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ORIGINAL: HAZCON7
If you've found a comfortable set of clothes I don't see why you couldn't make your own camo patterns. May I recommend using an airbrush and textile dye instead of a spraycan though. The dye will absorb into the fabric whereas the paint will only cling to it.
I've made 2 really nice ghillie suits that I still use for turkey hunting - I'm all about saving a buck as well!
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Cool, can we see some pics?
Sure here are a couple of pictures. The first one I made took many months. I used a camo burlap - I destrung all the burlap strings by hand then grouped them in 25 thread clusters, tied a big loop in one end, then used Spider Wire to hand sew them on to a set of BDUs I had. Over 3000 loops of 25strand.
The picture below is only of the hat and jacket as I hadn't finished the pants at the time of the picture. (only picture I could find of it.)
The main problem with version 1 is that no matter how many times I washed it, it always smelled like burlap - but in the weeds you are nearly invisible!
Here is "Gorilla Suit" Version 1
Version 2 I went a different route. I bought some camo fabric from walmart and cut it into long strips. I folded the strips widthwise and ironed a strong crease in it, then folded them in half lengthwise- then I sewed it on the BDUs. Eventually I got sick of sewing and used fabric glue, which has held up very well!
and "Gorilla Suit" Version 2
