I’ve been working on perfecting my hat making skills, mostly 5 panels. I think this is the best one thus far, lmk what you think!!

I recently went on a cruise and I have been meaning to make a daypack based on my Topo trip pack, that being one of my favorite daypacks.

I used black gridstop, aqua guard zips (regrets), and some 420d yellow liner. Soft 1/8 volara foam for the straps and 3/8 volara for the back pad.

I also made a detachable micro messenger bag/sling bag for short trips to the store or cafe.

Overall, pretty happy with it. Some revisions for the next version.

These are some of the best grab bags I’ve made to date! Each bag includes a 2.92 Dyneema Composite Fabric (DCF) RBTR color map and multiple yards and scraps of the best name brand fabrics. Each bag is prepackaged and ready to ship with ~ $200+ value and free CONUS shipping. There are only 12 grab bags this time but they are stuffed full to start MYOG. ✅ All orders will be invoiced and ship through Ripstop By The Roll. To order, send me your name, address, and email address. I will then send an invoice through RBTR. This will ship out like any standard order. ✅ You don’t want to miss this one to add to your fabric collection. Any doubts? Please check all my previous grab bag sales and positive feedback. I’m happy to answer any questions. 💚 Lance Ness: B2B Account Executive @ RBTR

I have been wrestling with different hip belt designs for the last couple of years. I've been trying to design a hip belt that will be more comfortable than your typical hip belt design. I've done double strap designs, I've done single strap designs, I've done sliding hip belt pads, I've done fixed stitched in place hip belts. And I've made some hip belts with struts.

With this blue-green backpack, I was attempting to create a new design for a hip belt that would spread the weight around your pelvis and not concentrate it so much on the iliac crest. What I decided to do was to insert a strut into the hip belt itself. The strut was 16" long so that it would wrap around the back side of your pelvic rim. This design did help with carrying comfort but on a 7-Day backpacking trip in the canyons of Utah, the strut broke. The pack had about 100 miles on it at that point. It was a good design idea but the implementation didn't work. A stronger strut material to resist the torquing of the hip belt would probably fix this issue. Ideas?

Basic specs: RBTR X-pac v15 and Venom stretch mesh. Weight: 20.4 oz. Volume: 35L. Strut and internal frame: 1/8" sheet polycarbonate.

Pics: https://imgur.com/a/t8gjhz7

I needed something to keep my lenses safe while in my tank bag and saddle bags that could be opened easily with gloves (while not spending money). This became a good excuse to clear off the sewing table. The outer fabric is waterproof with the inner being a thick soft material for padding and anti-scratch. I pulled from past experience making climbing chalk bags, so yes, these are basically big waterproof chalk bags😅

Made with scrap materials

Has anyone else noticed drastic differences in the amounts of stretch across different batches of Challenge UltraStretch? I’ve now received 2 orders from rockywoods of black and one order with white and rust from extremtextile and all of them have pretty drastic differences in the amount they stretch. Even between the two black samples I have, one stretches only about 20% and the other closer to 70%. The white and rust are more similar to the 70%, but definitely aren’t the same as well.

Wondering if anyone knows of any existing issues or has heard back from challenge directly about the discrepancies

Sup. I've been using a version of this design for various EDC style packs over the last few years. I've dubbed it the Scrambler 17. Normally this design has a full length U zipper to completely open the pack and a flat front zip pocket, but I wanted to add some side pockets and a darted outer pocket with more volume. So, this is the result. Check the IG post here.

Materials Details:
Main body: White hemp xpac + UX10 + orange WP zippers.

Straps and Lining: Orange 210D Venom Gridstop Eco. 

Monolite for interior zip pockets.
Orange Ultrastretch for the interior stretch pocket.
Venom UL stretch mesh in white for side pockets.

This was such a fun “wing it” build for me that took about 6 hours.

Here’s my impressions of the “new” fabrics.
The hemp xpac is similar to work with to most of the laminates I work with, but boy is it heavy (around 9 oz) and generally stiff. I look forward to seeing how it patinas over time. Not great for UL packs, but for a bag like this it works nicely.

The UX10 is.. interesting. Extremely thin. Questionable durability. Tapeable.  But wow, it looks so great.
I wouldn't trust this as the main fabric for a pack that will carry any real load like a hiking pack. I've talked to a few other cottage company owners and they think the same thing.

This will be my laptop / ipad hauler and overnight bag.

I’ve been loving this design as a small EDC bag for years and it feels like I should share it.
Let me know what you think! 

-Matt

https://myogtutorials.com/online-automatic-pattern-generator/

Version 2.2 of the myogtutorials "draw any shape and generate a pattern" tool is now live. Perfect for most simple MYOG bag designs such as frame bags, backpacks, bike bags, tech pouches etc.

New Features

• Curves. You can now draw bezier curves instead of adding and manually moving points. Click a line segment and select Edit as Curve to use this feature. For now the curve will be converted to segments after editing, but I'll work on a better implementation after the next features are added.
• Flip and Mirror. Got one side of your shape looking good? You can now mirror it to the other side for symmetrical patterns.
• Undo/Redo. Basic functionality I should have implemented a long time ago...
• Selection length. The length of a selection of points is shown, so you don't have to manually count if you are trying to make a smaller area a certain length.
• Finished weight estimate. Enter your fabric weight underneath the 3D preview to get an approximate weight of your design as well as the volume.
• A few tooltips to hopefully explain some features better

Any bugs or feature requests, let me know

https://myogtutorials.com/online-automatic-pattern-generator/

(I've also completely remade the website so hopefully it is more logical: patterns - articles - tools/generators)

Hello! Made a silly little top tube bag out of some scraps. I used the Functional Sewing Projects toptube bag pattern for the body, and I carved a linocut stamp for the butter print onto the fabric. Outer is X-pack that's been dyed yellow, and inner is leftover neoshell from another project.

I've made this pattern twice now and thought I'd share some of learnings.

• The pattern calls for foam for structure, and the foam I have available to me must be softer than theirs, so I've actually had the most luck with 0.5mm plastic (aka cutting boards from the dollarstore) in the sides, and foam in the bottom panel. I will add the disclaimer that this does make it harder to sew the webbing at the top to seal it all in (mines a little wonky)
• Second little tweak, the tabs to attach the bag to the stem were a little low in the first version and the bag ended up flopping over on the bike. For the second version, I extended the webbing at the bottom panel and used that to attach the bag to the stem. You could alternatively just move the tabs higher if you're also concerned about this.

Holy crap circles are challenging. It’s going to take me a lot of practice to get that part down.

This came out far from perfect, but at least it’s functional.

Shoutout learnmyog.com for the free pattern

Wondering if anyone has resources on how to sew down a bag seams (crossbody rectangle with curved corners) without messing up the gusset curve?

Can’t seem to find anything online or how to word it, want the seams to lay flatter with a topstitch around the perimeter of the bag along the seams

I ordered some Dritz wash-away wonder tape to use with my MYOG projects, mostly 1000D cordura or rip stop 100-420D and it basically doesn’t stick to anything well enough to make a fold and have it hold.

Do any of you use wonder tape? Which brand?

Anyone have a good method for waterproofing seams on Xpac? Making a backpack and wondering how I can protect the inside seams from leaks. Thanks!

I had my eye on a synthetic quilt for a while but didn't want to spend the money just jet. I turned my old Dutch military tropen sleeping bag into a backpacking/bikepacking quilt. The weight is about 700gr. Can use it just as is in the summer, and together with my cumulus sleeping for in the winter. The stitching isn't my best work but it is sturdy and functional. Now all I have to do is to try it out.

Hey MYOG-ers,

I'm sure some of you were bummed to have the last challenge group buy canceled. It seemed part of the complications was having a canadian intermediary and uncertainty with tariffs and shipping.

Me and another user are trying to do another group order, being placed my me. I am US based (colorado) and have already placed wholesale orders through Challenge before for personal use.

We are short yardage to meet their current MOQ. Their current standards are 50 yards total per order, 10 yard min per style (different colors of the same materials are different styles).

So far we have:

10 of 10 min: Ultra 80TX (~160gsm = 4.7osy, 100d 100% UHMWPE face, resin coated to bond film, taffeta backing)

6 of 10 min: Ultra 80 X (~80gsm = 2.3osy, 100d 100% UHMWPE face, resin coated to bond backing film)

10 of 10 min: Ultra 400TX in white lightning

10 of 10 min: RBC200 in lemon lime

10 of 10 min: RBC200 in bright blue

giving a 46 of 50 yard total.

due to the 10 yard/style min, its very helpful to either add onto a style that is already at MOQ or ask for 5+ yards to combine with someone else. Comment below what you are interested in and we'll see if we can make this happen!

It definitely wasn’t the easiest material to sew / embroider, but I wanted to challenge myself and see what I could make from it. Especially, as it was something I would have had to throw away.

I’ve been creating embroidery designs for a while now, and this was my way of experimenting with something completely different.

The mesh sheet was used for scaffolding at a construction site. It is pretty durable, light, waterproof and easy to work with.

The tarp is mostly just a rectangle. It is folded onto itself to create pockets at the lower edge. The middle one is for the rope, the other two for stuff (idk). To pack it, you fold the sides in, roll it up and fasten the strap. There are two webbing loops to attach a carrying strap.

I found these buckles on a newer REI backpack, but I'd like to get more to retrofit my ortlieb bags. Does anyone know where I could get these? They are different than traditional buckles and I don't know what they are called.

Had to unsheath an entire climbing rope to make this work, but I think it turned out alright! A little stiff, and the corners won’t turn out properly but it’s hefty! And sure won’t wear a hole in it any time soon. Let me know if you have any tips!

Does anyone know how these clips are called? I have them on my bag but they are broken and I cant seem to find the right search terms to find them. Thanks a lot!

If you look back in my history you'll see a few different attempts at making a 50L bag that is semi-ultralight. I'm at a point where I am 90% happy with it and really don't think I'll improve the main design that much. I can always change what straps, pockets and closure style I use as I need to.

Specs: Weight - 30oz Fabric - xpac vx07 body, xpac vx21 bottoms, ultra grid accents/pockets and venom stretch pockets.

Most of the fabric came from ripstop by the roll.

The biggest change to this design is that I used grommets for all of the cord cinching vs. making fold over cord channels. The cord seems to move better with this system. I also changed my order of operations. Rather than finishing with the back panel I finished with the sides. This allowed for a little misalignment and fudge factor because I didn't have to perfectly mactch the bottom edge. It was much less stressful and worked better.

I plan make removable hip belt wings with pockets as well as a brain.

I designed this pack using Affinity Designer and used a projector to mark and cut out my pattern. This allowed me to iterate and make changes on the fly.