@rek woah this is really cool, thanks for sharing rek!...

@rek woah this is really cool, thanks for sharing rek! zippers failing are one of those repairs that spook me a bit for some reason

Like 2 Nov 2023 at 8:04 | Wall-to-wall | Open on merveilles.town

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R E K

@cblgh it spooked me too, ive been wearing that jacket w/o a working zipper for 2 yrs now XD... this year i just got fed up. Jacket has patches of velcro on the outside so it still closes *a bit*...

Im usually always super intimidated until i start looking into it. Then Im fine when i have all the steps outlined, and that I understand them.

I also asked questions to a worker at a Fabric Repair & Restoration shop in town (where i got the zipper), he was rly nice about it ^^!

2 Nov 2023 at 15:40 | Open on merveilles.town

narF ✌️🩵

@rek @cblgh Hopefully we can have more repair shops so that we don't have to learn every possible skills 😅

2 Nov 2023 at 15:48 | Open on mstdn.ca

R E K

@narF @cblgh Why not learn things as you need them? You can only benefit from that.

I could have taken my jacket to that shop for a repair, but it costs a LOT more than if i do it. And then I know how it works, which is kind of cool :).

2 Nov 2023 at 15:55 | Open on merveilles.town

narF ✌️🩵

@rek Yeah of course. I did learn and now do small clothing repairs myself.

But its ok to not have the desire or energy to do everything ourselves. And trade small work in exchange of other small work (ex: you fix my jacket and I'll fix your computer next time you need)

2 Nov 2023 at 20:21 | Open on mstdn.ca

R E K

@narF Of course, ppl dont have to learn if they dont want to, but offloading sewing work is kind of a luxury (by that i just mean paying money at a shop for a repair, not exchanges).

Having ppl you can rely on for small work exchanges though is real nice~

2 Nov 2023 at 21:06 | Open on merveilles.town