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Sam Goodhue started just like many of us: making ultralight backpacks, jackets, and quilts while learning through trial and error. Today, he's helping develop entire product lines sold in REI and shipped across the globe. Even though the scale has changed, the process still revolves around patterning, sewing, and experimenting with new ideas.
In This Episode, We Cover:
How Sam's experience at a gear repair shop shaped his future
What makes Matador's approach to product development unique, including why the team physically builds and refines its own prototypes 
The small decisions that make several different products become a cohesive line with identical design language and undeniable functionality
Sam's experience with Carryology's Maker Mystery Box pack challenge 
Guest: Sam Goodhue Lead Soft Goods Designer at Matador 
Maker Mystery Box Ep. 3 with Matador
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Whether you're developing your own gear or refining a favorite project, knowing how to build an accurate, repeatable, and clear pattern is an essential skill. Our guests share professional pattern-making techniques that will help you avoid common mistakes, waste less material, and spend more time sewing instead of troubleshooting.
In This Episode, We Cover:
The most common pattern-making mistakes
How to include seam allowances, symmetry, alignment, and the small details
Where to start building a pattern when you have a blank slate 
The tools professionals use to develop patterns, including Illustrator, CLO 3D, and specialized pattern-making software
Guests:  
Hailey Loudin | Dan McKewen 
Products: 
#5 YKK Uretek Zipper 
Challenge ULTRa TenX
Annual Sale: 
The 2026 RBTR Annual Sale starts October 26th! Everything on the site will be discounted. 
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What does it take to design bags for athletes like LeBron James and Kevin Durant—and what can the rest of us learn from it? After nearly three decades designing soft goods, Hrag Nassanian joins us to share the stories, lessons, and design principles he’s learned from creating products for some of the world’s best athletes, everyday users, and everyone in between.
In This Episode, We Cover:
The very specific featured KD wanted on his bag
What small ergonomic details immediately tell Hrag whether a bag was designed well
Why originality shouldn't be your goal
What changes when you go from making one bag to manufacturing thousands
Listen in for years of design knowledge and a look at how the lessons learned designing products at the highest level can make all of us better makers.
Guest:  Hrag Nassanian | LinkedIN, Wayfinder
New Products: Zipper, Challenge ULTRA TenX
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What do names like Venom™, MONOLITE™, and HyperD™, actually tell you about a fabric? We sit down with Carter and Matt to unpack the stories, materials, and  decisions behind RBTR’s signature fabric lines, so you can better understand what you’re buying and choose the right material for your next project.
In This Episode, We Cover:
The stories behind some of RBTR’s strangest product names, discontinued favorites, and the decisions that shaped the fabrics makers use today
What actually defines the characteristics that connect the fabrics within each line
The yarns, weaves, coatings, and fibers behind these materials
How to decide when a more specialized or expensive material is actually worth it
Listen in for the product knowledge we usually take for granted, and leave with a better understanding of what these fabrics are, why they exist, and where they belong in your next project.
Matt Evans | Red Paw Packs 
RBTR Fabric Glossary
New Products
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You can sew with a fabric for years and still be surprised by how much you don’t know about it. Ryan and Matt are back for a fabric quiz that digs into the specs, terminology, and secrets, while uncovering some surprisingly useful things to consider when choosing materials for your next project.
In This Episode, We Cover:
A surprisingly difficult fabric quiz covering everything from hydrostatic head and solution dyeing to UHMWPE blends, fabric weights, and warp vs. weft
Why some of the specs we obsess over may matter less in the real world than we think
The fabric application triad and the tradeoffs between price, weight, and durability when choosing materials for a project
A head-to-head backpack fabric draft where every point earned in the quiz becomes buying power for main, accent, stretch, and liner fabrics
Play along, keep track of your score, and see if your fabric knowledge can beat Ryan and Matt.
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