Making your own backpacking equipment is fun. It’s also the one sure way to acquire gear that fits your body and its needs. Everybody, with or without previous sewing experience, can make stuffsacks, ...

Join us as we learn to work with a sewing machine! We'll walk through the ins and outs of setting up your sewing machine and sewing basic seams. As we learn, we’ll create three stitch samples together ...

A The original rear body panel, which sits under the deck lid, was junk, so Steve Davis (left) and Dan Fink built a replacement out of 18-gauge sheetmetal. Last month, we detailed the reasons why ...

Seams Several basic seams are found in backpacking equipment, and all can be done by hand or machine. Use pins or Scotch tape to hold the layers of fabric together prior to stitching. Uncoated nylon ...