clockworksoldier Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Alright Pathfinder Family, I'm going to be making my cummerbund this coming week and I need pics and advice!! I've seen the crl but I'm still hung up on details because I don't want to screw this up! I wanted to pick one up from ole CheeseWhoopy but due to time constraints for an event I'm doing as soon as my suit is up and running, I couldn't. =( Any pics and advice as far as how I should measure, batting, fabric, Velcro closures, suspenders as an option and how to attach the darn pouches is, as always, GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikerScout007 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 34 minutes ago, clockworksoldier said: Alright Pathfinder Family, I'm going to be making my cummerbund this coming week and I need pics and advice!! I've seen the crl but I'm still hung up on details because I don't want to screw this up! I wanted to pick one up from ole CheeseWhoopy but due to time constraints for an event I'm doing as soon as my suit is up and running, I couldn't. =( Any pics and advice as far as how I should measure, batting, fabric, Velcro closures, suspenders as an option and how to attach the darn pouches is, as always, GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!! Nice work on making your own bund! It's actually one of the more simple garments -- a cloth rectangle that wraps around the wearer, basically. Please check out this thread for some pointers: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Hi Greg, I recommend that you get started with this thread below, started by our DL, Mickey. It has a lot of info and photos about the bund, which should be useful as you work on your own: http://forum.501stpathfinders.com/index.php?/topic/19967-soft-parts-best-practices/&tab=comments#comment-180654 The basics from the CRL -- Closes in back with 50mm (2") hook and loop fastener. Closure is right-over-left. Front of cummerbund has 5 ribs of equal width made of 6 vertical stitch lines, centered between the two fabric pouches. Most of us hang our bund onto the flak vest using velcro. Pouches are attached to the bund, using velcro along the top ob the bund and on the tab portion. I also put a small put of velcro on the bottom on the pouch, to keep them from flopping around. Here's how I did mine -- As for batting, it doesn't need to be super dense, I believe mine was between 1/8" to 1/4" thick. @greenyone recently did his own bund and mentioned in his thread (linked below) that he used three layer of 1/8" batting, adding up to 3/8 of an inch behind the sewn 1" rib lines. The rest of his bund had the single layer of 1/8". http://forum.501stpathfinders.com/index.php?/topic/20202-greenys-1st-ever-costume-build-tb/page/6/&tab=comments#comment-186825 Hope that helps! Let us know if you have further questions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenyone Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Yes....This was by far the easiest soft part to make. I just recently made one, so this is fresh in my memory. Please note...,I am a very very novice sewer and had no issues. Cheesewhoopy has that really great tutorial on the boots and said he was going to do a tutorial on his bund too....but I don't think he ever got around to it so I just dove in and figured it out. Again very simple. Measure the height you need it to be. I believe the CRL says just under the chest armor and down to the belt. I made mine long enough to go under the chest armor with a little going under/tucked behind the belt. (my gml said this was ok but you should check with yours as he/she may interpret the wording differently) Once you have your desired height measurement multiply that number by 2 and add a 1/2 inch (a little extra to make the seam/stitch easier to sew). As far and the length goes, just make sure you have more than enough fabric to wrap it around your mid-section. You can trim it to size once you have the rest of it sewn up. Transfer your measurements to the fabric and sew it together length-wise like a big open ended tube sock. Then cut out some batting at roughly the same width/height as the sock. Turn the sock inside out so that stitch running the full length of the sock/tube is now hidden on the inside. Slide in the batting and measure and mark for the 1" ribs in the center of the bund. I used one of those blue fabric markers to draw the ribs/lines. It's like some sort of magic erasing pen. Just a little water and the ink disappears when you are done with the sewing. Once you get that far, wrap it around your mid-section and have a buddy mark where the velcro should be attached in the back. Again leave a little extra fabric to fold inside the tube and sew together leaving no cut edge on the outside of the bund. As far as the pouches go. That's really up to you. I put some vecro on my pouch attachment flaps and then the corresponding velcro on the front of the bund. I've seen some sew the pouches directly to the bund and even a guy who has his pouches velcro'd to the inside of the chest armor. Whatever works best for you I guess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockworksoldier Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 SO AWESOME!!!! YOU GUYS ROCK!!! This was exactly what I was looking for!!!! THANK YOU!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Anytime bro. We aim to please. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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