Mending suits

[slicedbread]

I just purchased this book:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170161749803

has anyone heard of it? does it look promising?

 

[Feraud]

It looks very promising.

 

[scotrace]

Please scan it and share? Good eye, and a great find.

 

[slicedbread]

Share?! PREPOSTEROUS!

 

[Fletch]

Somehow the phrases Department of Agriculture and invisible reweaving just don't go together.

This is probably a pamphlet on doing it at home so Dad's Sunday suit doesn't show his BVDs or shirt elbows, ie: one step above darning.

Note the date. Save cloth for Schicklgruber's shroud.

 

[Mr. Rover]

I have an issue- very interesting read and there were some nice tips in there. I've used some of it- took it to a tailor and had my pockets fixed up...the edges were getting all gnarly.

 

[dakotanorth]

Mend a suit

These books offer great technique and insight. It's rather tough to perform some of the more complicated things, like invisibly mending an L-shaped tear. Reworking a buttonhole is ok though, same with pocket edges.
Just remember, PRACTICE on a piece you can afford to ruin.
(Don't even THINK about trying to reweave, it's insane....)

Good luck, after a while you will be amazed to see how easy some repairs really are!

 

[Ethan Bentley]

One book that has been recommended to me is:
"Classic Tailoring Techniques - A Construction Guide To Men's Wear By Roberto Cabrera and Patricia Flaherty Meyers. Seems pretty comprehensive and covers waistcoats and repairs/alterations. With a bit of imagination I would think there's some real potential.

I'm currently trying to persuade my wife to consider a bespoke smoking jacket for myself.

Someone on another thread also mentioned The Reader's Digest - Complete Guide To Sewing again this covers a lot but not invisible mending.

 

[GBR]

This is far, far too old to be bumped - why not start a new thread?

 

[scotrace]

We encourage the reviving of older threads over beginning new ones. -ed.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

yes, that silly "don't bump an old thread" again. I just don't understand wher that "rule" came from. Makes no sense if you want the place to be an information resource.

bk

 

[scotrace]

One book that has been recommended to me is:
"Classic Tailoring Techniques - A Construction Guide To Men's Wear By Roberto Cabrera and Patricia Flaherty Meyers.

I have this book - it is a textbook for a tailoring class. An excellent ($$$$) resource, but I found that without someone to show you the techniques, it is very hard to follow. Maybe a more advanced needleworker than I would have better luck.

 

[Ethan Bentley]

Yes I agree it does seem like something that would benefit from making "a work in practice" suit as your become familiar with the techniques. So we've only used odd bits and bods of the techniques for adjustments and repairs.

Mrs. Bentley is looking at making me a smoking jacket, most kind, and hopefully this will prove a useful resource along with a couple of other books.

 

[BinkieBaumont]

I realy think you need to have the suit "Diagnosed" I had a H U G E Mink bedspead that was faling apart, i had it repaired, so many times at H U G E expense, i decided to donated it to a Teddy Bear hospital, rather than throw it in the bin

 

[Fletch]

(Don't even THINK about trying to reweave, it's insane....)

If you are insane and do want to learn, though, you'll have to teach yourself from a good book. The few reweavers still out there are so swamped with work they literally cannot afford to train successors. The trade is in the strange position of dying from too much demand.

I would think you'd need a powerful magnifier/light setup in addition to the specialized tools, too, even to begin. But it could be worth it if you have holed garments you treasure and more time than money.

 

[der schneider]

my father would'nt teach me to reweave he said it would make me go blind

It is sad because it is a dying art