the new tent

When you're making a flame-retardant-free ripstop nylon dome tent so you can go backpacking again someday, the right sewing machine makes all the difference. Every machine I've had except this one has argued vehemently with anything other than a couple layers of cotton. In related news, I have some of Seattle Fabrics' nylon coil #5 zipper-by-the-yard soaking in actual conventional milk (2 gallons for $5.88). If the milk doesn't make that stuff tolerable, and I don't think it will, I won't have double-pull zippers, and that will be a bummer.

I spent $5.88 on milk*. These are going to be the most expensive zippers ever.


* Milk makes me really sick, so, ew.