Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Homemade Quiver

My PSE Rally compound bow came with a quiver that attaches directly to the bow, but it only holds 6 arrows and I have a full dozen. It might be a bit ambitious, but I have decided to make my own quiver! I am using the sleeve from an old 5X Jean Jacket and adding some camo to it!

Here is the rough sketch of the design I am going to follow:

Because I am not sure how it will sit across my chest and stay stationary, I am debating if I should create a way for an adjustable belt to wrap around the top of my rib cage for stability, or not.

This was the jacket I took the sleeve from

I used a seam ripper to remove the sleeve

Then, I haphazardly cut out one of the breast pockets and created an over sized camo square from two left over pieces of material from extra fabric.

I cut several inches from the top of the sleeve, where it was removed from the jacket, before turning the sleeve inside out and sewing a hem just above the cuff. 


Once the bottom of the sleeve was sewn shut, I cut off the buttons, to allow room at the bottom before turning right side out.

 I took a few longer strips of camo fabric, that were roughly 5" wide and folded them over the top to make a border at the opening - leaving one side open so a cinch of some sort can be added later, if desired. 

Once the border was added, the camo pocket "patch" was pinned in place.

Due to how small - and adorable - my sewing machine is I was only able to sew the top of the camo pocket "patch" in place and will have to finish the rest by hand.

I still need to add a way to connect it to the body, a cinch if I decide it is necessary, and finish the pocket for my release by hand!

I will continue to update this post as I make progress! 

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