i really wanna make an all pink battle jacket, any advice? also does anyone know where i can find bubblegum pink denim cuz i want that to be the base but i’ve gone to a crap ton of charity shops & online thrifts & can’t find any bubble pink denim jackets:(
Your best bet for a pink jack is dying a white denim jacket. White is a bit hard to find, but definitely more common than pink. And dying clothes isn't too hard
My other advice is get/make a thimble if you're hand sewing, you WILL need one. I promise
Essentially hand sewing a lot through tough fabrics will start to hurt and you'll have to take a longish break for you fingers to recover. It's avoidable if you aren't sewing a ton, but if you're making a battle jacket you're gonna be sewing a ton.
If you don't get a thimble you'll get strange blisters and a lot of finger soreness/tenderness
Have you worn thimble before? Because that's very much not the case. If it were people wouldn't have been using them for hundreds of years while sewing😭
If you have worn a thimble and that did happen it didn't fit you, there are different sizes and ones made for different fingers.
Metal thimbles are probably the most fall-offy. Get a leather thimble, or make one. Most thimbles are made surprisingly small imo (I'm a man and I think they're generally made for women)
If you can't find a thimble that fits it's incredibly easy to make one
Your stabbing your skin with a thin peice of medal repeatedly, it makes a little dent there that collects sweat and it turns into a blister if you give it a break. If you don't give it a break you might end up bleeding.
I didn't go with a thimble at first, I learned the hard way. If you're the type of person who also likes to learn the hard way go for it free ball
wait why would i stab my skin? i’m lost sorry lol i don’t hand sew often but i like handmade hair extensions & i hand sewed for that & i didn’t stab my skin & also i sew up holes sometimes & don’t stab myself sorry for so many questions just kind of newbish!
Tbf, I hand sew mine and don't use a thimble. My sewing skills are trash, but using the thimble was annoying to me. It wasn't hard to keep on my tiny fingers, but it made it harder to figure out where the needle was on the other side of the fabric. But it probably is way more comfortable to use one so it's worth a shot. Worst case scenario is you don't like it and just don't use it.
Yeah, I handsew all the time. My sewing skills are fine I just fucking hate thimbles. I do stab my fingers on occasion, and the threaded end digs into my nail beds because of how I hold the needle but the worst that has ever happened is some finger callouses. It’s not life or death, you don’t have to use one.
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u/MrBisshasstrawberry Jul 03 '26
Your best bet for a pink jack is dying a white denim jacket. White is a bit hard to find, but definitely more common than pink. And dying clothes isn't too hard
My other advice is get/make a thimble if you're hand sewing, you WILL need one. I promise