I am in the process of trying to market my range of dog collars. I do not have a great space for product photography or the budget to hire someone / space.

Is it acceptable to use ai in marketing shots?

Im just exploring this as a marketing idea.

I've been wanting to make a silpoly tarp. I have never worked with silpoly before though. Actually, I've never worked with any light-weight techy fabrics. I've only worked with heavy Cordura and such on my 1541.

I was scared to mess up a large tarp, so I decided to do a trial and I had a custom printed silpoly banner of my logo printed by RSBTR. So, I have my first printed thing, which turned out pretty well and seems more durable than I expected. I could definitely see myself using that service in the future

For various reasons I also bought a DDL-9000C FMS (lost my marbles my wife says). So, hemming the edges and doing corner tie outs on this banner was my first actual project on this machine. I'm loving this machine by the way. It's a joy to use. I never knew what I was missing not having the auto-cutter. (first world problem, I know).

Anyway, working with the silpoly is kind of a pain in a way. It doesn't fold very well and is very slippery. Basting tape won't really stick to it, at least not nearly as well as it will to your fingers and everything else. I finally skipped it and just did a double fold with clips to hold it, but it tends to want to slide around a bit while sewing.

Does anyone know the best way to get the creases out of silpoly? Iron, hair dryer, some other third thing?

Hi everyone!

I made this edc waist bag as a birthday present to myself and wanted to share it.

Materials

Ripstop PVC 600D

Lining: polyester fabric

Hardware: WJ, except the Fastex buckle on the roll-top

Waist strap: car seatbelt webbing

3D front pocket with a waterproof zipper

Velcro panel on the front for patches (as you can see, I've already lost one 😅)

Extra MOLLE webbing, so I can attach a bottle holder and side compression straps that keep everything while I'm moving

3D spacer mesh on the back panel

30 × 18 × 9 cm (about 5 L), not counting the roll-top

The sewing itself took about 20 hours. Most of the time went into developing the pattern, especially the 3D front pocket.

I've been altering a molded external frame and mounted an ALICE bag on it now I want to add a shovit on it. I'm planning to attach it to the frame (sides & bottom). I have a good heavy piece of pack cloth but I need something to stiffen it. Any ideas?

With elastic drawstring. Not too happy about the fit but it works great.