This month's installment/challenge/project will be a piece of gear I think we all have, use, made or need at one time or another.
October 2013 Monthly Project will be to make A Drawstring Pouch.
Pouches just make organizing your Rucksack easier and can be used to store a multitude of supplies from fire kits, tools, tinder, food, coffee (or tea) etc... You can make the Pouch any dimension and can use whatever material you want but the pouch has to be able to be close (for obvious reasons) by a drawstring or some other means.
Here I have three drawstring pouches the two leather ones I made, the fabric one was given to me by Hunter63.
Here's the pouch Hunter63 gave me originally it was a flint and steel pouch but I pressed it into service to hold the ammo (marbles) for my wrist rocket.
This is why you want a closure on your pouch like a drawstring otherwise you got what your trying to store falling out into your Ruck. Kind of defeats the purpose of makin' a pouch if you don't have a way to close it up...
Fabric pouches are most likely the easiest to sew. This version is just a long rectangle of fabric folded in half with the sides stitched up and the top is folded down and stitched to create a tube for the drawstring to run through. After you got it all sewn up turn it inside out. This one has a double draw string which make the closure extra secure.
The leather pouches are a pain to sew if you don't have the right tools but it can be done. My leather pouches are for "heave duty" storage like my Puck and my flint and steel.
The design of this pouch has two pieces sewn together (leaving the top open of course) with a stitch awl or a heavy duty sewing machine.
Instead of folding the top over and sewing a tube in for the drawstring I punched a series of holes spaced evenly apart to lace the drawstring through. I used a leather thong with wooden beads knotted on the ends so the it doesn't get separated from the pouch.
Obviously these are just a couple of ideas to get your creative juices flowing you don't have to use these designs, I'm looking forward to seeing your pouches this month!
