HI FOLKS
I AM WONDERING IF THERE IS ANYONE IN THE LONDON AREA THAT WOULD HAVE THE TIME AND PATIENCE TO TEACH ME THE BASICS OF SEWING ON A MACHINE
THANKS HOBO

i would like to learn also.
put me down for the london area or Cambridge.

I am in cambridge. I can show you the basics

I am in cambridge. I can show you the basics

Thats very nice of you.

To the guys - treadle machines or electric?

Always do good sometime I might need something lol

I am in cambridge. I can show you the basics

sounds great,we can talk at the meet ,maybe get more peps for you to teach.

I am in cambridge. I can show you the basics

sounds great,we can talk at the meet ,maybe get more peps for you to teach.

No problem, anything I can do to help. I am new at this and I need all the friends I can get LOL.

Hey yall
Thanks so much I hope we can learn a new skill
I am also going to the meet and have room in my truck for a few more if you are interested
Lets try electric for now I have a hard time doing two things at once
Hobo

I sew for a living... and highly recommend if you are going to have one thing of thread in your BOB... use fishing line! I have a roll of 50 pound test and a larger eyed needle for a strong hold on a tent, pants, backpacks etc.

I know you were looking for machine help but in a SHTF situation, that is what I would use 🙂

I sew for a living... and highly recommend if you are going to have one thing of thread in your BOB... use fishing line! I have a roll of 50 pound test and a larger eyed needle for a strong hold on a tent, pants, backpacks etc.

I know you were looking for machine help but in a SHTF situation, that is what I would use 🙂

To add to mamaizzy's post... this purpose I would reccomend Spiderwire or some equivalent. Monofilament is very slippery and harder to handle.

I have built the odd backpack and a few gear bags in my time. I can't drop by and give lessons, but I can try to give suggestions from a far. Let me know.

I have updated my blog with a short discussion on making your own backpack and posted some pics of projects I have completed. Have a look if you need some ideas. The best piece of advice I can give to you when starting to build your own gear is - it is going to take some practice. The more you do, the better it gets. Practice making pouches for your gear, start small. Say a pouch for your bino's or a pouch for your first aid kit. Do start with projects too big or too small. The first may overwhelm you and the second may frustrate you, too much to complete the project and then you just give up and quit. Quitting and frustration is not the name of this game. Work on projects you can complete in a day or two. When your confidence and skills build then progress to bigger projects. Learning to build a good tarp is a useful skill. Learning to repair tarps a very good skill. The big yellow and black LRRP pack took me not less than 40 hours to build. At $25/hour + materials, the LRRP was valued at $1100. Just to cover the costs. In the end, I did not like how it fit me and I traded it to a buddy. Fun projects to start with could include making a belt pouch to hold your KFS out of 2" webbing. Materials less than $5, time less than an hour. I will go now. ➡

Mountainman.

PS - For tent, tarp and pack repair, one of those sewing awl tools is very good. Use the heavy waxed cotton thread. The tool is about $12 and the thread another $8 or so. Get extra needles, if you plan on having this tool in your collection.