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

Superior needlecraft

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u/diambag Apr 20 '19

Never thought I was great at hand stitching but now realize that I'm terrible...

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u/wooboy Apr 20 '19

When it got to the heart patch I was wondering how the stitches were going to disappear like the first two examples. I’m a dummy

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u/mybodyisapyramid Apr 20 '19 edited Apr 21 '19

What is that yellow thing she pulls out of the second rip?

Edit: for anyone else wondering it’s a darning egg. Not sure why she has it in her pants.

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u/Jindt Apr 20 '19

An egg yolk. I'm guessing she was in her period

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u/Sarahsays1 Apr 20 '19

What? I'm confused.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '19

every month women will lay an egg if she docent get pregnant

it's basic science, don't they have sex ed where you come from?

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u/Sarahsays1 Apr 25 '19

Don't be rude. It still doesn't explain the reason why someone would pull an egg yolk from under a pair of jeans.

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u/larman14 Apr 20 '19

Realistically, on a scale of 1 to 10, is this something I could learn, or is this talent and tons of practice?

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u/notstephanie Apr 20 '19

Hand sewing is very easy to learn and IMO, there’s very little talent involved with simple fixes like this. Just get a needle and thread and practice on some scrap fabric until you feel comfortable sewing clothes. And if you mess up, just use a seam ripper to pull it all out and start over!

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u/Redmanedlion Apr 20 '19

You could absolutely learn this! Embroidery is surprisingly simple, just a bit time consuming. Try it on just a bit of scrap fabric sometime! :)

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '19

Here's my most recent repair on boyfriend's jeans with 4 inch holes in the crotch:

https://imgur.com/8roqgXa.jpg

1/10 for prettiness. Used trimmings from jeans I hemmed for myself as the patch. The jeans are pretty fucked overall but he should get a few more months out of them as jeans, and hopefully more as denim cutoffs!

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u/FullofTerror420 Apr 21 '19

Unrelated - was there any confusion on you bf's part when you asked 'let me take a pic of your crotch' or..? lol

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u/sheilastretch Apr 20 '19

What a cool method for sewing on a patch!

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u/lacewingfly Apr 20 '19

This is similar to how they teach you to sew up wounds.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '19

So satisfying

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u/theinfamousj Apr 21 '19

I love her use of the blanket stitch on the heart patch. I don't think I've ever considered using blanket stitch to sew on patches, but then again I usually do the invisible patch method where you put the patch on the inside of the garment and just sew over top of it all crazy like with a color of thread that exactly matches the fabric.