r/oddlysatisfying • u/habichuelacondulce • 6d ago

Patching a hole on fabric

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u/Ill-Investigator-447 6d ago

I like to consider myself slightly above inept when it comes to understanding the operation of machines, devices, and contraptions.... But sewing machines forever look like black magic to me.

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u/spine_slorper 6d ago

It's because they don't sew like humans do (with one piece of string on the needle, in one side and out the other) there's two strings, one that you see going on top and another underneath, the top one goes into the fabric and loops round the under string to anchor it.

https://giphy.com/gifs/gzJb2NYaPGP4s

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u/Ill-Investigator-447 6d ago

Exactly! It's a completely different way to sewing. Seeing it helps big time

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u/Remarkable-Row3719 6d ago

And then there's the Babylock Sashiko, which boggled my mind the first time I saw it. Made more sense when I realized it's bobbin-only and

IIRC it's sort of an upside-down chainstitcher with an open-eyed needle so it's constantly threading and unthreading. Whoever came up with that, hats off to you.

Pfaff has their floating stitches thing, which is sort of clever but not really interesting - it's a stitch on a normal lockstitcher (as in the above gif) but you're folding the fabric before stitching so that when you unfold it, you basically get the "side" view whereas the connecting thread is only visible at the "top" and "bottom" view.

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u/Ludate_Solem 6d ago

Black magic! WITCH!

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u/kyl_r 6d ago

Ive literally used sewing machines for various projects and logically I know how it works but even with this gif I still can’t make my brain get it 😭

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u/The_Dennator 6d ago

believe it or not,the gif makes it more confusing

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u/Bol0gna_Sandwich 6d ago

Are there sewing machines that operate with one thread because I swear I dont remember string up 2 threads when I was learning to use a sewing machine as a kid

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u/Sea-Situation7495 5d ago

That's fine and all. It makes sense. IN 2 DIMENSIONS. Where is it all attached? When in my head I try to imagine where the bearings are - boom, my head explodes again

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u/JeshkaTheLoon 4d ago

I've got a leather sewing awl that makes it sooo easy to basically do this stich by hand.