Making your own camino gear.

[BarbaraW]

I have very much enjoyed sewing some kit for the camino - a silk sleeping bag, down quilt (that was a task!), light overtrousers and a variety of bags and pouches.
Now I fancy making a lightweight windshirt. I've managed to procure the right sort of fabric, but am having trouble finding or devising a pattern. MYOG (make your own gear) doesn't seem to be a thing in the UK, but I believe it is in North America. Don't know about Australia and NZ.
Can anyone point me to some helpful websites, please.

 

[Peterexpatkiwi]

Good on you, I love creativity.
Bearing in mind that a wind shirt/jacket - or, an old fashioned word, windbreaker is literally just a (relatively) form fitting lightweight jacket, could you not just use a jacket pattern?

 

[Anhalter]

You could always have a look at reddit ( https://www.reddit.com/r/myog/ ) or might have luck in a dedicated ultralight / outdoor forum.

 

[M2ME]

I have very much enjoyed sewing some kit for the camino - a silk sleeping bag, down quilt (that was a task!), light overtrousers and a variety of bags and pouches.
Now I fancy making a lightweight windshirt. I've managed to procure the right sort of fabric, but am having trouble finding or devising a pattern. MYOG (make your own gear) doesn't seem to be a thing in the UK, but I believe it is in North America. Don't know about Australia and NZ.
Can anyone point me to some helpful websites, please.

LearnMYOG Alpha Raglan Hoodie

Learn to Make Your Own Gear (MYOG). DIY sewing patterns for ultralight backpacks, technical apparel, and outdoor adventurers.

learnmyog.com

This might be of interest.

 

[Joynz]

Visit any fabric shop to look through pattern books for jacket and shirt patterns - prices vary depending on the brand. But where I live there are often half price sales.

 

[C clearly]

Visit any fabric shop to look through pattern books

Fabric shops like that are getting very few and far between nowadays!

 

[BarbaraW]

Sadly so. I have to travel 20 miles to find a place that sells a decent selection of fabric (and a very limited range of patterns). Recent purchases of curtaining and outdoor fabric have had to be online.

 

[DPetronio]

Ripstop by the Roll would be a good place to start. They have all the fabric and notions and some patterns and videos. There are other sources on the web or you could contact them to see where to get a good pattern.

 

[Jeff Crawley]

Fabric shops like that are getting very few and far between nowadays!

In some countries perhaps. In the 5 mile urban sprawl along the coast where I live in the UK there are three craft/sewing supply shops that I know of, a shop that specialises in sewing machines and repair and the redoubtable Hobbycraft chain even runs sewing and dress making classes while our Saturday open market has a stall selling cloth off of the bolt and a large box of "bygone" patterns.
There's even a lady who runs classes in boro and sashiko.

It suddenly occurs to me that we are being gentrified . . .

 

[MelMc]

I have very much enjoyed sewing some kit for the camino - a silk sleeping bag, down quilt (that was a task!), light overtrousers and a variety of bags and pouches.
Now I fancy making a lightweight windshirt. I've managed to procure the right sort of fabric, but am having trouble finding or devising a pattern. MYOG (make your own gear) doesn't seem to be a thing in the UK, but I believe it is in North America. Don't know about Australia and NZ.
Can anyone point me to some helpful websites, please.

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