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PATSY PACK, ADJUSTABLE 
TO SIZE OF LOAD 
By Harry Irwin 
TVyt Y wife, like all dyed in the wool 
IT* “Scoopers,” is never JUST satis¬ 
fied with her equipment, and after sort¬ 
ing over her duffle, which included some 
half dozen packs, decided that 
they “were all wrong,” either to 
heavy and bulky when full, or 
flopping about like a “hound’s 
ear” when half filled; therefore 
the Patsy Pack, which is ad¬ 
justable to the size load which 
is packed therein. The 
drawings make the con¬ 
struction of this pack 
very plain indeed. The 
layout is made for a 
yard of 42” s t u f f, 
which in our case was 
of close woven muslin, 
dyed kaki color, to 
match the webbing 
used which was all of 
“army stock.” If you 
wish to cut out the 
Front, Bottom, Back, 
Sides, and Flap, all in 
one piece, it will re¬ 
quire a yard and a half 
of 34" material. The 
pack, when completed, 
is (about) 10" wide at 
the top, 15" at the 
bottom, and 16" high, 
while it is 4" thick. In 
the layout it is shown 
an inch larger all the 
way around, which is 
to allow for the seams, 
which are made as 
shown in the drawing, 
and sewn one over the 
other, then taped with 
the “inside” and which “out.” To as¬ 
semble : 
Lay the Front, Bottom, and Back, 
outside up and tack the inside edge 
of the “bottom” to the “back” so that 
it lays flat. Then take your %" web, 
and turn its end over and under the 
top edge of the “Front” a half inch 
Seam, 
| T ape» 
and. 
Eyelet, 
%" tape or light web, 
of the 
making a “French 
Seam” which is left on 
the outside of the pack. 
Make a cardboard-pattern 
“flare”—which starts one-third of the 
height from the bottom—so that all 
four sides will be ■ equal. Make a 
paper pattern of all parts as indi¬ 
cated, and cut out, marking which is 
and sew it two inches in from the edge 
of the Pack. Six inches down from 
the top edge of the Pack, baste the flap 
buckle which you slip over the free end 
of the web, straighten the web on down 
to one inch from the front edge of the 
Bottom Piece, where a second buckle is 
attached in a like manner (a good plan 
is to sew a “stiffener piece” on the in¬ 
side of the Pack at all points of buckle 
contact) ; continue the web on across 
the bottom and up the back, onto the 
Pack flap three-eighths of an inch. 
Tack here. Extend the web on across 
the flap top and allow four 
inches to extend beyond. Cut 
off web. Sew flap to Pack. Do 
the same for the second strip of 
web on the other side. A half 
inch below and one inch 
from the side of the 
pocket lines, cut slits 
one half inch wide, run¬ 
ning across the Pack. 
Through these slits 
thrust the tape with 
the “pocket buckles” 
and sew to the inside 
of the “pack.” Sew the 
bottom of the Pockets, 
and then with a flat 
seam to the Pack face, 
taping with half inch 
tape. Hem and tape 
your pocket flaps; cut 
a pair of button holes 
an inch from side and 
front as shown. But¬ 
ton hole stitch (as 
shown in drawing). Cut 
two 12-inch strips of 
half inch tape and at¬ 
tach to back half inch 
of pocket flap. These 
are your pocket straps, 
which buckle down the 
length of the pockets. 
Cut two e i g h t-inch 
strips of %" web, and 
attach to the rear side 
of the bottom of the 
Pack, where the web 
crosses the seam. 
These are your Bottqm 
straps. Sew your 
pocket flaps in place. 
Button 
Hols 
Stitoh. 
»eb 
Tape Se 
for Pa 
Plap & 
Bottom. 
Buckle for 
Pooket Plapa. 
Five inches and 12 inches from the top 
edge of the Pack, on the center line, at¬ 
tach a loop for the axe. Sew a piece 
of light canvas in the lower corners of 
the Back of the Pack, having attached 
to their under side a dee ring (1 in.). 
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