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Looks like a wonderful hobby, I'd love to be able to sew my own stuff.

by swah 4y ago

whartung 4y ago
It looks fun, this stuff has interested me for a long time. My problem is that, simply, once you make your bag...then what? I have casual interest in a lot of "make-y" stuff, but reality then clouds up the sun. Sure, it would be neat to make, say, cabinets. But how many cabinets can I actually use? And tooling up to make a rolling cabinet with some drawers, that is a SINGLE cabinet, it all starts to get quite excessive. Some places have things like carpentry clubs, etc., but they're fraught with liability issues. I don't know of a sewing club that would have a machine strong enough to sew a cordura bag that one can borrow. Simply, the barrier to entry for a utility piece of kit is quite high. I don't think my friends want a bunch cabinets, or backpacks, or leather wallets, turned pens, etc. for Christmas gifts the next 10 years. Indeed you have to enjoy the journey and the doing more so than the outcomes, but, even still, it's definitely a step up to get going. At least with my computer musings, the garage and land fill doesn't fill up with borderline and failed attempts, or even the successes. Visions of Mel Gibson tossing his broken rocking chair into the corner of other failed rocking chairs in the movie 'The Patriot'.
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- AlotOfReading 4y ago
  I got into leatherwork as a covid hobby. All hand tools, most of which are cheap. I store everything except the material and a ruler in a single organizer box. To get rid of the stuff I make, I just give it to other people. Usually it helps if they're things people actually ask for, like custom purses, bags, and cute dinosaur figures. I only produce a few items a year so no one's getting overwhelmed with stuff. As for waste, you just minimize it and learn how to fix, undo, or hide your mistakes.
wnolens 4y ago
It really is. Sometimes it's useful like 3d-printing (make custom thing), but often it's just like having the right replacement part for something that broke. Here's some real examples from myself: Repairs (crotch of my jeans x 10, broken strap on backpack) Functional modifications (add pocket to jacket, add attachment points to a bag so I can mount it on my bike rack, lined a jacket with some scrap wool material to make it warmer) Aesthetic modifications - what got me into it in the first place (slim shirts, taper pants, hem pants, replace buttons) Small custom makes - mostly leather (my wallet, passport holder, kindle slip cover, tote bag) Large (involved) custom makes - bicycle frame bag, hammock underquilt

Looks like a wonderful hobby, I'd love to be able to sew my own stuff.

by swah 4y ago

Looks like a wonderful hobby, I'd love to be able to sew my own stuff.

It looks fun, this stuff has interested me for a long time. My problem is that, simply, once you make your bag...then what? I have casual interest in a lot of "make-y" stuff, but reality then clouds up the sun. Sure, it would be neat to make, say, cabinets. But how many cabinets can I actually use? And tooling up to make a rolling cabinet with some drawers, that is a SINGLE cabinet, it all starts to get quite excessive. Some places have things like carpentry clubs, etc., but they're fraught with liability issues. I don't know of a sewing club that would have a machine strong enough to sew a cordura bag that one can borrow. Simply, the barrier to entry for a utility piece of kit is quite high. I don't think my friends want a bunch cabinets, or backpacks, or leather wallets, turned pens, etc. for Christmas gifts the next 10 years. Indeed you have to enjoy the journey and the doing more so than the outcomes, but, even still, it's definitely a step up to get going. At least with my computer musings, the garage and land fill doesn't fill up with borderline and failed attempts, or even the successes. Visions of Mel Gibson tossing his broken rocking chair into the corner of other failed rocking chairs in the movie 'The Patriot'.

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AlotOfReading 4y ago
I got into leatherwork as a covid hobby. All hand tools, most of which are cheap. I store everything except the material and a ruler in a single organizer box. To get rid of the stuff I make, I just give it to other people. Usually it helps if they're things people actually ask for, like custom purses, bags, and cute dinosaur figures. I only produce a few items a year so no one's getting overwhelmed with stuff. As for waste, you just minimize it and learn how to fix, undo, or hide your mistakes.

wnolens 4y ago

It really is. Sometimes it's useful like 3d-printing (make custom thing), but often it's just like having the right replacement part for something that broke. Here's some real examples from myself: Repairs (crotch of my jeans x 10, broken strap on backpack) Functional modifications (add pocket to jacket, add attachment points to a bag so I can mount it on my bike rack, lined a jacket with some scrap wool material to make it warmer) Aesthetic modifications - what got me into it in the first place (slim shirts, taper pants, hem pants, replace buttons) Small custom makes - mostly leather (my wallet, passport holder, kindle slip cover, tote bag) Large (involved) custom makes - bicycle frame bag, hammock underquilt