Canvas project

[William_Montgomery]

This is the first project I've done using canvas. It's not quite finished as I still need to add the d-rings for the strap.
I've seen some exceptional work on here by some very talented people, so any feedback would be most welcome.

It was made primarily to try and wrap my head around some of the basic techniques and principles of working with canvas.
It's also the first time I've used a sewing machine, so it has also served in giving me a (very basic) understanding how to set up and use one. The stitching is pretty ropey in places, but I'm hoping that's just a matter of practise.

It's got three different styles of pocket, a few simple flat ones, two darted corner pockets on the inside and couple of 'concertina' pockets either side of the buckle. The hardest part was stitching around the bottom corners of the bag where the base continues to become the sides.

Made with 16oz canvas and V69 polyester thread.

I have a new found respect for people who are able to make sewing look so easy.

Cheers.

 

[Mesquite]

For a first attempt at sewing anything, let alone a complicated canvas pouch like that you've done an absolutely cracking job.

I'm well impressed

 

[crosslandkelly]

Very nicely done. That's a beauty.

 

[Broch]

That is a very nice bag!

 

[Robbi]

I reckon that's exceptional.!!

It would be a super fishing bag.... 1st dids if you decide to sell it please.

Well done Sir.

 

[Tengu]

Sorry to be a negative...I am struggling to believe that ones a first time.

 

[William_Montgomery]

Thanks guys, really appreciate that coming from a talented pool of makers.
Hoping to make a rucksack at some point, though after making this, I realise how complicated a rucksack would be.

I used my partner's treadle Singer sewing machine, which is an amazing thing of beauty.... but quite hard to stop at the end of a line!

 

[grainweevil]

...the first time I've used a sewing machine...

Oh, I do so hope that's a lot of exaggeration or I may have to do the decent thing and fall on the pointiest bit of my mother's old Janome to put an end to my - and its - misery.

Or to put it another way: proper job and you may have found your métier.

 

[William_Montgomery]

Oh, I do so hope that's a lot of exaggeration or I may have to do the decent thing and fall on the pointiest bit of my mother's old Janome to put an end to my - and its - misery.

Or to put it another way: proper job and you may have found your métier.

Cheers, buddy.

The leather stitching isn't too bad, but I do that by hand. The photos don't show it too well, but the fabric (machine sewing) is a bit off in places. Really struggled to line the edging fabric up evenly, so the stitching runs a bit wild in places. Hoping you just get the feel of it with time and practise.

 

[Pattree]

Great job! Well done.
Even a treadle is too quick for me. I don’t sew often and can only chug along with my hand cranked 1935 Singer.

You have the right to be proud of that piece.

 

[William_Montgomery]

Great job! Well done.
Even a treadle is too quick for me. I don’t sew often and can only chug along with my hand cranked 1935 Singer.

You have the right to be proud of that piece.

Thanks, mate. Yeah, I find the treadle hard to control once it gets going... it's got a mind of it's own.

 

[Pattree]

Mine’s called Pearl and when I get hot under the collar sewing heavy canvas or leather she’s more of a punch than a needle!

Edited to add:
It took me a while to realise that changing the needle to suit the material wasn’t just superstition or folklore!

 

[John Fenna]

Great work!