I have just finished my prototype of my SHAMS..Survival hat and mouth scarf. I will be posting pics later on tonight, As I was doing the compartments I wondered what I could use that was waterproof and small....I came up with those little lip salve tubes...wow they are great for holding fishing hooks, needles,cotton balls soaked in vasaline,buttons etc, so I have used a few of those.
My proto type was rushed as I wanted to show you folks that I think I have cottoned on to a great idea. The SHAMS is also a water carrier
It has many uses and many water proof compartments in which to store emergency/handy essentials.
Please excuse the stitching, I have no machine, My scizzors wouldn't even cut butter but you will get the jist of what a SHAMS is all about. My fella says I look like a te rr orist in my SHAMS lol...Look forward to showing you all later
for a more refined version you may want to use go tubes instead of lip salve tubes, more waterproof, still pretty cheap and all sorts of other cool stuff ^^
http://www.oscardelta.co.uk/Go_Tubes.html
anyway glad to hear your prototype's finished, cant wait to see it ^^
The SHAMS that I have done at the mo is a light weight one, Those Go tubes look a little long? Are they heavy? Mind you, if African women can carry a pail of water on their heads, what's a few Go tubes
Won't have time to post pics tonight so ASAP o.k
Looks like I can't upload photos on here?
(23 August 2012, 17:12)Prepaday Wrote: [ -> ]Looks like I can't upload photos on here?
use photobucket or dropbox, my 2 uploading goto's!
or i can give you my email and u can send me the pics and ill upload them
Here are some pics of my shams, Please remember I had no sewing machine and my scizzors were s...te !
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1....The scarf is squint but hay ho..
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1....The scarf is squint but hay ho..
2....A few of the items the hat holds, In the lip salve tubes, I have sewing kit, fish hooks, soaked cotton balls in Vaseline,toothpaste and shampoo...
3...The back of the SHAMS, This is hidden underneath when on....
4...The inside is waterproofed halfway up allowing t to hold water....
5....This pocket is at the front hidden under the headband....
.6...Looks like a normal bag, headband has 2 open parts to allow to carry like a bag.
I have since altered the Shams and added poppers at the bottom so that it clips together for a snugger fit. It’s nice and warm when wearing....This Shams took 3 hours to make and is a rushed prototype. I will take care in making the next one and use fishing wire to sew and not black thread
all words an pics are prepadays, i just uploaded thems
[Skvez: Edit to fix first image]
is it just me or are those pictures not showing up?
They were on last night, H put them on for me, He said he will downsize them today as they took up almost the whole page