Repairs & Modifications

[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.

[GraemeE]

said in Repairs & Modifications:

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

Done

Graeme×Zara collab

[goosehd]

@GraemeE …outstanding!! That puts a smile on my face

[Giles]

@CosmoSix5 said in Repairs & Modifications:

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.

Anyone with a modicum of talent can do the actual shortening.

BUT, short-sleeved shirts typically have a wider circumference at the bicep that a long-sleeved, so may look odd.

If you do decide to go ahead, I would check what the length from shoulder to cuff is on the outseam and armpit to cuff is on the inseam on a SS shirt that looks good. What makes sense geometrically does not necessarily look good. I would cut too long, and pin to what you think is correct, then try it on and play with the angle of the cut.

[CosmoSix5]

@Giles that was my concern as well. Will probably just roll the sleeves up and not mess with it. Or find one of the old madras second hand. My green madras snap was my first iron heart.