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

  • Redex@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Yeah stitching seams is surprisingly easy and has a rewarding feeling. I’m still using the same two shitty nylon grocery bags I got like 4 or 5 years ago, I only stitched the seams in a couple of places and they still do the job perfectly.

    I also started stitching the holes on my underwear because who the fuck cares how your underwear look.

    • bobbert@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I haven’t made any womens style underwear yet but I’ve made men’s style. Sew like a man is where I get my patterns. The owner also makes how to videos that go with his patterns.