Homemade camo/Leafy project

[rancid crabtree]

I have made a guillie suit before and found them to be heavy and hot to wear. I wanted one that is lightweight and of course cheap. I made this jacket from Landscaping fabric. It is inexpensive and easy to obtain. The 15 and 20 year types are the strongest.


It is very strong. I could not rip the sewn seam


I used several colors of spray paint to put a camo pattern on the fabric


I used an old flannel jacket as a pattern to cut the pieces from



I added a leafy pattern by sewing stips of "leaves" to the jacket. I plan to use this jacket for bow hunting so I did not put leaves on the upper left chest area.



I used velcro as the closure because a 36 inch zipper is expensive. (did I mention I an cheap) It was adhesive backed but GOOP is a great glue and I trust it more that sticky tape. GOOP is one of the best glues known to man. I swear you can stick an ice cube to a stick of butter with this stuff. I also added velcro to the cuffs so they can be tightened


The finished coat weighs in at only 5 Oz. and is breathable.
Here is the hat and pants that I made to go with the new homemade jacket.


I made some leaves from some canvas I saved from an 70's vintage Boy Scout tent (canvas) and a green sharpie.




It stoped raining long enough for me to take all the parts of the finished suit outside and have my oldest son Jake stand for a few pics. He is 6'- 3 inches tall so the pants were kind of short for him. (and to big in the waist as well so he held them up with suspenders.








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