Sewing Courtesy of Uncle Sam

[sleep]

This us army manual covers just about everything sewing related it's a must read in my opinion.

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[RnJ]

This is awesome, but I find eBooks hard to deal with, the web-kind specifically. Is this available in PDF?

 

[sleep]

If you sign up for a free account on scribd you can download the pdf file. Its worth the effort they have tons of good books on there.

http://www.scribd.com

 

[RnJ]

This is indeed a pretty cool guide. I have a question about general patching though. Are most of you guys hemming in your patch before sewing onto you <whatever?>? This seems like a lot of extra work, with extra stiches and all, using twice the dental floss, and an absolutely mess of stitches when you're done patching it onto the <whatever>.

 

[farmer john]

i do if im bored and have the time if im in a hurry or im not bored i just backstich it on

 

[sleep]

If you choose not to hem cut out your patch out with pinking shears to keep unraveling to a minimum.

 

[BrokeWhiteBoy]

Decent manual. I'll stick to my current methods though. That being stitching homemade band patches onto my jacket, shorts, etc. All while procrastinating severely when it comes to patching holes. I own way too many clothes for my own good (downside of having an apartment with family), and out of maybe 12 pairs of pants, only 1 pair has no holes in the crotch or high stress areas.