What I have been up to.

[bigguy]

Sense it's been 90 degrees most days, I traded my table saw for a thread injector. Been working on a few projects
I picked up a 5x7 tarp at Walmart and pulled the grommets out and put tie outs on it. I got it to cover my sons hammock, works about right. I then made my son a small pack out of a harbor freight blue tarp. Manly did it to test the designe for the green lack I built my self. My sons measure to be about 9l mine is about 19l. Mine is intended for day hikes manly. I plan on using his for day hikes and over nighters, only fits his hammock, tarp and fleece top quilt so it's not to heavy for the little guy.
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[Greene]

Looks good. I just got a big piece of tyvek I'm planning on doing something like that.

[SGT Rock]

Nice job on the packs.

[bird101]

Very nice. What are the weights of the packs?

[bigguy]

The blue one comes in at a slim 2.76oz. But it is designed as a kids pack, has no pockets, or frame of any sort. The green one,with its plastic frame sheet(old cutting board) is 11.76oz.

[MoonBear]

Looking good.

[Fergulles]

I am very envious of your skills. Those packs look great!

[bigguy]

It's really not to hard. I can hardly sew a straight line. I think the real hard part is layout and cutting. I'm trying to figure out a designe to make a "bath tub" bottom pack. This one turned out a little bigger then I thought it would. I plan on finishing it this week, I have to finish binding the inside edges. When I do, I'll start designing my next one. I just used JoAnns rip stop for this one, my next one I think I will order some Hyper D 300 for it, and try incorporate a frame stay. First though I just ordered some Silypoly to make a Hex tarp.