Repairs & Modifications

[nurunuru]

First attempt at sashiko repair. Kakinohana (persimmon flower) stitch on my N&F 10th Anniversary pair.

Did not take into account just how effeminate it would end up looking when finished, but I still dig it

[Aetas]

@nurunuru This is coming along nicely!

[DeeDee85]

@nurunuru looks incredible! How long did that take you?

[Vik]

@nurunuru love it, it looks amazing!

[nurunuru]

Cheers! The blue pen lines should wash out; just haven't washed these since patching 'em.

@DeeDee85 I'd guess something like 12 hours' work, all told. Slow stuff! Had to pull the needle through with pliers pretty often, which added a bunch of time. I imagine it'd go quite a bit quicker if both of the fabrics were thinner/softer.

[TeflonDon]

Not sure if it’s the right thread, but I’ve just had these two shirts modified:

Thanks to my mom for the needlework!

They are great shirts, but both suffered from the cats eye buttons becoming undone very easily. So when I realized that IH had started using four-hole buttons on some work shirts I wrote and asked if it was possible to order replacements for the originals.

And - huge shout out to costumer support - they offered me enough to change all buttons on both shirts

Once again, great service, and thank you to IHUK and my mom!

[aksu]

Man vs machine crotch repair. 21oz is really the best fabric. My first IH pair still going strong

[GraemeE]

Couldn't be farther from iron heart but im fixing a knee on my friends daughters favorite pair of jeans today.

Probably no suprise that I think fast fashion is awful on many levels but I actually get quite a lot of satisfaction working on these types of items as I learn to sew.

Feels like a little act of defiance/protest to keep them alive longer and short circuit the buy-throwaway-rebuy cycle

[Lynne]

@GraemeE I’m with you on that. And these jeans are going to look better than ever, so cool

[CosmoSix5]

Would it be possible to make an iron heart Western a short sleeved for an above average seamstress? Meaning, is the width/cut of the sleeve a candidate or would it look wonky? To wide or to skinny? I like the 9oz flannels coming soon but want ss for the summer.

[goosehd]

@CosmoSix5 Best bet would be to ask your seamstress as she would know the best what she can and can’t do. I’ve always thought that a good tailor/seamstress can work miracles.

Let us know what she thinks.