I love your company and the fact that you sell kits. I wish the video showed more about orienting the zippers with how they will eventually end up, to avoid having to rip the seams out and start again. Like, this is the outside, this is the inside, we are gonna sew here and then it’ll be like X when we turn it this way etc so people can avoid my mistakes. I’m not a total newb but have not made many bags nor installed many zippers.
I made a few of these, then realized I had one in the set that had the zipper running right to left. To change the direction the zipper unzipped, I turned it inside out, removed the waterproofing tape, seam ripped the seams and removed the pieces of threads with tweezers, and shifted the positioning of the top fold to the bottom. Sewed it back up, taped it again, and when I turned it back right side out, the zipper ran left to right like the others. No problem at all.
I'll admit - as a newb, I really struggled to get the zipper stitches straight. In the end, it seems it didn't matter too much. But I did end up taking my used sewing machine apart in order to straighten out the presser foot, which seems to have helped (it was crooked when I got the machine). All in all, I'm pleased with the result! Thanks for the awesome little kit.
I lined our wallets with an RFID blocking fabric. I’ve finished one, so here are my notes. I first stitched the fabrics together in the seam allowance, and then sewed the zipper tape to the fabrics unit as directed in the video. Folded the zipper tape back, and top stitched it, as usual. I then made an overlapping piece of RFID blocking fabric to sit behind the zipper by folding a width-long strip of the RFID fabric down the length, wide enough to cover just the zipper tape, and folded in the long cut edges about 1/4” so that they would be finished inside the stitches when I sewed the wide strip to the inside of the zipper. I put down another line of top stitching to secure it to the top side of the zipper tape. Once the entire wallet was all sewn up as usual, I had to tape the inside edges of the wallet because the RFID fabric frays like crazy. I turned the whole thing right side out and put some cards inside, and I thought it was pretty tight in there with the bulky seams, so for the next one, I’m going to cut the seams down to about half their width before immediately taping them. A fray with a very narrow seam allowance could be disastrous for the RFID lining. …though I might just sew a narrower seam, making the wallet a tiny bit larger to accommodate the extra bulk inside.
If you ever redo this tutorials, could you explain more about adding the pull tabs? I actually cut mine to 3 inches total, which folded in half to 1.5 inches. This gave me a tab that will actually fit my finger for holding. I also had to research which side of my dyneema bags is the "outside" (it's the woven side if you're wondering), which type of thread to use (regular polyester but heavy duty might be better), and was accidentally trying to put the zipper on upside down because I didn't realize this is a waterproof one. Overall not bad. Thank you for selling these awesome kits!
A great sewing project for people learning on how to sew. At 7:20 in the video you made the statement about finishing the raw edges. "you can either taped them or bind them and if you don't know what I'm talking about don't worry about it it's optional anyways". Are you not a sewing tutorial on how to sew this kit? maybe someone want's to learn what a binding is. Teach every aspect of the kits you sell. As I said in several other comments. You're the only one's that are doing DIY/MYOG on backpack/outdoor gear, you need to teach every aspect from entry level to advance level sewing experience.
If you Google "seam binding" you can find a lot of explanations and tutorials for traditional sewing that apply to diy/myog as well. It's just attaching a thin strip of fabric or ribbon around a raw edge to protect it from wear and tear. You may notice it on the inside of backpacks, edges of quilts, or over the inner seams of high quality clothing. This is more important for woven or knit fabrics which fray over time without protection. Since this company sells ripstop, by its nature the fabric is unlikely to come apart. Hope this helps!
I love your company and the fact that you sell kits. I wish the video showed more about orienting the zippers with how they will eventually end up, to avoid having to rip the seams out and start again. Like, this is the outside, this is the inside, we are gonna sew here and then it’ll be like X when we turn it this way etc so people can avoid my mistakes. I’m not a total newb but have not made many bags nor installed many zippers.
Thanks for your feedback, that's a great suggestion, we'll try to incorporate that for the next video!
I made a few of these, then realized I had one in the set that had the zipper running right to left. To change the direction the zipper unzipped, I turned it inside out, removed the waterproofing tape, seam ripped the seams and removed the pieces of threads with tweezers, and shifted the positioning of the top fold to the bottom. Sewed it back up, taped it again, and when I turned it back right side out, the zipper ran left to right like the others. No problem at all.
I'll admit - as a newb, I really struggled to get the zipper stitches straight. In the end, it seems it didn't matter too much. But I did end up taking my used sewing machine apart in order to straighten out the presser foot, which seems to have helped (it was crooked when I got the machine). All in all, I'm pleased with the result! Thanks for the awesome little kit.
I lined our wallets with an RFID blocking fabric. I’ve finished one, so here are my notes. I first stitched the fabrics together in the seam allowance, and then sewed the zipper tape to the fabrics unit as directed in the video. Folded the zipper tape back, and top stitched it, as usual. I then made an overlapping piece of RFID blocking fabric to sit behind the zipper by folding a width-long strip of the RFID fabric down the length, wide enough to cover just the zipper tape, and folded in the long cut edges about 1/4” so that they would be finished inside the stitches when I sewed the wide strip to the inside of the zipper. I put down another line of top stitching to secure it to the top side of the zipper tape. Once the entire wallet was all sewn up as usual, I had to tape the inside edges of the wallet because the RFID fabric frays like crazy. I turned the whole thing right side out and put some cards inside, and I thought it was pretty tight in there with the bulky seams, so for the next one, I’m going to cut the seams down to about half their width before immediately taping them. A fray with a very narrow seam allowance could be disastrous for the RFID lining. …though I might just sew a narrower seam, making the wallet a tiny bit larger to accommodate the extra bulk inside.
Sounds like a really cool project! Nice work.
If you ever redo this tutorials, could you explain more about adding the pull tabs? I actually cut mine to 3 inches total, which folded in half to 1.5 inches. This gave me a tab that will actually fit my finger for holding.
I also had to research which side of my dyneema bags is the "outside" (it's the woven side if you're wondering), which type of thread to use (regular polyester but heavy duty might be better), and was accidentally trying to put the zipper on upside down because I didn't realize this is a waterproof one.
Overall not bad. Thank you for selling these awesome kits!
Thanks for watching and for your your feedback!
A great sewing project for people learning on how to sew. At 7:20 in the video you made the statement about finishing the raw edges. "you can either taped them or bind them and if you don't know what I'm talking about don't worry about it it's optional anyways". Are you not a sewing tutorial on how to sew this kit? maybe someone want's to learn what a binding is. Teach every aspect of the kits you sell. As I said in several other comments. You're the only one's that are doing DIY/MYOG on backpack/outdoor gear, you need to teach every aspect from entry level to advance level sewing experience.
If you Google "seam binding" you can find a lot of explanations and tutorials for traditional sewing that apply to diy/myog as well. It's just attaching a thin strip of fabric or ribbon around a raw edge to protect it from wear and tear. You may notice it on the inside of backpacks, edges of quilts, or over the inner seams of high quality clothing. This is more important for woven or knit fabrics which fray over time without protection. Since this company sells ripstop, by its nature the fabric is unlikely to come apart.
Hope this helps!
Outstanding!
Thanks for watching!
Do you trim off the edges with the writing on them or count that as seam allowance? I noticed yours didn.t have them
Which Zipper Pouch kit did you get? I'll be able to better tell you what to cut off if I know what exactly you received. :)
I've got the same question. I've got the "Small ZPK 2.92"
@@RipstopbytheRoll too late; I already cut it
@@spooneythebadger You got this!
Woo! Got mine done! Not perfect stiching, but im pleased.
Good seeing you at trail days! Ill do the roll top bag next. Ill tag y'all on instagram.
Nice work!! We love to hear it. Great to see you as well. Thanks for stopping by and for letting us know how it's going.