Welcome to Specialty Outdoors
Specialty Outdoors is your outdoor gear sewing and repair expert, specializing in alterations, modifications, and problem solving for technical clothing and equipment.
- Technical Clothing Repair, Alteration, and Modification
- General Gear Repair
- Factory Authorized by The North Face™, Helly Hansen™ and TREW Gear™
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Recent Posts
- Base Layer Zip and Collar Burrito Finish, Revised With Video April 11, 2022
- A great partnership…. February 10, 2022
- I am keeping the blog!! February 9, 2022
- I retired!! December 29, 2021
- Tutorial: soft athletic waistband November 7, 2020
- Welcome to Tutorials November 7, 2020
- Van Shade Tutorial, tab mounted shades October 15, 2020
- My Machines, part 4. Long overdue update. September 19, 2019
- Base Layer Zip and Collar Finish January 6, 2018
- More Zipper Problems: 2-way zippers January 23, 2016