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Whether you're developing your own gear or refining a favorite project, knowing how to build an accurate, repeatable, and clear pattern is an essential skill. Our guests share professional pattern-making techniques that will help you avoid common mistakes, waste less material, and spend more time sewing instead of troubleshooting.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• The most common pattern-making mistakes
• How to include seam allowances, symmetry, alignment, and the small details
• Where to start building a pattern when you have a blank slate
• The tools professionals use to develop patterns, including Illustrator, CLO 3D, and specialized pattern-making software

Guests:

• Hailey Loudin | Dan McKewen

Products:

• #5 YKK Uretek Zipper
• Challenge ULTRa TenX

Annual Sale:

• The 2026 RBTR Annual Sale starts October 26th! Everything on the site will be discounted.

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What does it take to design bags for athletes like LeBron James and Kevin Durant—and what can the rest of us learn from it? After nearly three decades designing soft goods, Hrag Nassanian joins us to share the stories, lessons, and design principles he’s learned from creating products for some of the world’s best athletes, everyday users, and everyone in between.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• The very specific featured KD wanted on his bag
• What small ergonomic details immediately tell Hrag whether a bag was designed well
• Why originality shouldn't be your goal
• What changes when you go from making one bag to manufacturing thousands

Listen in for years of design knowledge and a look at how the lessons learned designing products at the highest level can make all of us better makers.

Guest: Hrag Nassanian | LinkedIN, Wayfinder

New Products: Zipper, Challenge ULTRA TenX

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What do names like Venom™, MONOLITE™, and HyperD™, actually tell you about a fabric? We sit down with Carter and Matt to unpack the stories, materials, and decisions behind RBTR’s signature fabric lines, so you can better understand what you’re buying and choose the right material for your next project.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• The stories behind some of RBTR’s strangest product names, discontinued favorites, and the decisions that shaped the fabrics makers use today
• What actually defines the characteristics that connect the fabrics within each line
• The yarns, weaves, coatings, and fibers behind these materials
• How to decide when a more specialized or expensive material is actually worth it

Listen in for the product knowledge we usually take for granted, and leave with a better understanding of what these fabrics are, why they exist, and where they belong in your next project.

Matt Evans | Red Paw Packs

RBTR Fabric Glossary

New Products

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