Originally Posted by ryanday
So, I have a pattern idea in my head (I mean, a mess bag is a pretty simple bag design), but how do you guys go about attaching straps? I'm wondering how to add that to the design.
since the strap ends see the biggest stresses of any part of the bag under most conditions, i'd assume you'd want to do those pre-bag formation as well in order to grant them best access to a stitch machine. if you have a strap that disconnects with a buckle you could probably do it at any point, but if you have a continuous strap with a cam adjuster or other type of pass-through adjustment like a timbuk2 i think you'd want that to be the last thing you do before main bag formation(putting the seams together that will make it not flat anymore)