Simple shoulder bag. Low-profile shoulder strap. I lowered the the buckles on the flap down to the edge like they are on the larger bags...that's the only change. Good times.
Ha.
zoop doop a doopa doo.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Shoulder Bag, Dude.
1000d Cordura e Sunbrella 15x12x4
Simple shoulder bag. Low-profile shoulder strap. I lowered the the buckles on the flap down to the edge like they are on the larger bags...that's the only change. Good times.
Ha.
zoop doop a doopa doo.
Simple shoulder bag. Low-profile shoulder strap. I lowered the the buckles on the flap down to the edge like they are on the larger bags...that's the only change. Good times.
Ha.
zoop doop a doopa doo.
Hip Packs!
Cordura y Top Gun 9x5, 2x7 (bottom)
Hip packs are sooo easy to make compared to my messenger bags. Geez. I could make like a hundred of these in a day...well, maybe like ten or so. Well, I'm a bit slow...so probably not. Ha.
Here in a little bit I'm going to make a pretty simple fifteen-inch bag in the hip pack style...which is to say, it's gonna look a lot like a Zo bag. Ha. Though It's gonna have an angled semi-suspended shoulder strap. Should be slick.
Another reason I haven't updated this blog (beside my camera not aworkin') is because I've been waiting for this sweet-ass binding tape to come in the mail. Yeah. It's a one-inch two-panel herringbone tape made outta nylon. Super flexie. I was using a four-panel tape before, which was working okay but not as well as I would've liked. This tape is a generic version of mil-W-4088 type 2 webbing. And half the price. And a little more true-black in color. And a little more flexible. Though, I found a place that sells small quantities of the mil-spec webbing in sweet colors, so I'll be ordering some from them in a bit. Woo! And I got this webbing here from my pals at Outdoor Wilderness Fabrics, Inc. Special order. (They're not really my pals...but they are very nice.)
I'm surprised that more bag-makers aren't using this kind of binding tape for their flap edges. In fact, I think BagJack is the only other one who uses it (unless TimTim does on their imported bags...). As far as I can tell, most every one is using grosgrain ribbon. And it shows. But whatevs.
Well how about that. No puckering.
Hip packs are sooo easy to make compared to my messenger bags. Geez. I could make like a hundred of these in a day...well, maybe like ten or so. Well, I'm a bit slow...so probably not. Ha.
Here in a little bit I'm going to make a pretty simple fifteen-inch bag in the hip pack style...which is to say, it's gonna look a lot like a Zo bag. Ha. Though It's gonna have an angled semi-suspended shoulder strap. Should be slick.
Another reason I haven't updated this blog (beside my camera not aworkin') is because I've been waiting for this sweet-ass binding tape to come in the mail. Yeah. It's a one-inch two-panel herringbone tape made outta nylon. Super flexie. I was using a four-panel tape before, which was working okay but not as well as I would've liked. This tape is a generic version of mil-W-4088 type 2 webbing. And half the price. And a little more true-black in color. And a little more flexible. Though, I found a place that sells small quantities of the mil-spec webbing in sweet colors, so I'll be ordering some from them in a bit. Woo! And I got this webbing here from my pals at Outdoor Wilderness Fabrics, Inc. Special order. (They're not really my pals...but they are very nice.)
I'm surprised that more bag-makers aren't using this kind of binding tape for their flap edges. In fact, I think BagJack is the only other one who uses it (unless TimTim does on their imported bags...). As far as I can tell, most every one is using grosgrain ribbon. And it shows. But whatevs.
Well how about that. No puckering.Go Wallets!
Man, I've been so bad about updating my blog lately...yee. Though, the main reason is that every time I've finished a bag lately my camera's been dead. Mother--... I guess the batteries're getting old...or it's just so cold in my house they can't keep a charge. Ha. Anyway, here are some wallets I made: tryin' out some sweet top-stitching. Hopefully I'll be doing some more of this soon. And then there's one made out of 18oz PCV. Woo. 
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Green Bag
'Ere it is. A pretty simple fifteen-incher. Turned out real nice. 
I accidentally deleted the open-bag shot, 'cause I'm a quarter fool, but it has a wheat-colored Sunbrella liner. Looks sweet.
I accidentally deleted the open-bag shot, 'cause I'm a quarter fool, but it has a wheat-colored Sunbrella liner. Looks sweet. Saturday, December 15, 2007
Is That a Bug?
Sweet: new super-raw backpack prototype. I think I've finally hit upon a decent messenger bag-backpack hybrid. I've made a similar bag before, which didn't turn out so well, but this one is way better. There are a few reasons, but the most significant one is that the bag's fit is more independent from the bag's load. In other words: if you have a bunch of crap in your bag it's not gonna pull the straps all goofy like...which sucks a lot, let me tell you...
Uh, let's see...and this bag has a fifteen-inch flap.
And I haven't put the compression cord on the lip yet...'cause I'm a lazy sod.
Next challenge: making hot shoulder straps (and getting the angle right). Contoured? Sternum strap? We'll see...
Got a suspended corner here. If you have a full load, loosen the webbing so the shoulder strap isn't pulled at a weird angle.
Uh, let's see...and this bag has a fifteen-inch flap.
And I haven't put the compression cord on the lip yet...'cause I'm a lazy sod.
Next challenge: making hot shoulder straps (and getting the angle right). Contoured? Sternum strap? We'll see...
Got a suspended corner here. If you have a full load, loosen the webbing so the shoulder strap isn't pulled at a weird angle.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Hip Alveoli
Learnin' Stuff
So here are some hip packs I've made in the last week.
This green one here is pretty sweet, but I was like, You know what? this bag is pretty run-of-the-mill...I think I'll make one more in the Leif Labs aesthetic...
Kermit?
So I made this. Ah, it looks okay run through my cheap-o camera...but the edging is pretty puckered and lumpy...*sigh* And the lip turned out kinda dumb. Small things don't work so well in the Leif Labs stylee, I guess. 
It folds up nicely...but the folds impede hand-insertion. Yee.
Boom. Then I made this. Pretty similar to the first, but better. 
This is what it looks like full of junk.
Here's what the pattern looks like. Super simple.
Dimensions: 9x5, bottom: 2x7
So here are some hip packs I've made in the last week.
This green one here is pretty sweet, but I was like, You know what? this bag is pretty run-of-the-mill...I think I'll make one more in the Leif Labs aesthetic...
Kermit?So I made this. Ah, it looks okay run through my cheap-o camera...but the edging is pretty puckered and lumpy...*sigh* And the lip turned out kinda dumb. Small things don't work so well in the Leif Labs stylee, I guess. It folds up nicely...but the folds impede hand-insertion. Yee.Boom. Then I made this. Pretty similar to the first, but better. This is what it looks like full of junk.Here's what the pattern looks like. Super simple.
Dimensions: 9x5, bottom: 2x7
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