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Hi GoatandTricycle,
These are the bags we currently have pics of and are ready to ship/collect. I’m hoping to meet my partners tomorrow and get pics of the rest of the bags we have. We can definitely make custom sizes and shapes with the fabric patterns we have: for example we made a couple of bags with inner lining (a bit heavier than these bags, which weigh approx. 30g!) for some external partners. For custom orders drop me a line with what you’d like and I’ll reply asap :)
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Here’s what I mean by the different sewing techniques on the inside hem. The top bag was made with only a straight stitch machine, so the strap had to be folded into the hem on each side of the bag, which was then ironed and folded again to hide the edges inside the fold, and straight stitched closed. Then a box stitch was added to reinforce the attachment point of the strap. The thread ends were then threaded into the fold by hand with a needle, tied securely, and hidden inside the fold.
The bottom bag was made with an over locker machine, which makes those nice loops to keep the fabric from fraying. A straight stitch is added just inside the overlocked bit to hold the sides together.
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Hey there,
I’m part of a small group running a project to help raise awareness of minorities in cycling, and help people remember the incredible global presence the bicycle has.
We’re currently making a small run of waxed cotton musettes with eye-catching prints from African and Latin American communities, with the idea of sharing cultures and starting conversations around our love of cycling.
We have folks with heritage from Ghana, South Africa, West Indies, Central America, North East Africa, and a few other places that escape me currently, and all proceeds are being put into our other community-building and volunteer projects in South London. We tried registering as a charity last year, but in-fighting around our constitution nearly broke the group apart, so sadly we’re not currently a formal charity. Our other projects include a weekly warm spaces meet-up club, an award-winning community vegetable garden, a sewing group, and hopefully soon a dr bike-type setup near Brixton and Camberwell.
Here’s what we currently have on offer ready to ship. You’ll notice there’s a few different sewing styles, and that’s because we’ve been using different machines (we started with a 1952 Singer that only does straight stitches, so the inside folds had to be different to ones made with a commercial overlocker). Tonight is the first time we’re advertising them, so we’re thinking £10 special LFGSS price. If the price is completely off please chime in (preferably politely, please :) ).
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Weight gyms should have inductions. I know it’s down to the individual to inform themselves, but we often don’t know what we don’t know.
E.g., guy at my high school who stapled himself to the ground doing squats not knowing he could (and should) dump the damn thing off his back when his rep started failing. I didn’t witness it so not sure exactly how it happened, but every gym user was made to sign a form the day after.
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I want to fix the pearlescent white paint on a Vigorelli, and chicken can’t supply touch up paint. They recommended that war game shops can be very good at matching/approximating paints. Does anyone here have experience with that sort of thing? I want about half a nail polish bottle’s worth.
Is there someone near Hackney/Elephant&Castle/Camberwell who might be good to ask? Dark Sphere near E&C won’t answer calls.
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Hi Bigshape! Thanks! :)
Sure thing, I’ll send you a PM, thanks!