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    Down the rabbit hole I go - picked up a thread injector.

    A friend of mine gave me a beautiful, fully functional and wonderfully maintained, 1958 Singer Slant needle 404 thread injector. I have never sewn a thing in my life, where do I start? I was thinking of zippered box bags or maybe stuff sacks as a good beginners project? I've watched a few videos by Randy at Dream Hammock and he makes it look easy. I'm not fooled...lol

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    I would recommend just getting some scrap pieces of fabric and practice sewing straight lines and boxes. After that maybe make yourself a ditty bag out of some cheap dishtowels.

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    What do you need? Mosquito mesh is pretty cheap. You could make snakeskins from it for your hammock and or tarp.

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    Although it's a good 50 feet of stitching, a GE hammock is pretty simple. Hem the long sides and triple stitch a channel at the two ends. It's all straight stitches on the edges of the fabric. The number of stitches may be high, but the skill required is pretty low.
    Practice sewing some straight lines in scrap first. Then when you go to sew up the real thing, your stitching will only be kind of wavy, not "drunkards walk"... ;-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrPhun View Post
    What do you need? Mosquito mesh is pretty cheap. You could make snakeskins from it for your hammock and or tarp.
    Therein lies the problem, I own multiple hammocks netless and netted, a pair of tarps, quilts and a couple of packs. Snake skins out of mesh sounds appealing though.

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    Start by practicing with cotton fabric (cut up an old sheet, or buy some printed stuff and make a bunch of pillow cases or laundry bags or gift bags) just to get used to using the machine. Then try the little bit more challenging netting or ripstop fabrics used for gear. The 404 only does straight stitching but don't worry- you can accomplish most anything with work-arounds. Stitchback Gear has some buy online and print patterns, some of which are easy. Or you can figure it out yourself by examining gear in a store or at a group hang.

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    Ditto on the Scrap pieces. Attempt making some kind of open ended "pocket" at first. Simple stuff with scraps. Who knows where you end up from there.

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    I agree. Start on scraps. Go to a thrift store and buy a tablecloth or sheets. Cut it up into manageable sizes, say 24" x 24". Youtube has some good videos for your Singer 404. https://youtu.be/IZJ_Up8yrqQ

    After you get the hang of sewing, zippers could be next, but learn the machine first. Thread, bobbin, needle, etc.

    Good luck!

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    Dyneema Bag.jpg I recently did a section hike along the Suwannee River and the 1st day it rained so I had to throw my hammock, which normally rides in the sleeping bag compartment of my pack, in a trash bag to keep it dry. My hiking partner had her hammock in a dynema stuff sack so I thought I would take it one step further and made a dynema roll top bag for my hammock. I have a lot of practice to do to get my stitches straight but I was able to make a functional bag to use in the future.

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    I learned a lot from members Youtube channel ... JellyFish is a good starting point to learn

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCis...cdsckZw/videos

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