Im dropping some binder sewing links i found, in case anyone wants them I havent tried any of them, i dont think i will, but here they are https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/549802170/pdf-pattern-boned-binder-or-vest-for https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/693891321/binder-drafting-tutorial https://thesewcialists.com/2019/08/11/sew-over-under-sewing-resources-for-bramaking-and-binders/ https://thesewcialists.com/tag/binder/
Finished yarn! 143 yd, 225g, should be plenty for the shawl I spun it for. It's quite dense and squishy, and I can't wait to see how it knits up! Need to finish a WIP first though ;)
Apologies if this is the wrong thread to ask this, but I figure y’all might at least be able to point me in the right direction! So I got a nice canvas backpack today. Only issue is, I’m not super huge on the pattern—it’s camo, which ain’t really my style as a rule. What I’m wondering is, would it be possible to paint it without making it all stiff? (I’m a lil hesitant to try dyeing it, because I’d have to bleach it first if I wanted a bright color…) Are there any fabric paints you folks might know of that are decently flexible?
You can use textile medium to mix with acrylics which should give a flexible finish. Liquitex does one which doesn't need heat set and is washable once dry.
Depending on what effect you want you honestly have a ton of options. If you want to do just a couple colors without using a ton of paint I recommend jacquard neopaque paints, they're a super pigmented fabric paint that's made to only need 1-2 coats over dark colors. It does need to be heat set but it's flexible after (and if you don't want to try and iron it i've had good luck with just throwing stuff in the dryer for a while).
One of the weirdest larp jokes I make is The Garb Machine. I don’t know how to explain the kind of sewing hyper focus I can get into when I have a new project, especially to neurotypical folks. Not that there are many of those in our game, but people who don’t get single track hyper focus are common, and people for whom sewing is a mystery and a chore are about as rare as rocks. So my running joke is I have a machine I put fabric into, pull a couple levers, and garb comes out. anyway, I made this in two days. It would have been one day but I ran out of thread. Spoiler: Large pictures
