Wonderful idea! One of the major impediments to this is lack of patterns. If someone could post their patterns at the RBW website, that would be a good start. Steve
On Nov 24, 7:28 pm, benzzoy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 24, 7:08 am, Ely Rodriguez <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm just wondering if I can have some tips or start an informational > > email exchange with other bag makers. > > I've actually sewn my own bag for my Brompton. You can get a Brompton > bag support for about $30 but the available bags are fairly expensive > and more importantly, didn't fit my requirements. So I decided to sew > my own. In the end, it turned out fairly well, and I've been using it > since for about a year now without having to repair anything. > > The challenges I've found are: > 1. No pattern for me so I sketched out designs and winged it. > Figuring out how everything will fit and sew together into one bag was > quite fun actually. > 2. I couldn't find anything better than 10oz duck canvas. I did treat > the duck with bees' wax from Rivbike though! :) > 3. My cheap sewing machine didn't like multiple layers of duck, > interfacing and lining, especially at corners. > 4. It took a long time to sew what was essentially a one-off. > Certainly, it was expensive, labor-wise. > 5. The leather straps I used was from Acorn and they were thick enough > and my equipment not adequate enough that I had to drill tiny holes > and then hand-sew the straps on. > > If I have to do it again, I will, but only if I have a better machine > and access to better material. > > -B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
