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Postby lilbuddha » Mon Mar 19, 2012 4:41 pm

It's not a card making question but I hope someone out there can help. I need to put a zip in a pair of jeans. Is it possible to do it by hand or would I be better doing it with a machine?
I'm getting desperate as my jeans are being held together with bootlace at the moment...
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Re: Help needed please!

Postby DawnM » Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:53 pm

Think you might be able to hand sew them but it would be a bit hard on the fingers. Think i'd rather have them sewn by machine

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Re: Help needed please!

Postby lilbuddha » Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:39 am

Thanks Dawn
Don't suppose you're any good with a sewing machine? ;)
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Re: Help needed please!

Postby BusyBee » Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:43 pm

I've done a lot of dressmaking and even a bit of tayloring in my time. A new zip can be hand sewn. If you use a machine you must use a zipper foot. This is one job which I would tack first before machining. If you are a novice with a machine or don't have a zipper foot then you would be better to hand sew the new one in place.
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Re: Help needed please!

Postby lilbuddha » Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:01 pm

I found a place in the village that would do it for a reasonable fee so I'll have some new jeans by the weekend :)

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Re: Help needed please!

Postby DawnM » Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:36 pm

No i'm rubbish with a sewing machine. Did have one years ago but only made curtains :(

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Re: Help needed please!

Postby CaroStaton » Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:25 pm

I am useless at sewing of any description...needles and I are not friends (lots of blood usually) and thread and I just get in a tangled mess (not pretty!). Glad you found someone to help.

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Re: Help needed please!

Postby lilbuddha » Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:06 am

I can sew, embroider and cross-stitch though it's a while since I've done any of them, particularly involving the sewing machine, which was used as a doorstop to stop the cats getting into the understairs cupboard where their food was kept. That was until I came downstairs one morning and found the sewing machine in the middle of the living room floor...

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