Project Background
This phone pouch was designed for my partner, who was thru-hiking the PCT. I would build a prototype and send it to her. She would use it for a few hundred miles, then ship it back, and I'd build the next proto based on her feedback.
There were 4 generations of prototypes tested and built.
Many lightweight thru-hiking packs either don't have hip belt pockets, or if they do, they are too small to hold much else than chapstick.
Gregory Optic 48 and Osprey Eja 38
I wanted to create a pouch that was large enough to hold an iPhone X and a granola bar.
After sketching and making paper models, I drew up the pattern panels onto a Fusion 360 sketch and used parametric dimensioning, so that the pattern can be easily scaled to fit different phone sizes.
Designing for domestic manufacturing, where labor is expensive, sewing and assembling the pouch required as few steps as possible.
Because I chose X-Pac VX21 Terrain, a premium highly durable and waterproof fabric, the pattern needed minimal material waste.
The final pattern requires two panels and five sewing operations.
