I was asked by a work colleague to make him a basket bag for his Wald 139 basket.
It wasn't as difficult as first thought but its the first big project that I've had to design from scratch for someone who was paying for it. Queue a lot of research and measuring and I had the following pieces cut ready for thread injection.
20210326_201501 by Martin Brown, on Flickr
the finished product:
20210412_152903 by Martin Brown, on Flickr
20210412_152915 by Martin Brown, on Flickr
i used 1000d cordura for the base which had 4mm closed cell foam behind it to give items in the bag some protection. The 40mm wide securing strap also doubles as a shoulder strap and there is two extender straps for the lid closure in case the bag is filled to the gunnels and items still need to be held down in place.
the happy customer:
20210419_123839 by Martin Brown, on Flickr
He also asked me to make up a frame bag for his cousin;
final-ish design concept on cutting template:
20210329_121333 by Martin Brown, on Flickr
main parts cut and webbing/velcro attached
20210329_121339 by Martin Brown, on Flickr
liner attached to outer and ready to be unfurled:
20210402_203720 by Martin Brown, on Flickr
about to finish the rolltop closure:
20210402_204457 by Martin Brown, on Flickr
the final product with velcro straps and liner dividers/tensioners to stop the sides bulging out when packed:
20210406_201021 by Martin Brown, on Flickr
it was originally designed to have 3 straps to hold the roll closure shut however i miscalculated the amount of webbing needed and only had enough for 2. as it is with the plastic stiffener that i added to the opening and also the 3 velcro strips to hold the roll top closed 2 straps was more than adequate.
Also a few months ago i had a quest on to find a decent pair of kids waterproof dungarees/salopettes. I either couldn't get what i wanted in the correct size and they cost a fortune or they were cheap as chips but you could shoot peas through them. by chance and on speaking with my mother in law, she had a sewing pattern for a pair of kids dungarees. a quick look at www.profabrics.co.uk and i had bought gore-tex with a super heavy duty face fabric for about £12 a linear metre.
20210425_193039 by Martin Brown, on Flickr
the rough end cost is probably about £15 incl elastic and buckles..... bargain. I've got a few adjustments to make for the next pair as the velcro ankle straps are sighted a bit high and the shoulder straps could do with coming in a centimetre or two at the back to help hold them on my daughters shoulders better.
Unfortunately for me and in order to keep me out of trouble, my beloved daughter also spied that the dungaree sewing pattern was a 4 design set and it had a pinafore pattern in it.
20210425_193111 by Martin Brown, on Flickr
Almost getting round to making some MYOG kit for myself, but first 2 stemcells, a skirt, a wax cotton satchel project and then my stuff
Wald 139 basket bag, frame bag and gore-tex dungarees
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Re: Wald 139 basket bag, frame bag and gore-tex dungarees
Wow, these are great, i like the use of clips to hold the liner in place
Re: Wald 139 basket bag, frame bag and gore-tex dungarees
The clips work great for holding pieces. Other good tips i found were using double sided sticky tape and also temporarily stapling parts together to keep them well aligned for stitching.trogladytes wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 6:26 pm Wow, these are great, i like the use of clips to hold the liner in place
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Re: Wald 139 basket bag, frame bag and gore-tex dungarees
I use low tack masking tape.Martin B wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 7:17 pmThe clips work great for holding pieces. Other good tips i found were using double sided sticky tape and also temporarily stapling parts together to keep them well aligned for stitching.trogladytes wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 6:26 pm Wow, these are great, i like the use of clips to hold the liner in place
no gunk. can mark up on it aswell.
I hope you think you know, what I might of exactly meant.
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Re: Wald 139 basket bag, frame bag and gore-tex dungarees
I discovered it recently for MYOG, Toolstation low tack masking tape is cheap lots, (left over after big Dec proj. at home..) https://www.toolstation.com/painting-de ... and=ProDec.
(You don't need expensive Decorator brands like Frogtape or KleenEdge.)
If you're sewing light weight/slippery or 'unstable' textiles like mesh netting it 2 pieces of tape either dose of seam stabilise it.
this is how I put pleats in a mesh pocket on the seat pack..
The end result...
a seat pack expandable mesh pocket for drying things...
I hope you think you know, what I might of exactly meant.
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Re: Wald 139 basket bag, frame bag and gore-tex dungarees
That seat pack looks great. I looked at doing a MYOG seat pack but deemed the amount of work to go in to making a prototype and a final version from scratch and no reference as to sizing to much and ended up buying an ACEPAC holster style one from the BearBones Shop.
That said if i ever need to replace it i'll have a reference point on where to start but that could be a decade from now.
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Re: Wald 139 basket bag, frame bag and gore-tex dungarees
Cheers, it worked out well. If I made another, it have a pvc base, then ditch the rear guard.Martin B wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 1:44 pm
That seat pack looks great. I looked at doing a MYOG seat pack but deemed the amount of work to go in to making a prototype and a final version from scratch and no reference as to sizing to much and ended up buying an ACEPAC holster style one from the BearBones Shop.
That said if i ever need to replace it i'll have a reference point on where to start but that could be a decade from now.
Applying Hot seam- seal tape was a chore.
I hope you think you know, what I might of exactly meant.
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