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Message Subject Stock up on items you can barter
Poster Handle SewDucky
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 Quoting: Plenty Paws


I sew leather, you want to barter?

I am no good at sewing cloth, and I hate doing it. I can weave, but again hate doing it so am not as good at it as someone that likes to do the project. My daughter crochets so I guess we will all be dressed in leather and crocheted stuff.


Actually, yes. I hate sewing leather. I can do it by hand (and machine) but it gives me hives. Tells you something about me that I would rather sew chiffon then leather. I can knit, barely, and I technically know how to crochet, but I never can get the tension right.

Needles...right now I have over 1000 needles for my machines (and they all use the standard type) in different weights. It's not intentional, however, it's because it is cheaper to buy them 100 at a time vs. 4 or 5. Hand needles...I'll just say I can't tell you how many I have simply because I like vintage notions and every time I buy something, I seem to get a pack or 10 of them. I do have 5 packs (in a case) from the Civil war that was unused, and they are loads better then brand new ones.

One thing for all you that sew: there is a vintage notion that will resharpen your needles, hand and machine. It doesn't work as well as simply getting a new one, but when SHTF I don't think you're going to care overmuch and they are usually dirt cheap.

Another item that will come in handy in the end is the old turn of the century school project notebooks for sewing. Not only do they show how to do basic stuff, but they also focus on hand sewing techniques and the one I have shows a darned project, fixing holes and other things that have been lost to modern technology. Nice thing is they all come with step by step instructions. Since I never learned this stuff, it may well be invaluable. Warning: these aren't cheap. I paid over $100 for mine, and it's beginner stuff.

And the crap they tell you about thread is wrong. It can last far longer then they like you to believe as long as it is not damaged with sunlight or other environmental factors. If you put it in a pack, lightly protected, it will last 100 years or more. As long as it doesn't snap with moderate tension, it's still good.

My bag has carpet thread (commonly known today as buttonhole thread) in it for my sewing kit that was sold in the 1910s, but more then clothing I need something to fix tents. It can, however, also fix any type of cloth, it's just a very heavy weight thread.
 
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