"What is fabric?
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@elexia @sinituulia I don't know whether it's helpful or the opposite, but lately I've been sewing a lot of clothing by hand, for reasons, and those require needles, thimble, small scissors and materials. very little space, but time, lots of time (but I enjoy the process)
good fabric scissors are the next thing that could be needed, unless one is making old style clothing that is made of rectangles that can be ripped on the straight grain (which is at least half of what I've been handsewing)
it's a huge “your mileage may vary”, however
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@valhalla @sinituulia we have scissors that our grandma used to use. neither pair cuts as well as we'd like though
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@valhalla @sinituulia wonder if that's something we could fix
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@elexia @valhalla Scissors can have the little bolt oiled and tightened, and be sharpened and smoothed. This will probably cost way more than a new pair, but cobblers at least here offer this?
A new pair of good quality fabric scissors can be anything from 25€ to 60€ for a reasonable pair - compare to cooking knives, you can get lucky with cheaper ones but also can pay much more if you care to!
The most expensive I've seen has been 80€, which seemed a bit excessive, but there's more expensive tailor's shears I know. -
@elexia @valhalla When I've been in the mood for it I've much enjoyed sewing by hand. You only really need about a lap full of desk space, or a lap, for the sewing itself. Having high quality sewing thread is way way way more important for hand sewing than for machine sewing, so I'd recommend sourcing a good cotton, linen and/or silk thread. Polyester and bad cotton thread will just make it miserable!
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@sinituulia @valhalla I mean that at least in theory sounds like we could do it? we've not got experience sharpening scissors really though, only knives a little bit
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@sinituulia @valhalla we do not tolerate polyester thread in this house
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@elexia @sinituulia my feeling is that it may end up being yet another distinct hobby, but I don't have experience doing it
(yet? :D )
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@sinituulia @elexia I fully second this post!
I think with linen thread waxing it is a necessity?, so that's another (small) thing that is required?
with cotton I think waxing is nice (I know it is), but probably you can do without in a pinch
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@elexia @sinituulia @valhalla same… in general, finding anything but polyester in stores has been impossible for me (in Germany). Nor even any specialties (I asked for buttonhole silk in several stores and got confused blank stares), just regular thread that's not poly – impossible.
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@amberage @elexia @sinituulia sigh
one of the shops I used to buy thread from has switched to only have poly thread “because nobody wants the inferior one” and no. just. no.
thankfully buttonhole silk is not considered a specialty here in Italy, or at least not yet.
