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Topic: I need a website to show me how to sew
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toman
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posted 06-11-104 12:28 PM
  
like the subject says, I need to learn a few basic techniques for mending clothes and things. Seems like every time I try it only lasts a few days or a week and comes apart again... obviously I don't know what I'm doing.  Anybody know of a website with a good tutorial or something? |
LRY_GUY_77
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posted 07-15-104 04:40 AM
Hi, I haven't a clue for you & a website... I would try to find any 'mom' over 50 & just ask. I would ask a lady in a grocery store. I would go to a fabric store & just ask - ask a patron!?!My mom taught me when I was little. I was the guy who took home-Ec in HS... I just... learned. I'm no pro, but my mends stay put. Get off the net... got out into the world... and ask. Good luck 2 U! |
AnApatheticNewWorld
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posted 07-15-104 08:20 AM
Stitchin' Bitches is recommmended by a lot of people. I actually took a class but it didn't teach me to hand sew it taught me how to use a machine, Maybe you can find something similar. Best of luck. |
AnApatheticNewWorld
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posted 07-15-104 08:20 AM
Stitchin' Bitches is recommmended by a lot of people. I actually took a class but it didn't teach me to hand sew it taught me how to use a machine, Maybe you can find something similar. Best of luck.------------------
Peace and much love.
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AnApatheticNewWorld
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posted 07-15-104 08:20 AM
Stitchin' Bitches is recommmended by a lot of people. I actually took a class but it didn't teach me to hand sew it taught me how to use a machine, Maybe you can find something similar. Best of luck.------------------
Peace and much love.
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radioactive_sugarplum
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posted 11-19-104 01:53 AM
i love you toman! peace
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Frog
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posted 11-19-104 05:56 AM
It sounds as though you may be mending by hand? Is that right?I don't have a website to offer, but I can tell you from personal experience that sewing by hand just isn't as durable as it is by machine. I recommend buying a small machine (which you can get for less than two hundred dollars) and reading the manual. Once you know how to thread the machine, sewing is a cinche. If you don't have that sorta money to invest in something that serves the function of repair, I suggest buying one of the itsy bitsy machines for seams. You can buy one in any fabric store for about twenty dollars. They are useful unless you are working with a very thick, layered material. When I vend my clothing at festivals, I bring one to adjust hem length and strap length. Good luck and happy stitching. |
Frog
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posted 11-19-104 05:56 AM
It sounds as though you may be mending by hand? Is that right?I don't have a website to offer, but I can tell you from personal experience that sewing by hand just isn't as durable as it is by machine. I recommend buying a small machine (which you can get for less than two hundred dollars) and reading the manual. Once you know how to thread the machine, sewing is a cinche. If you don't have that sorta money to invest in something that serves the function of repair, I suggest buying one of the itsy bitsy machines for seams. You can buy one in any fabric store for about twenty dollars. They are useful unless you are working with a very thick, layered material. When I vend my clothing at festivals, I bring one to adjust hem length and strap length. Good luck and happy stitching. |
toman
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posted 11-20-104 02:59 AM
heh. I had forgotten I even posted this... I actually have a sewing machine; a very old one that belonged to my mother and her mother before her. I'm just not interested in using a machine; I'm sure some of you can understand. I know people have created amazing things with hand stitching in the past few thousand years; I'd just like to learn a few of those basic techniques so I can fix my pants after my bike eats them for lunch... :-) |
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