Originally Posted by
gargoyle
Ordinary sewing and lightweight gear making sewing is different in many ways.
Can a set of lessons be tailored (pun) to learn some tricks?? Sure. But the UL fabric needs some special fine tuning to sew properly. And a good machine. And practice to learn the set-ups needed, IMO.
Years ago, I talked with the local sewing shop about lessons. They knew nothing about our popular fabrics. Could they sew? Heck yes. Curtains and pillows and skirts. But not a tarp in silnylon. Explaining a underquilt with baffles and differential cuts was over their heads and like deer in the headlights they said “Um, we don’t think we can help?”, and went back to sell dress fabrics to the ladies. Just being a guy in the local shop seem to set off the ladies weirdo alarms.
Lots of gear making vids to glean info on YouTube etc may be a better choice?
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