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    I got a sewing machine...on to projects...

    Yup, it's a sewing machine!

    The first item on my list of sewing projects is a top quilt that I'll make using some lightweight nylon and insultex...I'm aiming for a pretty low-tech product with a simple footbox to capture my feet or that end of whatever sleeping bag I am trying to extend with the TQ...

    I'm also game to try my hand at sewing an underquilt, again with nylon and insultex...

    I'm unsure after that, although I would like to try my hand at sewing one of those micro shelters that looks like a beanbag chair with the person as the stuffing...

    Jamie - nfa
    "We must hang together, gentlemen...else, we shall most assuredly hang separately." - Benjamin Franklin


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    Can't wait to see some pictures. Now get sewing!


    P.S. What does NFA stand for?

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    "We must hang together, gentlemen...else, we shall most assuredly hang separately." - Benjamin Franklin


    My Author Website/Blog - My first novel, "Here Be Monsters", a mystery set in the Adirondacks, has just been published in paperback and Kindle formats.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NFA View Post
    I'm unsure after that, although I would like to try my hand at sewing one of those micro shelters that looks like a beanbag chair with the person as the stuffing...
    Do you have a link or a search term for that?

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    Bothy Bag you can also google the term for lots more info and pics...I saw one once with heat reflective coating inside the nylon...it's sort of a sitting up bivy...Terra Nova seems to be the industry standard, and apparently they have quite a following in the UK/Europe, where it is claimed that people have waited out multi-day storms inside them...TN makes them for2 people, and up to 20 people...

    Jamie - nfa
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    Congrats on the new thread injector!! I can't wait to see your projects. Sounds like you've got some good ones planned.

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    Jamie,

    Did you get that Package yet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lonely Raven View Post
    Jamie,

    Did you get that Package yet?
    Not yet,hoping for today...mail comes slowly to my corner of the world...

    Jamie
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    Quote Originally Posted by NFA View Post
    Not yet,hoping for today...mail comes slowly to my corner of the world...

    Jamie
    I forgot that yesterday was a holiday as well. So you might have to add a day.

    I hope you like it! And I hope you do more with your thread injector!

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    Once you get that top quilt and under quilt done you will never be able to go back to the MSS in the hammock.
    Can't wait to see the finished products.

    -Mike

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