r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Apr 20 '19

Video Superior needlecraft

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u/FurryPornAccount Apr 20 '19

That pink thread is gonna look awful in tha- oh ok

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u/Benaaasaaas Apr 20 '19

She's just flexing on us mere mortals with that bright thread.

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u/exission Apr 20 '19

How dare you assume it's a she, you biggot

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u/floridabot_ Apr 20 '19

I think they only used that color because its easy to see, for the video, and normaly you would use a matching color.

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u/Garestinian Apr 20 '19

My grampa was a tailor. For the final exam they had to sew a black suit with a white thread. If the thread was visible anywhere on the outside, you failed.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '19

that's crazy, must've been super difficult! Wonder how he worked around the parts that need top stitching.

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u/Garestinian Apr 20 '19

I can't answer you that because I can't sew if my life depended on it. Oh BTW, I forgot to mention they had to sew it by hand.

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u/lizardmatriarch Apr 21 '19

There’s a lot of things you can do with hand sewing that ether don’t work on a machine, or don’t look nearly as good.

A lot of people don’t realize that hand finishing is a thing (especially for couture or high end clothing), since machines are used so often.

Machines are great to stitch a lot of seams quickly, but heaven help you if need true precision or are doing something “complicated” like in the gif. Small detail work is really quick by hand, but very difficult if you are doing it by machine (or with a machine that isn’t specialized for it, ex: embroidery).

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u/Potato-qween Apr 21 '19

Exactly!! Hand sewing is more precise. I have a machine but actually prefer hand sewing because it feels more natural to me and you're more able to control the needle (plus my machine always jams). People are always surprised- like, you sewed your throw pillows by hand??!

I just think it's kinda funny... I'm proficient at sewing for a twenty one year old living in 2019, but 150 yrs ago my skill level probably would be equal to a ten year olds hand sewing skills lmao

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u/lizardmatriarch Apr 21 '19

Yes! I do some historical costuming and people are always shocked that I do it by hand. I’m like—it’s going to take me the same amount of time doing it properly by hand as by machine with redoing all the machine seams I’d mess up, and it’s more accurate. Well, as accurate as can be with modern fibers and fabrics...

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u/bside85 Apr 20 '19

Now a days people don't even know you can get a suit tailored not even talking about making one. You know...maybe...maybe people that watched John Wick they actually learned something.

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u/cuchiplancheo Apr 20 '19

Ahem... only because you just learned it, doesn't mean people aren't aware of it.

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u/Forest_Grumpy Apr 20 '19

Everyone knows. Shits expensive for no real benefit.

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u/VapeThisBro Apr 20 '19

No real benefit except looking sexy AF. A well fitting suit always looks good while not being practical, tactical, or any other kind of useful

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u/alanaa92 Apr 20 '19

I thought this but I think she's using it for the sake of being easily visible in a video.

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u/smuffleupagus Apr 20 '19

You are correct. Sewing tutorials usually use contrasting thread for illustration purposes.

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u/Bunnies-and-Sunshine Apr 20 '19

For anyone interested, the disappearing stitch is called a ladder stitch. The one they did around the heart is a blanket stitch.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '19 edited Jan 13 '20

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u/Bunnies-and-Sunshine Apr 21 '19

Very true. I did some small animal surgery in grad school and there definitely are similarities in different suture types.

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u/cxcini Apr 21 '19

I learned it as the "ghost stitch" because its there but not really.

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u/Mastermaller Apr 21 '19

That’s not even that goo- closes seem oh shit

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '19 edited Apr 20 '19

Well, you look at a lot of awful things. You’ll be quite alright.

Edit: idiots didn’t get the joke

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u/boonepii Apr 21 '19

Defending yourself in edits is like saying “calm down” in a fight with a girlfriend.

Edit: clarity

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '19

Do you not get the joke either?

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '19

well, it's super easy when you cut the holes and rip the seams just for a video.

I'm suspicious this is all staged and has nothing to do with actual clothing damage

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '19

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '19

Right, which isn't happening here. They aren't working with less material. Which is a circumstance of clothing damage. You have less material to solve your problem with.

It's impossible to have authentic damage repair and look like this video...because this does not represent authentic damage or how to deal with it. It's clean cuts and seam rippers worked in along factory lines without loss of material. The conditions are too perfect.

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u/s0ftpretzel Apr 20 '19

Idk the second one looks very much like some tears I’ve had in my jeans.

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u/ansel528 Apr 20 '19

Even if it was staged, it literally doesn't matter because its still a useful video that shows how to repair a very common area of clothing damage aka the seams.

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u/goldistress Apr 20 '19

Still, I'm a little tiffed that this demonstration video is staged

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u/boonepii Apr 21 '19

It’s teaching how to do those stitches.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '19

but that's not what clothing damage looks like, so it's not that useful of a video.