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An example of a tailor using not-good-practicely-long thread can be found on page 14 of “17th Century Men’s Dress Patterns”
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-Ye Trusty Olde 8” shears (tartan ribbon not included):
-Those wee bird snips that literally everyone seems to have:
-or unicorn snips, if you prefer:
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Oh thank god for this!!!!! I’m… A little scared of sewing machines and usually want to hand stitch things, but in all my googling I haven’t found a good explanation on how to make those stitches STRONG without just. Going over each line of stitches about a hundred times. This is so helpful, thank you!!!
Hi there, a little late to the party, but um I do a bit of leather working and uh come up with a pretty good technique for the problem you were saying if you ever end up in a scenario where the thread is thicker than the needle and you’re struggling to pull it out with pliers. Um first off, do not use pliers. You’ll destroy the needle. Um you’ll possibly damage the fabric. It’s not just painful to use, but it’s damaging to both the equipment and whatever you’re using. Um the answer to this problem is actually in the beeswax. Simply grab the beeswax in your hand, make sure your thumb is clear, place the needle in between the beeswax and your thumb, close your thumb to put pressure on the needle into the beeswax, and pull. The grip from the beeswax will usually dislodge the needle from the fabric. Very useful if you ever end up in this scenario, because Lord knows you will if you’re working with leather.
Hope this helps anybody that sees it.
Huh. I’ve never used a machine (I’m kind of scared to, mostly because I’m scared I’ll like it and then not like hand sewing as much) but I’ve sewn a lot by hand. This was still quite informative. I don’t really like to study how to do something before I do it, but if I’ve already done it for a bit, THEN I’ll study some.
Could we talk about the cushion? How firm is it? Did you make it?
Quite useful, thank you.