Mending--I don't think so....
03-03-2013, 08:11 PM
#42
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Originally Posted by maviskw
My daughter just brought me 4 snowmobile suits with the knees out. (She has a day care and keeps these around.) It took me a few days to figure out how to do that. I'm going to cut open the side seam, cut out the whole knee, and put a new piece in there. That will be the quickest and easiest. I'm just looking for some rip-stop nylon to use for the outer fabric. The suits are in good condition except for the knees, and I think they are worth it.
03-03-2013, 08:13 PM
#43
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Originally Posted by maviskw
If you find one, let me know. How about we start one. LOL I wouldn't know the first thing about that.
I do a lot of patch, remodel, repair work. If it can be fixed, I'd love to do it, rather than throw it out. I even fix stuff before I donate it to Good Will or St. Vinney's. And I pick up stuff there that I can fix and re-donate!
I do a lot of patch, remodel, repair work. If it can be fixed, I'd love to do it, rather than throw it out. I even fix stuff before I donate it to Good Will or St. Vinney's. And I pick up stuff there that I can fix and re-donate!
Yahoo says it's as easy as 1-2-3. If I didn't have a young child at home with me and a young business I'm launching I'd do it.
03-03-2013, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Sideways
I will hem and mend for someone that I love. 
. I used to sew for myself but I would much rather make quilts than clothes. However I adopted a 85 pound Boxer named Olivia that I am squeezing into a too small coat to go for walks. Bought the fleece will attempt to draft a pattern off the old coat and make it bigger. Poor Olivia they don't make cute clothes for big girls!
. I used to sew for myself but I would much rather make quilts than clothes. However I adopted a 85 pound Boxer named Olivia that I am squeezing into a too small coat to go for walks. Bought the fleece will attempt to draft a pattern off the old coat and make it bigger. Poor Olivia they don't make cute clothes for big girls!
03-03-2013, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by aeble
http://groups.yahoo.com/start
Yahoo says it's as easy as 1-2-3. If I didn't have a young child at home with me and a young business I'm launching I'd do it.
Yahoo says it's as easy as 1-2-3. If I didn't have a young child at home with me and a young business I'm launching I'd do it.
03-03-2013, 09:16 PM
#47
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Originally Posted by aeble
This is what a friend of mine uses who does the same thing with old snow suits (I have no affiliation with the company, just happy to see someone else trying to fix something rather than just throw it out): http://www.seattlefabrics.com/nylons.html
03-04-2013, 05:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Carol34446
Good for you Pam, what a great thing. Kids today don't usually get to learn how to sew in school like us oldies did. When in high school my neice was born and I made her Raggdy Ann and Andy and clothes. Mom looked at me and said if you can sew that good I am not sewing for you any more. Now I will attempt anything. And I take after my grandfather and can figure many things out without a pattern and make one like it.
03-04-2013, 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by lfw045
Everybody who hates mending send them to me. I'll be happy to do it for a price....of course! 
LOL, I'll mend for a price. But have yet to find anyone who'd offer even a cup of coffee.
03-04-2013, 05:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Carol34446
Good for you Pam, what a great thing. Kids today don't usually get to learn how to sew in school like us oldies did. When in high school my neice was born and I made her Raggdy Ann and Andy and clothes. Mom looked at me and said if you can sew that good I am not sewing for you any more. Now I will attempt anything. And I take after my grandfather and can figure many things out without a pattern and make one like it.
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