Hobbies?

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Sewing clothes is one of my favorite hobbies. It gives me time and a chance to calm down from my normally high energetic way of being.

It's less about saving money than knowing where the cloth comes from, how it was treated (no poisons) and that no children had to work for it. But I don't judge others about it, not everyone has the time for it and good cloth is almost as expensive as the finished product in store.

There's a lot of love going into it though, and just like with cooking, it can be felt, IMHO.

Very cool! 

I'm still trying to learn how to sew.  I'd love to learn how to make some outdoor stuff.  I just have a hell of a time threading the damn thing for some reason.  I'd like to work up to being able to do some leather work.

The overlock machine I use for visible seams has 4 threads :D.

The other machine, I can determine the stitch patterns freely. It works like a normal one, threading, moving the cloth just the stitches can be programmed with the computer like I want them. Like stitching ....FCD....FCD....FCD....FCD.... instead of .........................................


For leather I have an old foot pedal driven Singer from like 1920s. But for thick leather I think you need complete different ones or sew by hand. I have done leather cuffs but driving the needle through 3mm split-leather is maximum and risky. Not sure what leather you want to stich but I guess it's for what you do on your farm, so, heavy duty I guess?