If you ride a bicycle and keep getting holes in your ass, I recommend patching with webbing. Think seatbelt material.
You can buy a roll of it from Johanns. They sell it for weaving the seats of outdoor chairs.
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I have this pesky hole in my ass that I haven't been able to get rid of for years!
I had two holes down there, but at some point I decided to get another one installed. Unfortunately it was absolutely not a DIY installation. :/
Again, sew it shut with webbing. But you can use super glue in a pinch. That should keep your asshole shut
Is Johann’s the German version of Joanne’s?
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do not use these scissors for anything else
- Buy scissors for sewing
- My family uses then for everything but sewing
- Someone loses them
- Repeat from step 1
Cheap 3-scissor-set from IKEA to the rescue!
With 4 of these you will only lose your beloved scissors half as much.
PLEASE BUY THE ODD SIZES FROM THE THRIFT STORES AND NOT THE SIZES I WEAR THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
PLEASE DISREGARD THE PREVIOUS POST, NORMAL SIZED PEOPLE HAVE PLENTY OF CLOTHING OPTIONS. LEAVE THE ODD SIZED CLOTHING FOR ODD SIZED PEOPLE
CAN WE PLEASE STOP YELLING, IT'S STRESSFUL
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE NOT BUY THAT JACKET I WANT TO BUY THEY DO NOT MAKE THEM LIKE THEY USED TO, PROBABLY ON PURPOSE
BIG JACKET CONSPIRACY STRIKES AGAIN
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I AM L FOR LUMPY AND SOMETIMES M FOR MANGLED OR XL FOR EXTRA LUMPY I AM FINE IF YOU BUY THE REST PLEASE AND THANK YOU
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
Machine sewing isn't that much more expensive, and it's a VAST improvement over hand sewing unless you've got plenty of time, and lots of boredom.
Doesn't fit in my backpack tho
unless you’ve got plenty of time, and lots of boredom
also if you like needles relentlessly stabbing your thumb.
That's what thimbles are for, my dude.
They're not part of a drum kit? Tho thrange!
What about repairing the knee on jeans? I have several that I'd love to repair (as I'm not normal sized, nice clothes are rare for me) but I only have a classic sewing machine.
Also space and peace of mind. Sewing machines aren’t the largest of machines, but they do require a dedicated space, and can be somewhat noisy.
Sewing machines also are much worse for patching things.
Just think through the logistics of how you would use a sewing machine to reinforce the knee of some pants or to reinforce/repair a well loved stuffy.
If you are actually Making things, a sewing machine is well worth it. But it doesn't replace knowing a few basic hand stitches.
Just think through the logistics of how you would use a sewing machine to reinforce the knee of some pants or to reinforce/repair a well loved stuffy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO6VezZSfus
Like this -- Doing knee patches, or small stuffies isn't difficult with a proper sewing machine. You just bunch up the material to get around it.
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When you have clothes that you want to keep and they get holes in them, just sew up the holes ya dingus! For your health!
I hand-sewed some goat legs for halloween last year with basically zero sewing knowledge, it was genuinely such a blast to figure stuff out :D Took like 2 weeks worth of evenings while watching a show but 10/10 would do again.
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I have made two plushies this way and I feel an extra connection to them. I look at them and think "aww cute" but also "I did that!"
https://edunham.net/2016/04/11/plushie_rustacean_pattern.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9bjNCo3dk4
That's super cool!!
So cute!
You can also use a sewing machine whilst watching TV.
Also, the fabric IS the expensive part because you start going “oh that’s a pretty fabric” and end up with a pile of fabric. Then you buy another sewing machine
I need to re-do the patches on my jacket that I applied with fabric glue and want to just sew them on, but IDK how to do the ones that are over the breast pockets because I can't get my hand fully inside to stitch it up. I don't want to stitch the pocket itself shut.
Edit: Curved needles. Curved. Needles! 😊 Gonna need to see if I can get one at Micheal's since my little repair kit doesn't have one.
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Don't forget to pick up a tin of cookies at the dollar store when you get your kit. You get snacks and a place to store your sewing supplies that is needle-poke-proof.
I prefer a floss container. Bonus, you get floss for thread.
That's pretty smart! Would be a good travel size. I like the nostalgia of a cookie tin but yeah, not very portable.
I was taught how to hand sew in school for an art project and it has been so useful. As a teenager I was intentionally getting damaged clothes at the thrift store for extra cheap and sewing them back up myself.
Us traveling kids just use floss for thread. Works great.
Welcome home, fam.
Just be careful with the thread and needles you're not using/watching if you have a cat.
I hate sewing, but it has saved me thousands of dollars over my lifetime and I am convinced that everyone should know how to do it unless they really don't care about money.
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