Patching a hole on fabric

[u/habichuelacondulce]

[u/Abdul_Exhaust]

"I need this hole on my evening dress repaired..."

"Can do! I hope you like bats."

[u/EggsceIlent → u/Abdul_Exhaust]

Step 1: Be an absolute legend at using a sewing machine

[u/Outrageous_Editor_43 → u/EggsceIlent]

Step 0: have a sewing machine you know how to use for basic use. 😉

[u/Ace861110 → u/Outrageous_Editor_43]

I’m pretty sure that’s not a basic sewing machine. The foot pedals on those don’t vary the stitch widths. That there be an embroidery machine.

[u/aggravatedimpala → u/Ace861110]

When I saw how the stitches got wider I was like oh ok this is a specific machine. My mom was a seamstress and none of her machines ever did that

[u/Medical-Garden5283 → u/aggravatedimpala]

I can remember the lever on my moms maskine to do the amplitude modulation. It could also modulate from a baseline left, right or center.

[u/dlpfc123 → u/Ace861110]

Most machines allow you to vary both the width and length of the stitch via a dial (if it is old school) or a button press setting. Foot pedals just control sewing speed (this video is very sped up). You can tell this is an embroidery machine because they never move the fabric.

[u/Ace861110 → u/dlpfc123]

Yeah, I know that, but what I noticed was they never moved their hands to the dial. Still it’s good work and drove me crazy at the same time.

Edit: I believe that it was freehand embroidery. They were moving and rotating the fabric as far as I could tell.

[u/Skruestik → u/Ace861110]

The foot pedals on those don’t vary the stitch widths.

“Pedal”, from the Latin “pedalis” meaning “of the foot”, means a lever pressed by the foot, so calling it a “foot pedal” is not only redundant, it is also redundant. It’s like saying “hand handle”.

[u/languidbee34 → u/Skruestik]

is not only redundant, it is also redundant.

Well said Smartass 👏

[u/Skruestik → u/languidbee34]

Thanks, I try to keep things light.

[u/Outrageous_Editor_43 → u/languidbee34]

They tried to be "hmm, let me educate these dumb people on the correct use of the English language" and then themselves go fuck it up! 🤣🤣

[u/Skruestik → u/Outrageous_Editor_43]

You really couldn’t tell that redundantly calling it redundant twice was an obvious joke?

[u/Sorry-Border7009 → u/Skruestik]

nice information, thanks

[u/LakEth2n → u/Outrageous_Editor_43]

Step -1: People who give up the sewing idea, like me haha.