[pct-l] ZPacks HexaNet Solo Bug Shelter

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I've never sewn silnylon. I can only imagine the headaches! I have a  
Pfaff and someone told me they come with a walking foot so I could be  
sewing silnylon right now. I have a box of feet but have never looked  
to see if any of them is a walking foot (as if I'd even know what one  
looked like.)

My latest thing is to use my Pfaff to sew shoes. I've been trying to  
make my own shoes. I am determined to one day make a pair of hiking  
shoes. I have made some but they aren't perfect. I used my Pfaff,  
sans thread, to punch holes in the leather for even hand stitches.

Making your own gear is fun. I don't even really care that my tarp  
and bug net tent weigh more than a Hexamid, or that my homemade  
hiking shoes are leather and not breathable mesh. It's fun to make  
stuff.

On Jan 28, 2011, at 6:41 PM, Kevin Cook wrote:

> Tarps are much easier to make than a tent. Still not easy, but  
> imagine only
> the top of your tarp? LOL
>
> I could make a tarp in an afternoon, with material in hand, but  
> I've made a
> LOT of tarps. Silnylon can be a pain to work with too. I'm  
> gathering the
> necessary materials to make a Cuben tarp next! Should have the last  
> of what
> I need next week. Got my Cuben this week. That stuff is spendy!
>
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
> diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:
>
>> An afternoon? You must be an excellent seamstress (seamster??). I
>> sewed my own bugnet tent. It took forever. I don't know how to put in
>> a door or zipper so I left it floorless and lift a corner to get in.
>> And I'm sure it weighs more than 6 point whatever ounces and that's
>> without a tarp on top or a floor underneath.
>> On Jan 28, 2011, at 9:46 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>>>
>>> That certainly makes $40 worth of SilNylon and an afternoon sewing
>>> a tarp
>>> look even more attractive.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Steel-Eye
>>
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