Natural Progression of DIY Projects

[lvleph]

FWIW, my progression so far has been:

Sewing lessons from Blackbishop while <ahem> "helping" make my BlackCat tarp, then lessons again and help from BB sewing a ray-way quilt and stuff sack after I bought my own machine, then lots of hemming/sewing practice myself making 2 hammocks and 2 bug-bivvies so far.

Just jump right in and kick your feet.

I am working now on a Just Jeff Hammock sock/Risk Travel Pod type thingy.

Again, fwiw.

And the quilt looked very nice.

I think I may make the gear hammock sometime soon.

[NCPatrick]

Thanks, but I accidentally sewed in some (closed) safety pins that were holding it together. Live and learn!

Oh yeah, I forgot the gear hammock/pack cover on my progression list (it was my most recent project.) I followed Just Jeff's instructions, but used my own measurements.

[Just Jeff]

For my backpack, I looked in Ray Jardine's Beyond Backpacking and at the makegear site listed above...used those as a baseline and designed my own. It's acceptable but not what I want yet...sure gave me some ideas for my next one, though!

But that makegear page has about 10 backpack plans on it.