Sewing a pack panel from ripstop
Pinning, clipping and stitching a slippery panel without it walking away.
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A new video every Wednesday from the loft and the trail: cutting, sewing, weighing and testing.
Taping and cutting a printed pattern
How I tape a big pattern together on the floor and cut it without losing the lines.
Filling a down quilt baffle by baffle
A half-filled quilt on the table, and how I weigh each baffle as I go.
What goes in a one-day pack
A flat lay of everything I carry for a day on the hill, and what I leave behind.
A first look at a finished pack on the ridge
The first walk with a new pack, and the three things I changed after it.
Weighing every gram of a sewing project
A kitchen scale, a notebook and a surprising amount of thread.
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