so how many of you guys can sew. ya needle and thread and a amchine of your good

[supermanlives]

I find myself pathetically even trying to re attach buttons and the seam on the fly on my camo. took me a while to thread needle . found the threader after a while trying freehand. then after using it wrong by running the thread through first and attempting pushing it through. I got it. well I attached a button and the vercro on a brace but it aint pretty. lol. smoking up sequoia. DAVESNOTHERE edit a machine if your good lol

 

[exploziv]

I learned it in my childhood, but never really needed it so I don't even know if I could do it anymore.

 

[floralheart]

I can sew my police patches on my uniform.

 

[justanotherbozo]

...every man needs to know how to sew, cook and clean, ...i learned the need back in my youth living on the streets, ...sewing i learned in alcohol re-hab from watching a tailor's son, lol, that guy could sew!

...it ain't all that hard but it does require practice like any other skill.

...learning to clean is still a work in progress, lol.

peace, bozo

 

[Red Fang]

I wish I could! No one I know knows how, where could I learn without paying some ridiculously high fee! I have a pair of nylon pants (excercise or wind pants I think they are called) that have a couple little holes but are fine otherwise. A pair of "real" pants with a button missing, another with a couple holes that could be fixed. I like these clothes and can't see buying something I don't like when these I do like and they just need a little fixing! The irony, my great-grandmother was a seamstress, but of course in those days it was not cool for guys to seek such skills.

 

[longearedfriend]

i'm no taylor but I believe I can get around

the machine, I don't know how to do the technical stuff and don't know how to repair it, I sewed a pair of boxers for the poor in home economics class if remember correctly.

 

[Wiggs Dannyboy]

Learned in my younger days, haven't sewn a button, or anything else, in a couple of decades. It ain't hard, as long as you get some instruction.

Instruction:

http://www.youtube.com/results?sear...9j5.14.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.AlgFXXQPnno

Example:

[YOUTUBEIF]Pdu65MYhOP4[/YOUTUBEIF]

 

[Eighths-n-Aces]

i made the first back pack i ever owned from a kit. basic sewing really isn't that hard once you do some of it

 

[aridbud]

Buy embroidery needles...they have larger eyes. Velcro works, as does Gorilla tape if you don't need to wash clothing article.
Fold over what needs to be sewn, and do small stitches. At the end, do a few extra stiches before cutting the thread. Viola`!

 

[imnotcrazy]

Instruction from my mom and practiced on hockey equipment growing up because honestly it was far too expensive to dispose of and no one wanted to touch that stinky shit besides me.

Definitely a good skill to have in the arsenal

 

[dddaver]

I wish I could! No one I know knows how, where could I learn without paying some ridiculously high fee! I have a pair of nylon pants (excercise or wind pants I think they are called) that have a couple little holes but are fine otherwise. A pair of "real" pants with a button missing, another with a couple holes that could be fixed. I like these clothes and can't see buying something I don't like when these I do like and they just need a little fixing! The irony, my great-grandmother was a seamstress, but of course in those days it was not cool for guys to seek such skills.

www.google.com

www.youtube.com
http://www.google.com

 

[Crusader Rabbit]

I once had a little business sewing knee high insulated mukluks for snow camping.

Want a sewing tip? Here's a tale my mom told me, one she learned from her mother;

There once was a beautiful young lass who was being forced to marry an evil man, but she was in love with another. She agreed to marry the older evil guy, but only if he could win a contest between the two suitors in which each would sew two lengths of cloth together. The first to finish the task would win her hand in marriage. Only one condition; she would be the one to thread the needles. The evil man agreed and they all settled down to begin the contest.

The maiden strung a length of thread through each of two needles and handed one to each suitor. The evil man spoke out, "My length of thread is as long as my arm while this other guy has one that is much shorter. Why is that?" The beautiful maiden replied, "With that longer thread you won't spend as much time waiting while I rethread your needle." This explanation satisfied the evil man and so they began the contest.

The younger suitor soon found himself with not enough line to do another stitch and handed his needle to the maiden for her to thread again. The evil man saw this and thought that he would soon have the maiden's hand in marriage. Pulling his long thread through the cloth with every stitch his confidence grew when the younger suitor once again handed his empty needle to the maiden. But what? ... the younger suitor was making each stitch much faster than he ever could and finished the task, while he continued pulling his lengthy thread through the cloth.

 

[dddaver]

I once had a little business sewing knee high insulated mukluks for snow camping.

Want a sewing tip? Here's a tale my mom told me, one she learned from her mother; There once was a beautiful young lass who was being forced to marry an evil man, but she was in love with another. She agreed to marry the older evil guy, but only if he could win a contest between the two suitors in which each would sew two lengths of cloth together. The first to finish the task would win her hand in marriage. Only one condition; she would be the one to thread the needles. The evil man agreed and they all settled down to begin the contest.

The maiden strung a length of thread through each of two needles and handed one to each suitor. The evil man spoke out, "My length of thread is as long as my arm while this other guy has one that is much shorter. Why is that?" The beautiful maiden replied, "With that longer thread you won't spend as much time waiting while I rethread your needle." This explanation satisfied the evil man and so they began the contest.

The younger suitor soon found himself with not enough line to do another stitch and handed his needle to the maiden for her to thread again. The evil man saw this and thought that he would soon have the maiden's hand in marriage. Pulling his long thread through the cloth with every stitch his confidence grew when the younger suitor once again handed his empty needle to the maiden. But what? ... the younger suitor was making each stitch much faster than he ever could and finished the task, while he continued pulling his lengthy thread through the cloth.

Age old story, old fart made to look a fool by that hot young pussy.

 

[Crusader Rabbit]

Age old story, old fart made to look a fool by that hot young pussy.

Yeah, those are the exact same words my mom used at the end.

 

[supermanlives]

the doc had me on steroids for a while and I gained some weight and didn't have a belt. needless to say I prob have 9 buttons to replace on shorts and pants lol.

 

[Capt.Ahab]

We were discussing this the other night while I was sewing a patch onto my range bag.
My great grandmother was a seamstress. She taught me to sew, knit and crochet. While I havent needed to crochet or knit anything lately, Im glad to have the skills if I ever do need them.
I participated in a field first aid class a few years ago. They taught us to do sutures using pig skin and chicken skin. Already knowing how to sew put me a few steps ahead of the other guys.

 

[mrcreosote]

I used to sew leather back in my carving days, making belts, guitar straps, holsters etc.
You'd have to hand punch the stitch holes and use a stitch-awl.

My landlord in a duplex I rented was a cop who didn't mind that I got glassy as long as I didn't burn in the house. Pretty cool guy for around '69-70, so I made him a holster for his off-duty. Came out real nice for a first time effort.
His wife was a real sweety and she let me use an old treadle sewing machine that was her grandmas to make my girl a fringed leather vest.
Big learning curve on that bastard.

Never did get to make a saddle though. That, to me, said you really know your shit.
Often thought about picking it up again when you look at the prices guys are getting for custom Cowboy Shooting rigs.

I suppose the market for belts with Mr. Zig-Zag on em has slimmed down considerably.
For some reason, Zig was big in the good ol days.

 

[Weezard]

Got rips, tears and holes?
Can't sew?
No problem.

Get some "stitch witchery".
Iron on patches in all colors.
They also make a button fastener that looks like stapler and attaches buttons with a pop-rivet kine thing.

I actually can sew, but I'm lazy and impulsive so I have clothing held together with tape, crazy glue, and staples.
Hint, don't use staples, they rust.

Aloha,
Weeze

 

[Ickis]

I can sew my police patches on my uniform.

lol