AI6YR BenTook me all weekend, but sewed myself a bicycle-themed Hawaiian shirt. Second shirt I have sewed, this one was a LOT neater and accurate. #sewing
Arjan Boltjes@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org Those are good diy skills. 👌
Certainly something for my downtime list next year: learn how to sew (and repair) clothes. How did you get into this? Thought it yourself? Did a course/workshop or such?
AI6YR Ben@tinyspheresof@mastodon.social
Very long story, but we had a lounge chair that was falling apart here, and needed to be fixed. I resolved to fix that, and determined I needed a heavy duty sewing machine to get that job done.
It turns out, the old Singers (1920's through 1960's) are well regarded for this kind of thing because they are very heavy duty. So, I found one for sale here and bought it, for $50. It was not working... So I learned how to fix it.
Then I reupholstered the lounge chair...
Since I now had a sewing machine of my own (I already was doing some basic sewing, but not well at all) I figured I would learn how to use it better... and have been tackling projects one by one to learn! (some more successful than others, this one came out very well! Others... not so much).
Cade@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @tinyspheresof@mastodon.social Ben, you chose wisely. I had old sewing machines for years, but recently bought a NEW Singer; amazingly flimsy and temperamental. I still own it, but I have given up on making it work after the one project for which I bought it and struggled mightily to complete.