Visible Mending: Supplies for Patches That Show
There is a hole in the knee of a pair of jeans you like too much to replace. You could …
Handheld & Mending
Handheld machines, minis and stitch guns, tested against what they really do. Plus hemming and mending that holds up.
Sewing Machine for Travel and Dorm Rooms
A machine that travels is not the same thing as a small machine. It has to survive being carried down …
Mending Clothes by Hand: Four Stitches You Need
Most clothes are not thrown out because they wore out. They are thrown out because a seam opened at the …
Hemming Pants Without a Machine: Three Methods
The trousers fit everywhere except the floor. They came home from the shop three inches too long, or they belonged …
Clothing Repair Kit: What Fixes a Ripped Seam
The side seam of a favorite shirt has opened at the underarm. A coat pocket has let go along the …
Stitch Gun, Handheld Machine or Needle and Thread
Start with the thing the listings will not tell you: a stitch gun is a tagging gun. It fires the …
Stitch Gun: It Is Not a Sewing Machine
A stitch gun is a tagging gun. It is the same tool a store uses to attach a price tag …
Hemming Pants: Fast Fix or a Real Seam
Hemming pants is the job that sells more sewing machines than any other. Somebody buys trousers that are two inches …
Mini Sewing Machine: Which Ones Are Real Machines
Search for a mini sewing machine and you get two completely different products in one list. Some of them are …
Handheld Machine Jamming: The Threading Step
A handheld sewing machine that will not sew is almost never broken. The needle goes up and down, the motor …
Handheld Sewing Machine: What It Can and Cannot Do
A handheld sewing machine is the size of a stapler, it costs less than a takeout dinner, and the product …
Do Handheld Sewing Machines Actually Work
The reviews on handheld sewing machines split almost cleanly in half, and the split is not about quality. It is …