re: Snug RePurposing or Patchy Crafts

In my pile of projects to work on were some embroidered Snug logos that had come off old clothes. I had the intention of making some patches out of them.

I’ve been sewing hook Velcro on the back of my patches for years, so that I can swap them around. I have loop Velcro on packs, hats, pouches, coats, and I can change patches around to suit my mood.

Sun & Moon on Kifaru XTL

Tibetan flag on Kifaru Scout

Collection on Kifaru ChamberPocketPlus

Kejimkujik patch on Map’mups

Tyrrell Corporation logo on MagPul cap

NASA patch on Slurp’mups

This one came off of the top of the hood on a hoodie. The hoodie itself was destroyed, cuffs frayed away, holes worn through on the arms, rips and paint splatters all over it. 

I serged the edges by hand while I read The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (recommend all his books). Since the material is a soft flexible cotton, it ended up a bit warped.

I knew sewing the Velcro on the back would stiffen it up a bit.

Still not perfectly straight, but better.

On the lid of a Kifaru Express

This one came off the back pocket of a pair of convertible pants. The bottom leg portion was way too wide and short, so I just took out the zipper and used them as shorts. But they too were pooched after a dozen years of wear. Like the hoodie, I retained this part of them to transform into patches.

This material was much stiffer, so it retained its form better.

Serged and sewn by hand while reading The Farfarers by Farley Mowat (speculative bu fascinating).

On the Map’mups.

Snug lives on!

Snug Dalek Bag

A friend recently gave me this Snug Dalek bag.

“The Velcro is gone. Maybe you can take it apart for the material.”

Since Snug is no longer a going concern, and since I’m not in dire need of straps or buckles, I figure bringing it back to life might be more fun. Neat little bag, and it seemed a shame to take it apart for parts.

This Velcro was still okay.

This Velcro was pooched though.

I opted to go with a 2" Fatsex buckle instead.

Since my friend burns scads of Nag Champa, the smell had totally soaked into the bag. It sure smelled nice while I worked on it.

One of the neat things about Snug was that almost everything they made had a hidden compartment. For your...spy gear.

Zippered compartment on the back.

Velcroed compartment on the front flap.

Utterly crappy picture of the main compartment under the flap. (I’ll put up a better one.)

The bottle compartment beside it, which isn’t covered by the flap. Large enough to hold a 1 liter Nalgene bottle.

Bottle holder on the back, which will hold a 350 ml/500 ml bottle. 

A little pocket for...cell phones, pens.

Little decorative touch.

One thing that always impressed me about Snug were little touches, that were actually fairly involved. Tags of varying complexity, and here they have have their name woven into webbing. Most would have been content with seat belt webbing, but these guys went quite a bit further.

I always really dug what Snug were doing. They tackled a variety of things. Pants, shirts, coats, skirts, dresses, bags. And they did them all with panache.

In an era when a “clothing line” seems to consist of little more than silk screening a logo onto some hoodies, these fellas had an actual clothing line. Cool designs with really swanky touches.

I doubt I’ll really ever carry this bag around, but I do appreciate it. I’m sure I can find someone who was around in the halcyon days when Snug was a big deal in the scene up here in Canada who would appreciate it more than I do.