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Devine Lu Linvega
@neauoire@merveilles.town

TIL you can trace cogs in Inkscape!

Extensions > Render > Cogs

The cog creation menu lets you set the number of teeth and their sizes.

Devine Lu Linvega
@neauoire@merveilles.town

Traveling in the countryside of Spain without a phone.

Devine Lu Linvega
@neauoire@merveilles.town

Buying fabric in canada:

The rolls are in imperial units, so a yard wide(91cm), but then when you ask for a cut, it's in meters..

Devine Lu Linvega
@neauoire@merveilles.town

A made a backpack!

I've used one of these fantastic canvas commuter bags from Banjo Brothers for over 15 years, but having finally worn it out to the point where the canvas was so brittle that you could poke holes with your index finger, I didn't have the heart to throw it away after so many years of faithful service.

So, I cut all the seams off, layed it all out, traced each part on fresh 14oz canvas and tried my best to make a new one. I've taken the opportunity to improve some things.

I certainly hope that it may last for another 15 years.

more photos: https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/commuter_backpack.html
#theFabrique

Devine Lu Linvega
@neauoire@merveilles.town

This is the sort of wear 15 years around the world does to our backpacks.

Devine Lu Linvega
@neauoire@merveilles.town

Designing the backpack of my dreams, it's built to last at least 10 years, it's kind of a fork of a design by Banjo Brothers, but everything is twice as heavy duty.
#theFabrique

The back straps run inside through heavy duty webbing.

This is a recycled bit from a life vest.

Devine Lu Linvega
@neauoire@merveilles.town

A made a backpack!

I've used one of these fantastic canvas commuter bags from Banjo Brothers for over 15 years, but having finally worn it out to the point where the canvas was so brittle that you could poke holes with your index finger, I didn't have the heart to throw it away after so many years of faithful service.

So, I cut all the seams off, layed it all out, traced each part on fresh 14oz canvas and tried my best to make a new one. I've taken the opportunity to improve some things.

I certainly hope that it may last for another 15 years.

more photos: https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/commuter_backpack.html
#theFabrique

Devine Lu Linvega
@neauoire@merveilles.town

This has been my life for the past couple of days, I haven't even taken my laptop out. The backpack project has literally kept me up at night, but it's almost done-

Devine Lu Linvega
@neauoire@merveilles.town

I'm done with all the machine stitches a this point, I only need to do finishing touches which I'll hand stitch.

Devine Lu Linvega
@neauoire@merveilles.town

This has been my life for the past couple of days, I haven't even taken my laptop out. The backpack project has literally kept me up at night, but it's almost done-

Devine Lu Linvega
@neauoire@merveilles.town

Designing the backpack of my dreams, it's built to last at least 10 years, it's kind of a fork of a design by Banjo Brothers, but everything is twice as heavy duty.
#theFabrique

Devine Lu Linvega
@neauoire@merveilles.town

Rek got back aboard to find me sitting down on the galley floor surrounded by the exploded fabric innards of our heavy duty backpack meticulously spread out all around me.

THE WORK
YOU CAN'T STOP THE WORK-

Devine Lu Linvega
@neauoire@merveilles.town

Made a RSS feed generator of all the images in the XXIIVV journal.
https://wiki.xxiivv.com/links/img.xml
https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/journal