I’m grabbing every favourite piece of clothing I have around the house and mending it with a needle and thread

I’m not very good at it, but it’s not terribly hard to close up broken seams good enough for some use. It sure as heck beats buying a new pair of jeans for $70 just because I somehow destroy the crotch every year

I’m finding this to be really satisfying and relatively easy to do. Certainly I can develop better stitching technique and use better tools and material, but it’s easy enough to be good enough, or so it seems to me now

  • PascalPistachios@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, you do end up having to do this. I have the exact same problem as OP, in that my crotch desires to rip and tear any pants I wear. Stitching the tear up will only work for so long, get some extra material under there to hold it for a bit longer.

    • bobbert@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I just did this with some jeans a few days ago. I’m a weirdo and have a hand crank Singer 128 that does a great job on extra thick fabric. I’ve found that my new singer heavy duty machine can’t handle fabric that is very thick.

      • PascalPistachios@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Oh I’m broke and got a needle, thread, and a complete unwillingness to throw out my pants. Good to know about new singer machines though, I’ve been thinking about learning how to sew.

        • bobbert@beehaw.orgEnglish
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          1 year ago

          That’s where I started. Every time I have extra money things get out of hand! I hate seeing a good pair of pants go to waste over a small hole.

          • PascalPistachios@beehaw.orgEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Ha! Tell me about it. I got into spinning and I can hardly stop myself. I’m looking down the barrel of dying my own wool now with local trees and 3d printing myself a rigid heddle loom. Fibre arts truly desire your entire soul once you get into it.