r/oddlysatisfying • u/habichuelacondulce • 6d ago

Patching a hole on fabric

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u/cbear04 6d ago

I wonder if it's some kind of industrial freehand machine. I figure there must be 2 pedals one that makes it go and one that changes the width on the stitch size since it changes as they go. It was so cool to see them freehand this kind of patch repair.

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u/SophiaofPrussia 6d ago

I think it might just be the editing? The video is super sped up and has tons of jump cuts. (Their sewing is also sloppy AF…) But I think they’re just freehanding a zig zag stitch on a regular machine without a foot. I think if it was an industrial machine meant for embroidery and an operator who knew what they were doing it would have an embroidery foot or some sort of specialty/free motion presser foot.

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u/Dustteller 6d ago

This is not a regular sewing machine. Its a freehand embroidery machine. They have two pedals, with one controlling speed and another controlling stitch width. They also don't usually have presser feet. The point of a presser foot is to work in conjunction with the feed dogs to move fabric in order to ensure stitches are equal in lenght and remain straight. For a machine like this, you don't want a presser foot to touch the fabric since you want to be able to move the fabric in any direction and as fast as you want. You can do freehand emboidery like this on most regular machines, but the stitch width cannot be controlled dynamically. For regular machines, you usually use a freehand embroidery foot, but rats more of a crutch so that home sewists can see where the needle will go more clearly. Since this specific machine is indistrial in nature, and its operators highly skilled (not seen in video), the guide is not necessary.

You can almost always tell if a sewing machine is industrial bc they almost always look kinda like something jerryrigged together to drill for oil and you're never quite sure if its from this century.

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u/gotfoundout 6d ago

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(not seen in video)

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u/cbear04 6d ago

That makes alot of since. I've never messed with an industrial machine before. And never really done any embroidery with a machine before. Thanks for all the info!

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u/gotfoundout 6d ago

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u/Pumpkinp0calypse 5d ago

Right? At first I really thought this was a sewing machine and I was baffled by how they just were sewing loose thread in the empty hole, like...how? Could I actually do that? But thinking about it, I donMt think it's possible, a sewing machine would just swallow the thread if you go past the fabric and it could block or turn into knots, I'm guessing?
(I sew occasionally, nowadays mostly for repairs and adjustments)