"Do or do not, there is no try." -- Yoda
My personal favorite is a lightweight polyester taffeta. Much nicer on the skin that nylon and not as stretchy. It weighs a bit more but to me it's worth it.
Ripstop is way over rated for added safety. I can rip ripstop with my hands. It won't do squat to hold your butt off the ground. The real key to that is density of the weave never mind the ripstop fibers.
I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.
"Bless you child, when you set out to thread a needle don't hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold the needle still and poke the thread at it; that's the way a woman most always does, but a man always does t'other way."
Mrs. Loftus to Huck Finn
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Warbonnet has a handy guide for occupant weight versus number of layers versus fabric weight that you might find useful.
Hope everything goes well!
Ramblinrev- Do you have a source for the lightweight polyester taffeta? Available at the local fabric store?
Ask the clerk for a "top weight" polyester taffeta. Then pick and choose from there. Lots of colors. Different weight options to some degree. But those are fairly limited to be honest. But you want "top weight". If they look at you funny ask for blouse weight. BTW you are not likely to find camo but you never know.
I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.
"Bless you child, when you set out to thread a needle don't hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold the needle still and poke the thread at it; that's the way a woman most always does, but a man always does t'other way."
Mrs. Loftus to Huck Finn
We Don't Sew... We Make Gear! video series
Important thread injector guidelines especially for Newbies
Bobbin Tension - A Personal Viewpoint
I made my HH clone out of some digital cadpat Taslan polyester fabric I got really cheap at Barre Army Navy. It's not ripstop, but like way it feels.
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