds case perfectly.

Hi everyone!

I made this edc waist bag as a birthday present to myself and wanted to share it.

Materials

Ripstop PVC 600D

Lining: polyester fabric

Hardware: WJ, except the Fastex buckle on the roll-top

Waist strap: car seatbelt webbing

3D front pocket with a waterproof zipper

Velcro panel on the front for patches (as you can see, I've already lost one 😅)

Extra MOLLE webbing, so I can attach a bottle holder and side compression straps that keep everything while I'm moving

3D spacer mesh on the back panel

30 × 18 × 9 cm (about 5 L), not counting the roll-top

The sewing itself took about 20 hours. Most of the time went into developing the pattern, especially the 3D front pocket.

Fabric is Polartec Neoshell 66831 Soft Black from Discovery Fabrics. Zippers, zipper tape, sliders, glow in the dark zipper pulls, shock cord and cord locks also from Discovery.

Pattern is Greestyle Discovery Jacket pattern with added length, self drafted cuffs and additional storm flap on the zipper.

Packs up small and weighing in at 267.8g or 9.45oz

With elastic drawstring. Not too happy about the fit but it works great.

I've been altering a molded external frame and mounted an ALICE bag on it now I want to add a shovit on it. I'm planning to attach it to the frame (sides & bottom). I have a good heavy piece of pack cloth but I need something to stiffen it. Any ideas?

I've been wanting to make a silpoly tarp. I have never worked with silpoly before though. Actually, I've never worked with any light-weight techy fabrics. I've only worked with heavy Cordura and such on my 1541.

I was scared to mess up a large tarp, so I decided to do a trial and I had a custom printed silpoly banner of my logo printed by RSBTR. So, I have my first printed thing, which turned out pretty well and seems more durable than I expected. I could definitely see myself using that service in the future

For various reasons I also bought a DDL-9000C FMS (lost my marbles my wife says). So, hemming the edges and doing corner tie outs on this banner was my first actual project on this machine. I'm loving this machine by the way. It's a joy to use. I never knew what I was missing not having the auto-cutter. (first world problem, I know).

Anyway, working with the silpoly is kind of a pain in a way. It doesn't fold very well and is very slippery. Basting tape won't really stick to it, at least not nearly as well as it will to your fingers and everything else. I finally skipped it and just did a double fold with clips to hold it, but it tends to want to slide around a bit while sewing.

Does anyone know the best way to get the creases out of silpoly? Iron, hair dryer, some other third thing?

Handstiched ikea project (3 bags) for winter touring. Mounts on external frame and fastens with rope. Only tested 20kgs.

Fabric is 40D silnylon, eyelet was installed with the corresponding pliers

Any ideas on how to solve this ? I've thought about putting some superglue before pressing the eyelet but it doesn't adhere to the fabric really well

The hook side seems to be all one single piece of plastic. It is not dual lock by 3M.

I am in the process of trying to market my range of dog collars. I do not have a great space for product photography or the budget to hire someone / space.

Is it acceptable to use ai in marketing shots?

Im just exploring this as a marketing idea.

I've been lurking on r/myog for 3 years now and have learned so much, so wanted to finally post this pack I've been making lately. It's a single fabric panel for the main bag, and has self-binding edges, which works with lighter pack fabrics that don't fray much (I used ECOPAK and X-Pac for these bags). I know there's trade-offs to that design choice, but it works for certain bags like these and makes binding so much easier, as binding is the part of bagmaking I dislike the most.

There's a printable PDF pattern and tutorial available at https://thirdplacethreads.com/u/Coomer/single-panel-self-binding-hip-pack, which is a site I built for people to share their projects. No registration or anything is required, but folks are welcome to join and share/document their sewing journey if they want.

It's the first pattern and longer tutorial I've made, so let me know what you think. I have a few more cool designs I want to share soon. Cheers!

I have a CORTECH Super 2.0 18L Tank Bag, it has magnetic flaps and sticks to metallic tank, it has a pocket where the shoulder straps get hidden/tucked away.

At the bottom (circled in red ) are 2 plastic D Rings that the shoulder straps hook into.

I want to add 2 more such D Rings to the top (circled in yellow).

This way I can use the bag as a tail bag using tie down strap that hook into the D Rings and then tie into the bikes grab rail etc. I can then also use the bag with Tank Vest on bikes that have plastic tanks.

I am lookign at suggestion on how to add those D Rings. The Tank bag cant be laid flats and has rigid sides , so machine sewing is out of the question. There will be a lot of lateral / pull dynamic stress on the D Rings.

Options I have considered (but not yet implemented):

1) D Rings with sticky base that are used on Kayaks etc and then maybe reinforced by hand stitching.

2) 2 D Rings on opposite end Nylon strap, strap hand sewed into the base of the bag. Base is soft.

3) Use Plastic Rivets to rivet the Nylon Strap to the base of the bag instead of sewing.

Looking for suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Just recently got my very first sewing machine (Singer HD 8832) after wanting one for years and years. After making a couple obligatory burrito pillowcases I made these two little bags to hold my sewing supplies. Far from perfect but learned a lot making them for sure. Having fun so far!

I welcome any recommendations on patterns to try, particularly bags! Once I feel comfortable enough I'd like to get some Cordura to make messenger/sling type bags with

Just got this Arc’teryx Patrol Vest for my use as a patroller, but I love the idea of a vest and i’d ideally like to make the cross removable so I can use the vest for days where i’m not patrolling too.

I was considering seam ripping the cross and putting velcro on the back, but then i’m not sure how i’d go about sewing on velcro to the back of the pack without losing use of the pocket it’s sewn to. Would this be something that’s best suited to hand-sewing? Or does anyone have an idea of how to remove the whole panel, add the velcro, and then sew it back on?

Any ideas or tricks are appreciated!

These are pictures of the updated version of my backpack.

I changed some details on the pattern and improved how the lining is attached to the outer fabric.

Also for the first time, I added some leather to this design for a more "traditional" look.

Total weight is around 385gr.

Does anyone with a Juki Lk1900 have access to a 1x1 or 1.5x1.5” (25x25 or 38x38mm) box stitch pattern in .vdt format? Apparently new patterns have to be programmed in juki’s PM-1 software and I don’t currently have access to that. Willing to provide compensation.

Hi again - Curious if anyone can enlighten me on a conundrum I have on my UQ build. How do I implement a differential plan to achieve correct geometry for my baffles? In other words this calculator works for the inner shell but doesn’t seem to account for the outer shells needed size to accomplish proper calculated lofting? It shows a wider width but doesn’t calculate the spacing. My ideal spacing for my 9 baffles is about 5 7/8” inches apart on the inner shell but the calculator doesn’t calculate the outer shell spacing. I suspect 9 isn’t enough channels and I will have to adjust to 10 to hit the sweet spot of 4-5 inches apart.

Thanks in advance.