Looking to make an everyday carry sewing kit that I can have in my backpack for emergency sewing jobs. Other than a needle, thread, and scissors of some kind, any other suggested items and why they would be needed?
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Wax thread thingy. Dunno what they’re really called, but it’s a bit of wax in a plastic jobber with guides so you can pull the thread through.
Lets you thread a needle easier, and makes it go through various materials easier as well
Already gonna use a thread and needle that is easy enough to thread. Although that sounds like a useful tool to have at home.
Note they are talking about waxing the thread to make it easier to sew with, not just to make it easier to thread the needle. A waxed thread pulls through fabric easier and tangles less often.
Don’t need anything really special, just a bit of bees wax or paraffin was will do.
- A few spare buttons of various sizes, since you can lose a button and be unable to find it.
- Some straight pins to hold torn edges or a patch in place while you sew.
- A few safety pins because sometimes it’s more expedient to pin now and sew later.
- A thimble because pushing a needle through tough fabric can be painful on your fingers.
It’s not really sewing anymore, but if you wear a lot of knits it might be worth having a “needle for fixing pulled threads”… I don’t actually know what the proper name is in English, in French it’s called a “rentre-fil”. Examples 1 and 2.
It looks like a needle, but without a hole, instead having a “rugged” part that allows you to catch the thread and pull it through the fabric/knit so that it’s not visible anymore and doesn’t get damaged further.I’m not sure if what I’m writing makes any sense, ha ha.
