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  • Just a hobby for friends at this point, selling for material cost rounded to the next fiver roughly. I don't really plan on making a business out of this for fear of it taking the fun out of it, but who knows. At 50 labels for a tenner I thought it would be a nice touch, the name Wit Slingers is a Dutch play on words meaning both 'white bunting' but could also pass as slang for a coke dealer so would probably have to revise that before going commercial. :)

    And what I meant to say about the Filson bag is that it's a good project to start with, because it's a lot of practice without ever getting too complicated. In my experience even shoddy stitching is pretty bomb proof as long as the tension is in the right ballpark, maybe get abrasion resistant thread like Nylbond although my machine has never really liked it.

    @Kurai I'm getting all of my fabric from ExtremTextil.

  • Yeah true! If you find anywhere let me know.
    Have you seen the Oveja Negra x Brink stuff? Not sure if it’s screen printed or painted. Looks great tho!

  • I bought the orange from Gramm Tourpacking, worked out about twice as expensive as ExtremTextil because she quoted me ex VAT and went for what I think was the most expensive shipping possible, but it worked nonetheless. You could ask Straightcut or another UK bagmaker (don’t think Wizard Works is big on XPAC though) to sell you a small amount. ExtremTextil’s colour range has gotten better, but when I see the stuff Hungry is using I’m still left wanting.

    @merl I’ll second Evazote, I have 4mm but I’ll probably look at a slightly thicker option by the time I’ve finished this sheet.

    @GoatandTricycle I might, but I’ll have to warn you I’m very picky in the projects I take on. And as it’s strictly mates rates there’s no kind of warranty / liability, I’ll of course give it my all but just tot be clear.

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