u/Shmoflo

Trying to teach myself more and more everyday, so wanted to dive into assault pack making. Figured what better way to save fabric than to make a toddler sized assault pack. I opted to not put every buckle and strap on it to not overly complicate it for an almost 3yo, but I'm happy with how it turned out.

I did not have any pattern or bag to reference aside from looking at pictures online and deep diving into what others had done so I self drafted everything myself and away I went. Took a little over 2 weeks working after all the kids were in bed, but so much was learned!

Second it was done, my son immediately stuffed every dinosaur he owns into it and hasn't taken it off since. Dad win for sure!

Been lugging her around for years, and just can't bring myself to let it go. Noticing the company went downhill somewhat since I got this eons ago. Was a monster at the time.

Seems all I do is sew things for my wife lately 🤣 She sent me a link to an Amazon bag she was wanting but it was too small. Being me I thought "I can make that". Final dimensions expanded are 12"x12" x6"

I've never made anything like this and took a lot of YouTube tutorials of similar bags before settling on exactly how I wanted to make it.

Self drafted following this how-to: https://youtu.be/1kFk2Ei49Iw?is=piFlccFi7vSzuyJY

Fabric: Cotton https://a.co/d/0eyyJQrH

If you've ever carried a small diaper bag, and a toddler, you know the pain of accessing your phone. My wife wanted a pouch that attached with Velcro to her sling bag. I had some cordura fabric and waterproof zippers sitting around and I'm pretty happy with how it came out. Still learning so this 3hr project was the most fun 3 days I've had in awhile 😂

First time attempting to sew a garment piece for my son (Size 3t), as well as using a pattern. It was a humbling experience that's for sure! Every step and diagram was just as confusing as the last. In the end I'm reasonably happy with how the aloha shirt turned out. I try and look past all the imperfections but it gave me lots of things to look out for on the next pattern!

Pattern was McCalls M6548 in a 3T size 100% cotton fabric bought at JoAnn's before they closed

Both broke right where the shaft and blade meet, so a quick repurpose was definitely needed to not feel so bad.

Pulled these out of storage and my son immediately wanted them and grabbed them. One childhood to the next, I couldn't be more proud!

I realize some aren't Micromachines, some are hot wheels or whatever other off brand was sold in the 90s, regardless the nostalgia is real.

Had to take advantage of the 10ft ceilings. Before anyone asks it is securely anchored straight into the cinder block and has no give or wiggle.

Finally dug out what I could find for the remainder of the tester uniforms. The CCU uniform looks like a digital pattern but doesn't look like any ACU digital ive seen. In the left pocket was the remainder of a tag but not much detail on it other than "Cam" and "track. The ghilles I know came from PEO but again, not finding much info on them. The ABU jacket top looks like a tester piece before ADS started selling the cold weather system. The woodland bag is a tester ICS tent.

Picked up this Kurta shirt in 2014 at a bazaar in Afghanistan, tucked it away in my deployment box and recently opened it back up.

I always remembered it being just a normal local shirt but looking closer I didn't realize it was in a barcoded bag that looks like the ones we get issued gear in. Label also says "Supporting America's Warfighter", the guy had a ton of other SF style uniforms and I'm wondering now if this could have been a unit issued item. Maybe it really is just a local shirt, but still caught me off guard.

No hits on Google so I'm stumped.

Been on a reddit posting kick, and decided to finally share the various small projects I've completed. I honestly have no clue what I am doing half the time. YouTube r/myog, r/myogtacticalgear, and learnmyog have been my go to's for learning anything so far.

Started with wanting to make a Fanny Pack (credit to learnmyog Everyday Fanny Pack pattern) for myself and I feel like it came out half-way decent. It holds up to all our Disney World days with no issues, but could use some structure to it possibly. After making mine, my son kept trying to steal it, so I downsized the pattern and made him his own. Also ended up trying my hand at making a travel toiletry bag with no pattern and just eyeballing it from videos I've watched.

Got a little cocky and decided I could help out my Veteran hockey team and sewed on over two dozen 3x3 velcro patches onto all our uniforms. Followed by over 60 patches with the hook portion of the velcro on the back.

The last picture, I did end up getting a hand wheel for my Singer HD. I didn't trust myself to actually know how to use the foot pedal and be able to control it, so just about everything that wasn't a long straight stitch was done by cranking the wheel over and over again.

Its been an absolute blast, and I hope to keep making things. At times its very daunting and I feel like im out of my wheelhouse, but thats just the learning curve I hope.

Digging through storage, and came across all my old gear and markers. Last played in 2006 so its been a minute.

No clue what to do with any of this anymore or if it holds any value.

Found these 3 while pulling out stuff from storage, still a ton more of my personal coins to find.

I've been sitting on these for nearly 20 years now, no idea what they were until I recently started to get into the r/myogtacticalgear and started researching patterns and fabrics only to realize I may have something unique.

These items were given to me by my father who worked for PEO Soldier/Natick testing in the early 2000's. The CCU uniform was given to him during his time in the Stryker Brigade based out of Ft. Lewis in 2003. He also had the CCU in desert pattern that I am still looking through boxes for.

The fabric swatches, I was given during a "bring your kid to work day" at PEO, these fabrics were sitting in a trash pile to throw out when I asked if I could have them. At the time I was huge into paintball and thought it was just a cool thing to have.

From what I recall I was told, the chocolate chip fabric was the original fabric used for testing, and the ACU fabric was THE sample fabric that was sent in and used for approval. The all over brush fabric, as I've come to learn, never made it out of testing phase but this section that survived is around 38"x52" and single side printed.

I've watermarked all images, because I can not for the life of me find any higher quality images or references and want to protect them until I am certain they are in good hands.

I'm open to any and all questions or guidance on what to do with what I would consider rare pieces like this. (First instinct is contact the US Army Museum)